LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) -- A Las Cruces teacher was just named the 2026 New Mexico Teacher of the Year. Nancy Orta, a first grade teacher at East Picacho Elementary School, first learned the ...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – News 13 is following the latest developments in a high-profile case out of Las Cruces, the former police officer convicted for shooting a man in the back of the head for ...

There's a new top team in New Mexico. Las Cruces (4-0) took down Cleveland (3-1) 38-34 in Rio Rancho in a battle of MaxPreps' No. 2 and No. 1 ranked teams, respectively, on Sept. 12. The win will ...

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A second suspect in a deadly shooting that claimed the life of a young woman was arrested. Elijah Sambrano was booked into the Dona Ana County Detention Center on Wednesday, ...

High school football teams in the Las Cruces area have been hard at work, and so has the Las Cruces Sun-News. During preseason, we spoke with coaches and players about what fans should expect this ...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KFOX14/CBS4) — Las Cruces police confirm, one woman is dead and a suspect has been arrested after a shooting near a Park. According to the Las Cruces Police Department, 19-year-old ...

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) -- New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham says Las Cruces and Doña Ana County are getting $11 million a part of a $120 million statewide housing investment aimed at ...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KFOX14/CBS4) — Las Cruces' oldest football rivalry saw the Las Cruces Bulldogs claim victory over the Mayfield Trojans at the Field of Dreams on Friday night. The Bulldogs took an ...

Las Cruces police are currently investigating a murder-suicide that occurred Tuesday at a home in the Sonoma Ranch neighborhood in Las Cruces. Shortly after 4 p.m. Tuesday, officers were dispatched to ...

Boxer Joscelyn Olayo-Munoz,17, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, has been named captain of USA Boxing’s Youth Select team. Olayo-Munoz will compete in the Brandenburg Cup in Germany at 106 pounds. She has ...

Las Cruces is one of the top 10 towns to visit in America, according to a newly released report. The "City of Crosses" landed in the No. 7 spot for CNN's "America's Best Towns to Visit" in 2025, which ...

Las Cruces, in southwestern New Mexico, is nourished by the Rio Grande River and the fertile Mesilla Valley, surrounded by the Chihuahuan Desert and backed in the east by the dramatic peaks of the ...