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Septic vote tabled by council

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 1:30am
click here. LAS CRUCES - The Las Cruces City Council appeared to be a bit skittish Tuesday about setting a precedent.The question before them was: should they approve the installation of individual se...
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KOA campground saves with green technology

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 1:30am
Tony Fassi, owner of the KOA campground near U.S. 70, sits next to his 630,000-gallon evaporative lagoon. Fassi has taken special efforts to make his campground environmentally friendly and energy eff...
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Lost hikers found near Aguirre Sapring

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 1:29am
LAS CRUCES - Three adults and three children got lost when hiking near Aguirre Spring Recreation Area on Monday night, according to authorities.The Do-a Ana County Sheriff's Department responded to a ...
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Council OKs Workforce Solutions lease

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 1:29am
click here. LAS CRUCES - It may go down as the shortest special meeting ever conducted by the Las Cruces City Council.After meeting for a regularly scheduled session that lasted more than 4 1/2 hours...
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Rosh Hashana begins tonight

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 1:29am
Rabbi Bery Schmukler demonstrates the blowing of the Shofar, a ram's horn, while wearing a Tallit - a prayer shawl - at his home on Tuesday in preparation for Rosh Hashana. The Jewish holiday, beginni...
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Seminar to focus on veterans' benefits

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 1:29am
LAS CRUCES - Golden Mesa retirement community, 151 N Roadrunner Parkway, will host a free veterans benefits seminar, noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. The seminar, led by local veteran advocates Brian McDonald...
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Driver in crash faces abuse charges

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 1:29am
LAS CRUCES - A woman involved in a minor automobile crash Sunday faces charges of driving while intoxicated and child abuse because her two children were in the vehicle, according to the Las Cruces Po...
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NMSU makes Forbes' 'best colleges' list

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 1:29am
LAS CRUCES - New Mexico State University was listed in Forbes Magazine's annual ranking of the nation's 610 best colleges. The annual ranking, compiled by Forbes and the Center for College Affordabili...
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NMSU plans surprise fire drills

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 1:29am
LAS CRUCES - As part of the fall 2010 safety initiative, "no notice fire drills" will conducted at four New Mexico State University academic buildings from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. this week. At the fire chie...
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Illegal dumping must be addressed

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 1:29am
LAS CRUCES - Illegal dumping, also known as "fly dumping," "midnight dumping," or "wildcat dumping," is a major problem in the United States, especially in less populated, more rural areas where the p...
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Perea named to Magistrate Court bench

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 1:29am
LAS CRUCES - As predicted by many in Do a Ana County, the appointment of Conrad F. Perea as Magistrate Court judge was announced Tuesday by Gov. Bill Richardson."Conrad Perea has a vast experience wit...
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Community foundations to merge

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 1:29am
Two community foundations in southern New Mexico have announced plans to merge their operations. Pictured left to right are Diana Seward, president of the Healthcare Foundation of Southern New Mexico;...
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Burn Lake sexual activities targeted by authorities

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 1:29am
LAS CRUCES - The broken glass at the padlocked snack shack, the peeling paint on the picnic table shades and the child-high weeds clogging the shore are the least of Burn Lake's problems.In the last m...
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3 year old tests positive for meth

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 12:08am
Posted at: 09/07/2010 9:43 PM | Updated at: 09/07/2010 10:33 PM By: Joe Vigil, Eyewitness News 4 Drug Task Force members wore special suits to enter a suspected meth lab at California and Z...
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UNM Students Bridge Gap To Islam During Ramadan

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 12:08am
University of New Mexico students are talking about the national controversy over Islam.A Florida pastor said he will burn the Quran on the anniversary of 9/11 and there continues to be backlash again...
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Dog Registered To Vote In New Mexico

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 12:08am
Tuckup -- an 11-year-old black lab and golden retriever mix -- may be the first and only animal registered to vote in New Mexico."He's registered an independent," the dog's owner Don Pizzolato said. "...
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School gets female dean

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 11:56pm
For the first time in its history, UNM’s School of Architecture and Planning has a woman as its new dean.  Geraldine Forbes Isais, the architecture program director since 2005, was promoted to dea...
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Gov funds farmers markets

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 11:56pm
Gov. Bill Richardson introduced a $50,000 Recovery Act fund Aug. 24 to encourage low-income households to shop at farmers markets. About $47,000 of the stimulus will be used in a dollar-for-dollar ma...
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Career fair geared for Anderson students

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 11:56pm
Career Week at the Anderson School of Management, an event to meant to help students jump into the work force, began Tuesday and will run through Sept. 15. Karin Kase, Anderson’s Career Services ma...
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Obama will have to invent America's next escape plan

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 11:56pm
The Reagan-era unemployment, which was as bad as ours, was cured by the mass migration from manufacturing to service-sector jobs, moving from tradesmen to hamburger-flippers, from longshoremen to chec...
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