Run For The Wall, the veterans motorcycle ride from California to Washington, D.C., will arrive at 6:40 p.m. today in Las Cruces. RFTW, several hundred motorcycles will arrive from the west on I-10, Exit 140 eastbound, proceed to Barnett's Harley Davidson for a donated dinner at 7 p.m. On Friday, wreath laying at 8:15 a.m. at the Veterans Memorial Park, Roadrunner Parkway. Depart Veterans Memorial Park at 9 a.m. to Odessa, Texas.
Big Band Dance Club will host a formal Spring Prom from 8 to 10 p.m. today at the Court Youth Center, 402 W. Court St. Dance ballroom, country, swing, and Latin styles to live music by the High Society Orchestra. Admission is $9 nonmembers and $7 members. Info: (575) 526-6504.
The GFWC Progress Club of Las Cruces presented a check for $129 to Sandy VanLandingham for the children's department of the Thomas Branigan Memorial Library on May 2.
More than 175 students, parents and teachers attended César E. Chávez and Sunrise elementary schools' annual Front Porch meeting on May 3 at Hanger Lake Park.
New Mexico State University's Chicano Programs recently selected a group of students to be freshman ambassadors and included six local Dońa Ana County residents as part of the group.
Assistant Director of Instruction for English Language Acquisition, Bilingual and Migrant Education Programs Roberto Lozano, second from left, accepts a $300 donation from Enrique Maestas, trustee of the Loyal Order of the Moose, Lodge #2081 of Las Cruces.
Golden Mesa, 151 N. Roadrunner Pkwy., an independent senior retirement community, invites the public to Armed Forces Day events in honor of area veterans Friday through Sunday.
The Board of Trustees of the Town of Mesilla will hold a work session at 5:30 p.m. and the board's regular meeting will follow at 6 p.m. Monday in the board room of the Mesilla Town Hall, 2231 Avenida de Mesilla. Info: (575) 524-3262.
The City of Las Cruces Parks and Recreation Department is taking registration for session I and II of Youth Gymnastics and Youth Cheer classes at the Meerscheidt Recreation Center, 1600 E. Hadley Ave. Registration will be ongoing until classes are full.
Lena Langston turn 100 years old on May 6. Her request for gifts is not for herself, but for friends and family to pack Operation Christmas Child boxes in her honor. She commented, "Operation Christmas Child brings joy and hope to children in desperate situations all over the world. Through these boxes, children learn about God's love, and that's the best gift to share."
Rosenda Bustamante-Barrios, from La Mesa, will be graduating as part of the Class of 2012 of the New Mexico School for the Deaf on June 1. The commencement ceremony will be 10 a.m. on the NMSD Santa Fe Campus. Governor Susana Martinez as the commencement speaker.
Charlotte Johnson and Ann Sallemi will present a program of piano duet music at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Shannon Room, Branigan Cultural Center, 501 N. Main St. The concert is free and open to the public. For information, call (575)526-8540 or (575) 524-9322.
Las Cruces Braves, 10U, were the second place winners in the Cinco de Mayo Tournament. Congratulates to the team for doing such a great job at the tournament.
Robert Fry of Farmington and Timothy Allen of Bloomfield will remain the last two inmates on New Mexico's death row after a Santa Fe jury spared the life of Michael Astorga on Friday and instead sentenced him to life in prison for the murder of Deputy James McGrane during a 2006 traffic stop.
The New Mexico Legislature repealed the death penalty in 2009, and then-Gov. Bill Richardson earned an audience with the pope by signing the bill into law. New Mexico has had only one execution since 1960.
"We care about the mentally ill in this community," said Brenda Viloria, director of nursing at Sierra Vista Hospital in Truth or Consequences, when I was talking to her about working as a psychiatric nurse. Viloria went on to say "We have many mentally ill people who stop here. They say they like the name of the town." The people of Truth or Consequences proved this when they recently supported "Minds Interrupted," a live performance of storytelling by someone affected by mental illness. I saw this performance — and I was moved to tears.
