Sunland Park News

The lamb rack at Ardovino's Desert Crossing is rubbed with rosemary, olive oil and cracked pepper and glazed with a chutney f bing cherries, golden raisins and chipotle.

Young women and teens from Do-a Ana County performed well in the Miss New Mexico USA pageant over the weekend in Mescalero, N.M. Rosanne Dene Aguilar of Sunland Park earned the crown of Miss New Mexico USA, and Faith Annelies Cortez of Las Cruces won the title of Miss New Mexico Teen USA.

A desert area will soon become a site where children can play. Playing fields, a swimming pool and a skate park will be among the amenities to be built at a 16-acre sports complex.

Administrators and teachers at Gadsden High School were remembering Army Spc. Tony Carrasco on Friday as a well-behaved and hard working student.

Be ready for the fright of your life at this year's KLAQ Haunted Warehouse The Devil's Prison , at 1223 Lee Trevino in El Paso "Expect to be scared to death.

As horses grazed in a nearby grass pasture and bright New Mexico clouds sailed overhead, Elephant Butte Irrigation District Manager Gary Esslinger cranked open a metal chute, allowing water to gush into a 2-foot-diameter pipe alongside an irrigation canal.

At a time when the state of New Mexico is some $400 million or more in the hole and lawmakers are contemplating a wide variety of spending cuts to bring the state budget back into the black, State Auditor Hector Balderas has reported that more than $1 billion in state funds has been spent in recent years without the proper oversight and control.

Dona Ana County's poverty rate remains notably higher than the U.S. average, according to data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.

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At my request, the Dona Ana County Board of Commissioners will hold a work session at 9 a.m. tomorrow to discuss drainage on the East Mesa, and Dona Ana County's ongoing efforts to control it with maximum results and minimal adverse impact on the residents and businesses in the area.

Las Cruces homeowners will see a property tax rate increase, while commercial and vacant properties will see a slight dip, according to a tax schedule approved Thursday by the Dona Ana County Commission.

The governing board of a new utility authority for Sunland Park and Santa Teresa will meet for the first time ever as a permanent body tonight.

Las Cruces High may face big changes Updated: Almost any building that has been around 55 years would need some work, which is why Las Cruces school leaders are considering big changes to the city's oldest high school.

The New Mexico State Police have seized video and audio records from the Sunland Park Police Department to investigate an allegation that Sunland Park Police Chief Luis Monarez gave alcohol to minors earlier this year.

The New Mexico Environment Department has downgraded Lazaros Flautas, 2167 McNutt in Sunland Park, N.M., following a compliance inspection, according to the department.

Former AG says Wilson's bringing up alleged FBI inquiry now is - meant to divert attention away from her extremely precarious legal situation' A new claim that the FBI probed a controversy surrounding Patricia Madrid three years ago has the former state attorney general once again defending herself against pay-to-play allegations.

Jazz on the Rocks featuring internationally acclaimed jazz clarinetist Allan Vache with New Impressions and special guest Mike Francis on keys will be at 8 p.m. Thursday at McKelligon Canyon.

A 79-year-old woman died from injuries she sustained in a collision in west El Paso.

Jury selection in the case of former Sunland Park Municipal Judge Horacio Favela, alleged to have fraudulently registered as a candidate, took most of the day Monday.

The trial of a former Sunland Park municipal judge showed signs of being delayed Monday as it took all day to pick a jury.