Mesilla News

Jaclyn Jacquez company produces these two varieties of sotol, a spirit made from a desert plant with the same name.

Meet a local icon and the award-winning author who tells his story at a booksigning for "J. Paul Taylor: The Man from Mesilla," by Ana Pacheco, from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Mesilla Plaza.

Island life is the thing of dreams for most people, but not for Kelley S. Hestir, this issue's cover artist.

Nice little article about the bus stop shelters. It also might be noted that many of those shelters, for the past 10 years, sat in storage, while someone who works for the city failed to put them out and now they are trickling out.

The Friends of the Taylor Family Monument will host a book signing for J. Paul Taylor The Man from Mesilla from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Mesilla Plaza.

Somebody has to be the bad guy, and the Mesilla board of trustees is weathering that rap from residents who are upset that their elected representatives might now raise monthly utility rates for water, wastewater and solid waste.

Thursday morning, another pit bull attack. It's time to just clamp down on the people breeding pit bulls.

Fortune teller Nasho'ba of Las Cruces said she'd foretold a very windy opening day for the 20th annual Southern New Mexico Wine Festival.

On the heels of Mesilla's first ever property tax increase, town trustees will now begin consideration of a proposal to increase monthly utility rates charged to residents and business owners for water, wastewater and solid waste collection services.

Many will be looking for fiestas this weekend, or planning road trips to camp or enjoy activities at New Mexico's most popular watering holes near Truth or Consequences and Elephant Butte.

I live in Mesilla but I'm not a registered voter. Why? Because the votes don't matter; Mesilla raised taxes even after the people voted no to the increase.

A Mesilla man fell asleep behind the wheel on westbound Interstate 10 this afternoon and crashed into a concrete barrier, sending his vehicle careening onto the median near mile marker 144, said state police.

Commonly referred to as just, "Andeles," Andele Restaurant in Old Mesilla is near and dear to my heart.

Students at Arrowhead Park Early College High School, which follows the New Mexico State University calendar, ended the school year May 11.

Let's re-elect Dr. Terry McMillan to the House of Representatives. Dr. McMillan is currently the only physician serving in the Legislature and we need knowledgeable input into health-care matters.

The Las Cruces Symphony Guild's Tasting Tour de Mesilla will run from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday with stops at Double Eagle, Lorenzo's de Mesilla, St.

It's a busy weekend filled with graduations, concerts, art shows, films, a Symphony Guild Tasting Tour of Mesilla, a community AIDS candlelight memorial and a solar eclipse.

Nobody in Mesilla liked it. Reality sunk in hard Thursday as for the first time since the town was incorporated in 1959 a property tax increase was imposed.

The Rio Grande, like all Southwestern rivers, has been abused, polluted, channeled, dammed and generally mistreated.

After the voters of Mesilla voted no to the property tax hike bond issue supported by Mayor Barraza, she is now pushing for a mil levy tax hike on all property owners of Mesilla.