Online, close to 300,000 people have registered for the Covid-19 vaccine and many have already received their first dose. Register on the New Mexico Department of Health’s (NMDOH) website at …
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By Elva K. Österreich
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1/14/21
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The Doña Ana Arts Council (DAAC) will host seven new art and culture online courses beginning Jan. 18 and focusing on world art, Mesoamerican Art, great Mexican artists, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, …
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By Mike Cook
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1/14/21
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“Karl the Magnificent,” a new play by Colorado playwright William Missouri Downs, directed by Ceil Herman, will be streamed by Black Box Theatre (BBT) beginning at 7 p.m., Friday, Jan. 8, …
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By Mike Cook
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1/7/21
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The New Mexico Department of Health today announced that the DOH hotline now offers support for questions surrounding vaccine registration.
Nearly 300,000 New Mexicans have registered for vaccine …
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1/7/21
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12/31/20
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The piece “Linear and Metaphoric” is about transforming the walls that separate us into a symbol of diversity and connection.
Inspired by our 2016 presidential …
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By Zoe Wolfe
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12/31/20
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At the Las Cruces taproom of the Truth or Consequences Brewing Company, 2001 E. Lohman Ave., owner/manager Marianne Blaue has been missing the arts.
“We’re really committed to supporting art,” she said, “specifically visual art and live music. That’s kind of core to our whole offering, and the pandemic has really taken that away from us, our customers and the artists we hire, because we can’t have gatherings.”
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By Elva K. Österreich
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12/31/20
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More than 339 species of birds have been spotted in Grant County. In the Gila River Habitat Management Unit (along the Gila River), at least 200 species have been documented. Common black hawks, …
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By Sheila Sowder
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12/31/20
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A good friend, Father Peter Hinde has just died in El Paso from COVID-19. As painful as this is, I remember him with laughter and conversations like this.
“Morgan, Morgan, you should have …
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By Morgan Smith
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12/31/20
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Area museums are taking on some of the need for things to do in the world with Silver City Museum hosting a Zoom talk on the Spanish Flu, the Thomas Branigan Memorial Library calling for poets, The Farm and Ranch exhibit Home on the Range, from Ranches to Rocket going on line and the New Mexico cultural Affairs Department hosting a variety of online experiences.
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By Elva K. Österreich
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12/31/20
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The New Mexico Department of Health on Wednesday announced the updated statewide COVID-19 map for the two-week period beginning Dec. 30, with 32 counties at the Red Level. Twenty-eight counties …
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12/31/20
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Award-winning author and Las Cruces bookstore owner Denise Chávez will host a Zoom virtual talk/writing prompt session called “Writing Witness,” beginning at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14.
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By Mike Cook
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12/28/20
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and other agencies are warning the public about several emerging fraud schemes related to COVID-19 vaccines.
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12/22/20
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Samantha Kindred and Kaleigh Jones worked at a coffee shop in Mesilla and found they had something powerful in common – a love of baking.
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By Elva K. Österreich
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12/21/20
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Today, President-Elect Biden nominated New Mexico Representative Deb Haaland to be the next Department of Interior Secretary.
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12/17/20
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If you saw two bright stars in proximity above Wednesday’s crescent moonset in the western New Mexico horizon, just wait until Monday, Dec. 21.
Those weren’t actually stars, but …
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12/17/20
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“T’was the night before Christmas and all through the house, the stage was alive – from your very own
couch.”
That’s how Black Box Theatre of Las Cruces is touting …
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By Mike Cook
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12/17/20
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The Gila National Forest wishes to remind all fuelwood cutters that your tags and permits that were purchased during the 2020 calendar year expire on Dec. 31.
2021 firewood wood …
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12/17/20
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Las Cruces artist Glenn Schwaiger is loaning some of his unique and beautiful artwork to Jardin de Los Niños to brighten the walls of their facility on the Mesilla Valley Community of Hope …
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By Mike Cook
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12/10/20
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The New Mexico Museum of Space History and International Space Hall of Fame were saddened to learn of the passing of General Chuck Yeager on Monday, December 7, 2020. A 1982 Inductee into the Space …
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By Cathy Harper
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12/8/20
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