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New Mexico State beats California Baptist 75-63

5 hours ago

  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Trevelin Queen scored 19 points off the bench on three 3-pointers and New Mexico State beat California Baptist 75-63 on Saturday night.

C.J. Bobbitt added 14 points and Eli Chuha had 12 points and eight rebounds for the Aggies (27-4, 15-1 Western Athletic Conference) who lead in the conference standings and will face Chicago State in the WAC Tourney on March 14.

The Aggies took a 48-22 lead into the break. A Queen 3-pointer late in the second half made it 67-44 with 7:17 to go.

Time for big upgrade at Las Cruces Wastewater Treatment Facility

5 hours ago

A huge silver-colored piece of equipment weighing more than eight tons and called a “heating water jacket” is poised outside one of the primary digesters at the Jacob Hands Wastewater Treatment Facility (JHWWTF), ready to be installed. After more than 35 years of service, it’s time to replace the old jacket.

For Las Cruces Utilities (LCU), replacing parts for the JHWWTF infrastructure is a little more difficult than you taking your car to a mechanic, because this is going to involve a crane.

Ex-New Mexico lawmakers now lobbyists raising eyebrows

19 hours ago

 SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Some former New Mexico lawmakers and public officials are lobbying the Legislature even though they've been out of office less than a few months.

And there is no state law to prevent it.

Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a couple suspected of shoplifting an estimated $5,000 worth of cell phones from a local Walmart store in December.

Las Cruces police learned the couple was at the Walmart Supercenter, 1550 S. Valley Dr., about 3 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. Investigators believe they stole six cell phones by placing them in a larger box and then leaving the store without paying for the items. The value of the stolen cell phones was estimated at $5,000.

Albuquerque Gets Daily Southwest Service To Austin In August

Mar 9, 2019

  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Southwest Airlines is expanding service between New Mexico's largest city and Austin, Texas.

The airline has announced that flights between Albuquerque and Austin will be offered daily starting Aug. 6. Currently, only weekend options are available.

Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller said daily, non-stop service between the two cities will open new doors for economic development and tourism with what he called the live music capital of the world.

  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The state Senate endorsed Friday an increase to the statewide minimum wage from $7.50 an hour to $11 over the next three years without additional raises.

The bill from Democratic Sen. Clemente Sanchez of Grants advanced on a 27-15 vote to the House for consideration and a possible showdown. It would be the first increase in roughly a decade.

The House has approved a larger increase to $12 an hour — with automated future increases tied to inflation — that was shunned by the Senate.

Lawsuit claims discrimination in Sunland Park police stop

Mar 8, 2019

  SUNLAND PARK, N.M. (AP) — Police in a New Mexico border city are being accused of discrimination after stopping an immigrant and searching his vehicle for drugs.

The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico filed a lawsuit Friday in state district court against the city of Sunland Park. The group alleges a police officer unlawfully detained Oscar Gutierrez Sanchez and his young son during a March 2018 traffic stop.

Your Legislators: State Representative Doreen Gallegos

Mar 8, 2019


New Mexico Governor Gov. Lujan Grisham Signs Gun Safety Legislation

Mar 8, 2019

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday signed Senate Bill 8.  Here is a statement from the Governor's office:

The new law improves public safety by expanding required background checks on firearm purchases to include private gun sales, closing loopholes for certain sales like those made online or at gun shows. 

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EL PASO, Texas (AP) — U.S. Air Force Secretary and former Congresswoman Heather Wilson has been named the next president of the University of Texas at El Paso.

The University of Texas System Board of Regents voted Friday to select Wilson as the only finalist for the job.

The 58-year-old Wilson served as a U.S. Congresswoman from 1998 to 2009 and represented a central New Mexico district that included Albuquerque. The Republican was appointed Air Force Secretary in 2017.

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Reflecting On The State Of Las Cruces

49 minutes ago
peter goodman

Commentary: Reading Mayor Miyagashima's “State of the City” speech prompted this citizen to reflect on the subject.

Generally, the state of the city seems good. The mayor, council, and city manager have done much. I particularly applaud the city's commitment to environmental/sustainability issues; and I agree that passage last year of four bond issues illustrated a healthy willingness of citizens to invest in improving Las Cruces – and our quality-of-life. 

I experience the city driving, walking, or bicycling around, playing pickleball, attending meetings, and the usual other ways. 

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Commentary: Responding to a staged pro-border wall rally organized by prominent state Republicans, residents from New Mexico border counties are speaking out against Trump’s wall and his manufactured crisis.

 

“The only threat to this county is in the paranoia being generated by the president's unfounded fear-mongering. The threat from border crossers into the bootheel is negligible. More than 95 percent of the 6,000 crossers at Antelope Wells over the past year were Central American families turning themselves in to seek asylum, according to the Border Patrol’s Lordsburg Sector,” said Kim Vacariu, a property and business owner in Rodeo, Hidalgo County. “There is no need for a wall across the bootheel of New Mexico. A wall here would destroy one of America’s most critical wildlife corridors — a natural asset drawing hundreds of researchers and several conferences per year to one of New Mexico’s most remote counties.”

 

Law Enforcement Failing To Follow The Law?

Mar 6, 2019

Commentary: Being robbed at gunpoint some 15 years ago remains a vivid memory. My attention fastened less on the gun than the gunman. I studied the mugger as a person for clues about his judgment and how much danger my friend and I were facing.

Just our luck, the kid was new at this, an amateur. His hands shook. He was in a sweat, his body was tense, and his finger was on that trigger as he waved the gun and pointed it at my friend’s stomach.

We would have felt safer with a professional, but we got "Flop-sweat Fred." Nevertheless, we negotiated the encounter with no shots fired and no additional holes on anyone’s person.

By the time you read this, 23 of New Mexico’s 33 counties may have declared themselves “Second Amendment Sanctuary counties.”

  


  Commentary: Bill Richardson wasn’t worried about either his Republican opponent, John Sanchez, or Green Party upstart David Bacon when he took the stage in Las Cruces for a televised debate prior to the 2002 gubernatorial election. Confident that victory was secured, Richardson directed his message to members of his own party in the Legislature.

 

He made it known that he would be proposing a big tax cut for the wealthy as one of his first acts. A future run for president was in the making, and Richardson needed to burnish his pro-business credentials.

 

The bill passed in 2003 reduced the top income tax rate from 8.2 to 5 percent and cut capital gains taxes by 50 percent.

 

That was the original sin.

Remembering Some Special People In The Borderland

Mar 3, 2019
peter goodman

Commentary: A week ago Friday, we signed our old friend, Orville “Bud” Wanzer, into hospice. Then on Saturday we attended a memorial for Edna Lucero, who'd died recently and peacefully at 96, making soup in the family farmhouse. Early Sunday morning, Bud died. (His obit is -- at least was supposed to be, but for the newspaper's ineptitude with its new system -- in today's Sun-News. Edna's appeared February 10.)

 

I knew Bud extremely well for half a century. I met Edna once, immediately wanted to visit her, and her husband of 73 years, Enrique, for a column, but never did.

 

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