Regional

By Evan Woodward

Las Cruces, NM – Due to an outpouring of public support and donations more than four dozen dogs at the Dona Ana County-Las Cruces animal shelter no longer have to be euthanized. As KRWG's Evan Woodward reports, the dogs were going to be euthanized to make room for 12 pit bulls being held by the county from an unresolved dog fighting case.

By Evan Woodward

Las Cruces, NM – The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico filed a lawsuit against Geo Group Incorporated yesterday claiming that several inmates at a private prison the company runs were subjected to cruel and unusual punishment. As KRWG's Evan Woodward reports, the federal lawsuit also names several employees of the prison as defendants.

By Evan Woodward

Las Cruces, NM – The American Clean Energy Leadership Act--a bill authored by New Mexico's Senior Senator Jeff Bingaman cleared the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources yesterday. As KRWG's Evan Woodward reports, the multifaceted bill is intended to advance the country's clean energy policies.

By Marco Grajeda

Las Cruces, NM – New Mexico Attorney General Gary King is traveling to Italy next week, for a week-long summit on organized crime. As KRWG's Marco Grajeda reports, King says the training is needed because of the state's proximity to the cartel violence in Mexico.

By Marco Grajeda

Las Cruces, NM – Residents in Las Cruces' Talavera subdivision are being urged to conserve water after the two wells supplying water to the community were unable to keep up with demand. KRWG's Marco Grajeda has more.

By Gary Worth

Las Cruces, NM – There's not a lot of choice when it comes to private schools in the Las Cruces area...But that is about to change. Gary Worth reports on an effort by a handful of former NMSU professors and other community members to start a new private secular school for gifted and academically advanced children, that will open in august

By Marco Grajeda

Las Cruces, NM – This month, two women have been sexually assaulted in Dona Ana County, after accepting a ride from unknown men. As KRWG's Marco Grajeda reports, law enforcement officers are on the lookout for the suspects, and are cautioning women not to accept rides from strangers.

By Melissa Aguilera

Las Cruces, NM – The Las Cruces City Council approved a resolution yesterday to help launch a bus service program connecting the city with El Paso, Texas. KRWG's Melissa Aguilera has this report.

By Marco Grajeda

Las Cruces, NM – The construction of traditional billboards, which line major roads in El Paso, may be banned next month if an ordinance is approved by city officials. As KRWG's Marco Grajeda reports, the proposal would also limit the erection of new digital billboards.

By KRWG News

Las Cruces – Every Monday on Morning Edition at 7:51, Fred Martino speaks with Las Cruces Sun News Business Editor Brook Stockberger.

By Melissa Aguilera

Las Cruces, NM – The Dona Ana County Sheriff's Department plans to remove its victim's advocacy program in a couple of weeks to make up for a budget shortfall. Sheriff's officials say their department will work with local non-profit groups to ensure victims of violence continue finding help; but as KRWG's Melissa Aguilera reports, not everyone is convinced the program's unique services will be found anywhere else.

By Marco Grajeda

Las Cruces, NM – Chicken-raising might sound like an activity more in line with the barnyard than the backyard, but several Las Cruces residents think it's a great idea for the city. The group Citizens for Legalizing Urban Chicken Keeping or Cluck brought up the idea, and as KRWG's Marco Grajeda reports, city officials are considering removing a ban on backyard chicken coops.

By Marco Grajeda

Las Cruces, NM – The Digital Era is officially here! Well for most people, that is. As KRWG's Marco Grajeda reports, many rural New Mexicans will continue watching television in analog, long after the digital deadline.

By Fernando R Zamarr?n

Las Cruces, NM – Twenty-Five Years ago, US and Mexican officials signed an environmental cooperation agreement, creating a bi-national program to reduce pollution along the US-Mexico Border.In 2002, the EPA and its Mexican counterpart, created a ten-year program called Border 2012 U-S-Mexico Environmental Program, run by the U-S Environmental Protection Agency & Mexico's Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources.
WITH THE KRWG WEEKEND NEWS, THIS HAS BEEN FERNANDO ZAMARRON.

By Jessica Havstad

Las Cruces, NM – Southern New Mexico's 350 sunny days a year have long attracted new residents now the unique desert climate is attracting what could be the biggest solar thermal power plant in the nation.