Mesquite News

Two teenagers and a 23-year-old were busted just after midnight Saturday after almost running over a sheriff's deputy during a sobriety checkpoint near Mesilla Park.

The scene Friday night on the Mesilla Plaza could have easily made for a nice Christmas card as hundreds of people gathered for the town's annual Christmas-tree lighting ceremony.

The New Mexico Environment Department has downgraded the Panaderiah Jirch, 12600 Hwy.

A Las Cruces woman was arrested just after 2 a.m. Sunday after police say she ran over her boyfriend while drunk.

A Mesquite store located on NM Highway 478 was robbed Thursday by two individuals who threatened the clerk with a pair of scissors, Dona Ana County Sheriff's Department said.

Additional charges are possible in the case of a mother and son indicted by a grand jury on dog-fighting charges from 2008.

The second annual WHAT'S ART? Convention: Exploring the Creative & Green Economy of New Mexico; and the WHAT'S ART Street Festival will take place October 2nd and 3rd, 2009 at the Las Cruces Alma d'arte Charter High School at 404 West Court Avenue.

With the economy down, times are tough for most everyone, but one group you may not think about are dairy farmers.

Second-generation dairymen Laurent and Maurice Othart say they're losing thousands of dollars a day because of falling milk prices - a situation so dire that their 78-year old father, Leon, is using his social security checks to help keep the business afloat.

When Las Cruces chef Heidi Pirtle learned that the city was about to gain a new winery, she said she'd jump at the chance to use more locally produced wine.

Desert Sage Building and Development Inc., a custom home builder in Las Cruces since 1996, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection.

Republican DA pledges to end pay to play, says winning in 2010 - is not going to be an easy task' One of the most noteworthy attendees at Dona Ana County District Attorney Susana Martinez's news conference announcing her gubernatorial campaign this evening was County Commissioner Oscar Vasquez Butler .

The Downtown Las Cruces Partnership and the city of Las Cruces treat more than 20 New Mexico MainStreet community experts from throughout the state to a horse-drawn trolley ride Friday through downtown Las Cruces and the historic Mesquite neighborhood as they wrap up the 2009 New Mexico MainStreet summer quarterly meeting.

Trial has been postponed for a man accused of impersonating a Border Patrol agent, the Do a Ana Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday.

By profession, Jim McLain works as a facility manager at New Mexico Tech. But on his own time, the Socorro native has carved himself a niche in the world of woodturning.

A measure to allow beer and wine to be served in restaurants in the county appears to have passed by a landslide margin Tuesday, though turnout in the election was light.