Sunland Park News

The 10 fastest statebred juvenile shortliners on the grounds will compete in the richest race to date in this SunRay season in today's $167,700 New Mexico Breeders' Futurity.

The sky is hazy and the air smells like smoke and Governor Martinez is deploying only 15 National Guard soldiers for one of the largest fires in New Mexico history? That is not going to help her bid to become the Republican vice presidential candidate.

Sunland Park, New Mexico, a small and impoverished suburb of El Paso, has made "news of the weird" headlines lately for its official corruption .

For almost 8 1/2 years the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have also profoundly impacted Las Crucens.

It's just a dirt road with a few benches, trees and a walking trail in an Upper Valley neighborhood.

Michael P. Steininger, a veteran municipal administrator who has overseen finances for Belen and Ruidoso, will temporarily manage and oversee Sunland Park's finances, according to a news release.

Embattled ex-Mayor Pro Tem Daniel Salinas on Monday morning pleaded not guilty to nine charges in his fourth criminal indictment, which alleges he arranged for a phony lobbyist to help fund a blackmail video against a rival candidate.

Chaos. A huge mess. Governmental train wreck. Disgrace. There are a lot of words that could describe what's happening in Sunland Park, N.M. -- none of them positive.

You endorsed Steinborn and in your editorial you state that Antonio Lujan rarely takes the leadership role.

Another whirlwind week in Sunland Park, including the release of a scathing special audit, the suspensions of two city officials by the state and a probe of the city-run Motor Vehicle Division, has added to the uncertainty about what's next for this embattled community.

Information provided by the Shreveport Airport Authority: Effective June 1, 2012, the parking rates at Shreveport Regional Airport will increase for the first time since 2005.

It's a scandal that's rocked the city of Sunland Park and caused state and federal involvement.

It's been a tough decade or so for city residents, who have had their trust betrayed by their officials, seen their hard-earned tax money wasted and spent fraudulently, have watched city officials arrested and indicted, and are now enduring the ignominy of having certain functions of their government taken over by the state.

Any way you figure it, a newcomer will serve as the next Dona Ana County commissioner for District 2, which includes the southern portion of the county.

Gallegos is being challenged by Andrew Moralez in the Democratic race to fill the seat vacated by Joseph Cervantes, who is giving up his House seat to run for Senate in District 31.

For years south Texans watched with dismay as drug violence mounted in Mexico, but they were able to take some comfort in the fact that it wasn't spreading across the Rio Grande River.

Investigators raided Sunland Park's city-run Motor Vehicle Division on Tuesday afternoon to look for evidence connected to the possible fraudulent issuing of New Mexico driver's licenses to two Texans.

Yappy Hour is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Andele's Dog House, 1983 Calle del Norte in Mesilla, and 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Ardovino's Desert Crossing, 1 Ardovino Drive, in Sunland Park.

A member of the House of Representatives since 2001, Cervantes opted to run for the Senate when Cynthia Nava announced she would not seek re-election. Cervantes is being challenged by former Sunland Park Mayor Jesus Ruben Segura, who led the border community for 12 years.

State auditor Hector Balderas is recommending the state takeover some of the financial operations of the troubled border town of Sunland Park.