You endorsed Steinborn and in your editorial you state that Antonio Lujan rarely takes the leadership role. If he does not take a leadership role, why is he on the House Appropriations Committee? I think he would be more of an asset to southern New Mexico than Steinborn.
It's not often that a senior political figure announces an intention to behave irresponsibly and risk inflicting great harm on the U.S. economy. It's even rarer that the politician, having already behaved irresponsibly and inflicted harm on the U.S. economy, announces his intention to do so again.
Let's re-elect Dr. Terry McMillan to the House of Representatives. Dr. McMillan is currently the only physician serving in the Legislature and we need knowledgeable input into health-care matters.
Last June, this paper gave front-page coverage to what I call the Brown Farm fiasco, a city-executed, flood-control project gone amok. While it proceeded, the mayor viewed the site, stopped the saws, and saved a few trees. Later, I held or attended meetings to address many site-related problems; at different times, the meetings included, among others, Councilors Connor, Silva, Sorg, and Thomas; Commissioners Garrett and Krahling; and county and city officials and staff. Afterward, nothing happened.
When Mesilla trustees sought approval from voters in March for a temporary property tax increase to support a general obligation bond for needed improvements to public safety facilities, we agreed with that decision and offered our editorial support.
Chaos. A huge mess. Governmental train wreck. Disgrace. There are a lot of words that could describe what's happening in Sunland Park - none of them positive.
Letters to our local papers written in support of Senator Bingaman's bill "Organ Mountain-Desert Peaks National Monument" minimizes the groups and individuals that oppose this proposed massive 600,000-acre land closing from public usage.
There are two ways to defend gay marriage. Argument A is empathy: One is influenced by gay friends in committed relationships yearning for the fulfillment and acceptance that marriage conveys upon heterosexuals. That's essentially the case President Obama made when he first announced his change of views.
Will there be a time when Republicans speak the truth about an issue? Facts do not enter into any conversation. In the column by Steve Pearce and John Barrasso concerning a comprehensive energy plan, we find another example of not letting reality get in the way of big-money politics.
LAS CRUCES - The New Mexico State Aggie baseball team continues its quest to close the regular season strong, beating San Jose State 4-2 in Game 2 of their three-game series, on Saturday afternoon.
LOS ANGELES - Tim Duncan scored 19 points, helping engineer a 24-0 run in the third quarter after the Spurs trailed by 24 points, and San Antonio defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 96-86 on Saturday
This past spring, a slogan for New Mexico State football was, "It's Time."
Perhaps more fitting entering the 2012 season would be, "It's (Do or Die) Time.
NEWARK, N.J. - Henrik Lundqvist stopped all 36 shots, and Dan Girardi, Chris Kreider and Ryan Callahan scored third-period goals to lead the New York Rangers to a 3-0 win over the New Jersey Devils
NEW YORK - Lakers guard Steve Blake and his wife have been attacked online since he missed a possible game-winning 3-pointer against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 2 of their Western Conference
The New Mexico State Aggie baseball team will play a three-game series at San Jose State this weekend to finish out Western Athletic Conference regular-season play.
Aggie catcher Fisher named a semifinalist for Johnny Bench Award
Sun-News report
New Mexico State junior catcher Zac Fisher was named one of 12 semifinalists for the 2012 Johnny Bench Award
LAS CRUCES - New Mexico State women's basketball head coach Mark Trakh announced that Samantha Donald, a point guard from Box Hill Senior Secondary College in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, signed a
New Mexico State junior Justin Shin and senior Zachery Fullerton competed in Day 1 of the NCAA Palo Alto Regional Golf Tournament, Thursday, at the par-70 Stanford Golf Course.
LAS CRUCES - The New Mexico State football team will once again use the sideline bench located on the west side of Aggie Memorial Stadium in the 2012 season - the press-box side of the stadium.
