Press Releases: 2007

For live, brief weekly updates of county news, tune in Wednesdays to Jack Lutz in the Morning at approximately 7:35 a.m. on The Rocket 99.9 or on Your Morning Show at approximately 8:10 a.m. on KVLC, 101-Gold. On Thursday mornings, you can tune in to the following stations: KGRT Morning Country Show with Joel and Patricia at approximately 7:40 a.m., then on HOT 103.1’s Morning Show (approx. 8:02-8:05 a.m.). In addition, you can hear updates throughout the week at various times on AM 570, KSNM.

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10/16/2007 10:02am
NEW STUDENT ART SHOW ANNOUNCED

More than 100 pieces of original student artwork from the Las Cruces and Gadsden public schools have been installed in the first-floor corridors of the Doña Ana County Government Center at 845 N. Motel Blvd. in Las Cruces. The exhibit includes paintings, etchings and drawings. The artists range from elementary students to high school students. read more...

10/15/2007 5:43am
DRIPPING SPRINGS DETOUR AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION SET TO GET UNDERWAY

Doña Ana County crews have begun moving dirt to construct a detour north of a section of Dripping Springs Road where an arroyo crosses the thoroughfare. After the detour is completed, crews will begin work to install a new bridge. read more...

10/12/2007 3:11pm
STATE NOTIFIES COUNTY THAT SPACEPORT TAX WILL NOT BE DELAYED

The New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department today notified Doña Ana County that it will begin collecting Spaceport America gross-receipts taxes on Jan. 1, 2008, despite a resolution passed Oct. 10 by the Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners seeking a delay of the tax collection by at least six months.
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10/12/2007 2:15pm
COUNTY SEEKS PUBLIC INPUT ON NEW, PROPOSED FIREWORKS ORDINANCE

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10/12/2007 9:43am
BUREAU OF ELECTIONS FINE-TUNES PRECINCT BOUNDARIES USING ADVANCED GIS

The Doña Ana County Bureau of Elections, working in close coordination with the Doña Ana County Planning Department’s GIS Division, is revising precinct boundaries throughout Doña Ana County to ensure that all registered voters are voting in the right polling places for the correct slates of candidates.
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9/18/2007 7:57am
DOÑA ANA COUNTY SEEKS VOLUNTEERS, SPONSORS FOR 2007 ‘TREK FOR TRASH’

The Doña Ana County Sheriff's Department Codes Division is seeking community volunteers to participate in the 2007 Trek for Trash campaign, scheduled Saturday, Oct. 13, throughout Doña Ana County.
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9/17/2007 11:19am
ANIMAL-CONTROL RESERVE CLASS TO GRADUATE ON SEPT. 22

Doña Ana County’s first-ever animal-control reservists will graduate from a month of training classes during a Sept. 22 ceremony at the Doña Ana County Government Center.
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9/17/2007 10:31am
COMMISSIONER BUTLER APPOINTED TO NATIONAL HEALTH STEERING COMMITTEE

District 1 Doña Ana County Commissioner Oscar Vásquez-Butler has been appointed to the Health Steering Committee of the National Association of Counties.
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9/17/2007 8:43am
DOÑA ANA COUNTY AIRPORT RECOGNIZED FOR ‘EVENT OF THE YEAR’

The Doña Ana County Airport at Santa Teresa received the ‘Event of the Year’ Award this month at the annual New Mexico State Aviation Conference, held in Santa Fe Sept. 12-13. read more...

9/14/2007 12:31pm
RESIDENTS CAUTIONED TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM WEST NILE VIRUS

Two West Nile deaths already have been confirmed in New Mexico, and one of them was in Doña Ana County. To date in 2007, Doña Ana County has eight confirmed cases of the disease. read more...