Category Archives: Mesilla Valley News
Federal agents board school bus carrying LCHS swim team
Courtesy of Organ Mountain News Unions call for answers after Border Patrol agents reportedly asked students for documentation Damien Willis, Organ Mountain News UPDATE: This article was...
Feb 23, 2025 A U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint, shown here in 2025.
Police Arrest Man Suspected of Extreme Animal Cruelty
The man caught on camera throwing rocks at two dogs in the backyard of his residence has been arrested and both canines were transported for evaluation at a local veterinary clinic. Luis J. Cobos, 36,...
Feb 21, 2025
Police ID Woman in Feb. 13 Crash
The woman killed in last week's rollover crash at the intersection of Griggs Avenue and Hermosa Street has been identified as 24-year-old Sheila Nava of Las Cruces. Nava was driving a gold Chevrolet T...
Feb 20, 2025
Public Invited to Nominate LCPS's Principal of the Year
Deadline to submit is Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 Parents, students, staff and community members are invited to nominate candidates for the 2026 Las Cruces Public Schools Principal of the Year. This ...
Feb 19, 2025 motortion / Depositphotos.com
Police Investigate Stabbing on Telshor Boulevard
Las Cruces police are continuing to investigate a stabbing that occurred Sunday and critically injured a 34-year-old man. Shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, Las Cruces police and fire were ca...
Feb 18, 2025
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.
