Category Archives: Mesilla Valley News
Fire Damages Mobile Home, Displaces Three Residents
A Sunday morning mobile home fire displaced three residents and damaged electrical lines causing a temporary power outage to nearby homes. About 12:50 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, Las Cruces firefighte...
Feb 18, 2025 Las Cruces firefighters worked early Sunday morning to contain a blaze that damaged this mobile home on the 200 block of Three Crosses Avenue.
NMDA alerts residents about mystery seeds arriving in the mail
Haga clic aqu para espaol. LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The New Mexico Department of Agriculture (NMDA) is warning residents about potentially dangerous foreign seeds arriving in unsolicited packages across New...
Feb 14, 2025 The New Mexico Department of Agriculture (NMDA) is warning residents about potentially dangerous foreign seeds arriving in unsolicited packages across New Mexico and Texas. These unauthorized seed shipments violate state and federal law and pose serious risks to our agriculture and environment. Unknown seeds could introduce invasive species or plant diseases that threaten New Mexico's ecosystems and farming communities. (Photo from 2020, courtesy New Mexico Department of Agriculture)
BLM seeks input on proposed earthen dams project
The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on a proposed earthen dams project in Luna County. The $3.66 million for this project comes from the Great American Outdoors Act, a environmenta...
Feb 13, 2025
First New Mexico measles case of 2025 confirmed in Lea County
No known exposure to ongoing Texas outbreak SANTA FE - The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) is alerting Lea County residents of the days, times and locations where they may have been exposed to...
Feb 11, 2025 membio / Depositphotos.com
Technical Rescue Team Helps in Two Organ Mountain Missions
On Sunday, for the second time in four days, the Las Cruces Fire Department's Technical Rescue Team was called to help find a lost or stranded hiker in the Organ Mountains. About 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9...
Feb 10, 2025 The Las Cruces Fire Department's Technical Rescue Team was called to help with two missions in four days in the Organ Mountains. LCFD's TRT was joined by Mesilla Valley Search and Rescue, Organ Mountain Technical Rescue, New Mexico State Police and the U.S. Border Patrol's Search and Rescue team.
Police Investigate Shooting on West Picacho Avenue
Las Cruces police are investigating a shooting that occurred Sunday evening and left a man in critical condition. Officers responded to reports of a shooting about 10:40 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, on ...
Feb 10, 2025
LCPD Commemorates Fallen Officer Jonah Hernandez
Feb. 11, 2025, marks a solemn and sorrowful anniversary for the Las Cruces Police Department, for the City, and especially for family and friends of fallen patrol officer Jonah Hernandez who was kille...
Feb 10, 2025 Jonah Hernandez, a Las Cruces Police Department officer for just two years, was killed in the line of duty Feb. 11, 2024.
Police Seek Technicians for Real-Time Crime Center
The Las Cruces Police Department is seeking technicians for its Real-Time Crime Center that's set to begin operations this spring. The RTCC will use real-time information and technology to help law en...
Feb 06, 2025 AI-generated image of men and women working in a Real-Time Crime Center
Police Investigate Allegations of Fentanyl-Laced Drink
Las Cruces police detectives are investigating allegations of a fentanyl-laced drink that allegedly caused a 20-year-old man to be hospitalized on Tuesday. About 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, police r...
Feb 06, 2025
LCPD Gains Five Experienced Officers
The Las Cruces Police Department gained five experienced officers after an abbreviated four-week academy that was completed Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. The five officers - three who previously retired fro...
Feb 06, 2025
