Kate Bieri

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – More than two dozen cadets will join a short-staffed police department in Las Cruces after their graduation on Friday afternoon. At 1 p.m. on Friday, 28 cadets will graduate from the Las Cruces Police Department’s 51st academy. Two of the graduates are headed to the New Mexico State University Police

DOÑA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico – With most of Doña Ana County in severe or extreme drought, county commissioners on Tuesday placed additional restrictions on fireworks Tuesday morning.  “Doña Ana County is in a 100% drought condition,” said county attorney Nelson Goodin. “The entire county.”  The county had already banned aerial fireworks, but on Tuesday,

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – If marijuana sales stay strong, the local industry could bring in $1 million in yearly tax revenue to Las Cruces, according to city staffers. “This unexpected tax revenue – I would really like to see it go toward quality of life,” said Councilwoman Johana Bencomo, who represents district four. “I

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Two Las Cruces families were displaced by a fire in north-central Las Cruces Monday morning, according to the fire department. However, no one was injured in the blaze near Three Crosses Avenue and Alameda Boulevard, a battalion chief said. The fire ignited just after 10:30 a.m. Firefighters were on scene

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In one week, a federal judge will sentence Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin for his role in the deadly riot at the United States Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. “I could face a year in federal prison for walking down to the capitol with one mission and one mission only: to go

Editor’s note: You can scroll to the bottom of the article to watch the superintendent’s full interview. LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – On the second-to-last day of school, Las Cruces students and parents were shocked to learn that multiple children and adults were shot and killed in a Texas school. “That’s just devastating,” said Miguel

DOÑA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico – After the $2.1 million building sat empty for nearly eight years, Doña Ana County’s Crisis Triage Center served more than 600 people in its first year of operation, according to the county’s health and human services department. As of May 30th, the Crisis Triage Center has had 617 admissions,

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Law enforcement experts on Friday commented on the complexity of emergency calls in which a person has mental health issues or weapons, such as knives. “We’re having to process things real time: in milliseconds,” said Clint McNear, a field services supervisor for the Texas Municipal Police Association. “We have to

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – At first glance, it may look like a bag of Hot Cheetos. However, if a parent looks closely at the product in the photo, the bag has a white box in the bottom right corner that indicates the product has 600 milligrams of THC, the psychoactive compound found in marijuana.

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – In newly released body camera video from the city of Las Cruces, the granddaughter of a 75-year-old woman killed by police told investigators that her grandmother was mentally ill and that she had asked an officer not to fire his weapon. “I was standing close to the officer asking him,

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Las Cruces is now the only large city in New Mexico where marijuana users can buy joints, edibles and flower at all hours of the day. “I don’t want this industry to just survive: I want it to thrive,” said Councilwoman Johana Bencomo, who represents district four. “In order for

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The city of Las Cruces has ordered the Kilby Motel on Main Street to operate at a reduced capacity after portions of the motel did not meet minimum standards for occupancy, according to Mayor Ken Miyagishima. In the meantime, business owners say occupants from the motel are vandalizing stores across

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – A Doña Ana County man is asking for permission to grow marijuana in Chaparral after the county’s planning and zoning commission denied his application to grow and sell. “We’re not trying to hurt anybody,” said Manuel Cervantes, an east El Paso resident. “We’re not bringing crime as some people might

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – On Monday, the chief of the Las Cruces Police Department offered his condolences to the family of a 75-year-old woman shot and killed by an officer while providing more perspective on the deadly call. “It was a tragedy,” said Chief Miguel Dominguez. “No family wants to be put in this

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The chief of the Las Cruces Police Department confirmed to ABC-7 that an elderly woman with a knife was shot and killed on Saturday night. As ABC-7 reported this weekend, family members say Amelia Vaca, 75, was shot and killed near Santa Fe Street and Fir Avenue. Forty-two hours after