Dona Ana County News

The smoke has cleared on a mobile home fire in Mesilla Park that left a family of five with nothing but the clothes on their back.

Dona Ana County Chief Deputy County Clerk Mario O. Jimenez will plead guilty to drunken driving today in Las Cruces Magistrate Court.

Three bodies have been sent to the University of New Mexico Office of the Medical Examiner following a deadly mobile-home blaze in Chaparral.

While unemployment numbers have yet to be released for October, there are numbers for September, and in Dona Ana County, the unemployment rate was 7.7 percent, which is the same percentage statewide.

Las Cruces police arrested a man on a felony count of strong-armed robbery Sunday after he allegedly stole a woman's purse.

Dona Ana County's internal audit committee chairwoman last week asked the county commission to sanction one of its members because of a flare-up that occurred in a public meeting a month ago.

The district attorney's office in Las Cruces has declined to prosecute an East Mesa man accused of second-degree murder in connection with the stabbing of another man.

A grand jury has indicted a former truck driver who is imprisoned in Virginia with first-degree murder in connection with the 2001 death of an Anthony woman.

The problem of over-population with pets is already bad enough in Dona Ana County, but things could be getting worse.

A bobcat was captured at the former home of an exotic cat breeder Thursday and another large cat is still on the loose, according to Dona Ana Sheriff's Department investigators.

A Las Cruces man has been arrested after a multi-agency investigation allegedly discovered thousands of images of child pornography on computers and other electronic media devices in his home.

A 25-year-old soldier from Dona Ana County died in Iraq last Wednesday, apparently from sniper fire.

In June, Dona Ana County animal control responded to a house on King Edward Drive where they found over 30 cats.

Dona Ana County's election supervisor has been appointed to the standards board of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission.

Dona Ana County Clerk's Office Election's Supervisor Bob Bartelsmeyer has been appointed to the Standards Board of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission by Mary Herrera, New Mexico Secretary of State.

New Mexico health officials say a 4-year-old boy from San Juan County is among the latest state residents to die from the swine flu.

A man wanted by police for almost five days was found and arrested shortly after 2 a.m. Tuesday.

A Dona Ana County grand jury has indicted a Las Cruces man on a charge of murder and a Milagro, N.M. man, who was on federal supervised release, on two kidnapping charges.

A former Topeka school paraprofessional who received probation for sexually assaulting a student has been indicted on one charge of sexually assaulting the same boy in New Mexico.

A Las Cruces couple charged in the death of a baby in their care received a March court date.