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By Nazca Warren

Las Cruces, NM – The city of Las Cruces is looking into the possible implementation of life insurance policies for all Las Cruces police officers and firefighters. KRWG's Nazca Warren has this report.

By Nazca Warren

Las Cruces, NM – The city of Las Cruces is looking into the possible implementation of life insurance policies for all Las Cruces police officers and firefighters. KRWG's Nazca Warren has this report.

By Nazca Warren

Las Cruces, NM – International researchers have joined efforts with New Mexico State University's College of Engineering to find a solution to the last problem in classical physics. KRWG's Nazca Warren has this report.

By Marco Grajeda

Las Cruces, NM – Last week, New Mexico Public Regulation Commissioner Sandy Jones faced residents angered by a recent hike in their electricity bills. As KRWG's Marco Grajeda reports, El Paso Electric Company President Ershel Redd explained his company's rationale for the high rates at a public meeting Tuesday.

By Marco Grajeda

Las Cruces, NM – The unemployment rate in New Mexico hit a historic low last month at three point two percent; the national average is about one and a half percent higher. As KRWG's Marco Grajeda reports, officials at the State's Department of Workforce Solutions, formerly the Department of Labor, say Southern New Mexico in general is benefiting from the downward trend.

By Nazca Warren

Las Cruces – Through the use of NMSU's subsonic wind tunnel, researcher's from the University of Melbourne in Australia are collaborating with NMSU engineering faculty to study turbulence.

By Marco Grajeda

Las Cruces, NM – Southern New Mexico's Public Regulation Commissioner Sandy Jones met with constituents in Las Cruces angered with a hike in electricity rates. Last month, the P-R-C approved the increase in order to help the service provider, El Paso Electric Company, cope with higher natural gas prices. As KRWG's Marco Grajeda reports, many residents saw a thirty percent increase in their latest electric bill.

By Marco Grajeda

Las Cruces, NM – Wednesday morning New Mexico State University President Michael Martin announced the appointment of Dr. Waded Cruzado-Salas to the position of Executive Vice President and Provost. The position was left vacant earlier this year when William Flores was named the state's Deputy Secretary of Education. As KRWG's Marco Grajeda reports, Salas says she's excited about her new role at NMSU.

By Nazca Warren

Las Cruces, NM – Last Friday the newly formed Dona Ana County Spaceport Educational Advisory Committee convened for the first time. The group is planning how to use a portion of the Spaceport gross receipts tax for public education throughout the county. As KRWG's Nazca Warren reports, committee members hope to use the funds to enhance math and science programs and encourage local students to pursue aerospace careers.

By Nazca Warren

Las Cruces – The Spaceport Educational Advisory Committee met last week for the first time to dscuss how a portion of the Spaceport gross-receipts tax will be distributed to education in Dona Ana County.

By Nazca Warren

Las Cruces – The Spaceport Educational Advisory Committee met last week for the first time to discuss how a portion of the spaceport gross-receipts tax will be distributed to education in Dona Ana County.

By Whitney Jones

Las Cruces, NM – Last week, a pregrant woman died while in the custody of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. Rosa Contreras Dominguez was being held at he ICE processing center in El Paso awaiting deportation due to a drug trafficking conviction. As KRWG's Whitney Jones reports, Dominguez was said to have a history of blood clots.

By Marco Grajeda

Las Cruces, NM – The United States section of the International Boundary and Water Commission met Thursday in El Paso, Texas to discuss plans to improve Dona Ana County's levee system. If the levees are improved residents living along the Federal Emergency Management Agency's revised floodplain maps could save money on flood insurance. As KRWG's Marco Grajeda reports, the levee project's head engineer says what the commission needs now is funding.

By Marco Grajeda

Las Cruces, NM – During last year's torrential flooding in El Paso, a major concern for area residents was a water dam in the neighboring city of Juarez, which threatened to burst and inundate the city's downtown region. As KRWG's Marco Grajeda reports, according to the U.S. section of the International Boundary and Water Commission residents do not have to worry about the dam any longer.

By Whitney Jones

Las Cruces, NM – Monday, United States Representative Steve Pearce invited members of the community to discuss the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance's Citizen's Proposal to designate some public lands as wilderness areas. As KRWG's Whitney Jones reports, the discussion panel consisted of several members of the community who oppose the designation and only one elected official, for the proposal.