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Algernon D'Ammassa

Las Cruces

Southern New Mexico Reporter at Albuquerque Journal

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  • 4 days ago | abqjournal.com | Algernon D'Ammassa

    LAS CRUCES — City council members took another step Monday toward determining how Las Cruces will spend its nearly $10 million share of a landmark opioid liability settlement. At a work session, council heard updates from an advisory council convened two years ago to develop a plan for spending the funds effectively, based on terms of the settlement, joint sessions with Doña Ana County commissioners, public surveys and input from local agencies.

  • 1 week ago | abqjournal.com | Algernon D'Ammassa

    LAS CRUCES — As police reviewed security footage that captured an act of vandalism at City Hall, they spotted a familiar face: A man arrested some 30 times since 2020 and more than 70 times over three decades, according to the 3rd Judicial District Attorney's Office. He had also been accused of breaking a window at City Hall last year, in a case that was dismissed after a court ruled he was not competent to stand trial. kA 5:ClQ=ECQmpE 23@FE bib_ 2]>] $2EFC52J[ yF?6 `c[ 42>6C2D 7:=>65 2?

  • 1 week ago | abqjournal.com | Algernon D'Ammassa

    LAS CRUCES — New Mexico State University celebrated Juneteenth much as Bobbie Green remembers observing it in her childhood: Outdoors on a summer day, eating barbecue beneath trees and sunshine, relating the story of how chattel slavery in the United States came to an end. "We used to celebrate Juneteenth every year out in Apodaca Park," Green, the president of the Doña Ana County chapter of the NAACP, said in an interview.

  • 1 week ago | abqjournal.com | Algernon D'Ammassa

    LAS CRUCES — Las Cruces police have been using body-worn cameras to film interactions with the public for over a decade. According to Police Chief Jeremy Story, most of that footage remains in storage, presenting a growing expense and burden on city resources. "We are the only police department that retains video indefinitely, that I’m aware of," Story told the City Council on Monday.

  • 1 week ago | abqjournal.com | Algernon D'Ammassa

    LAS CRUCES – The man accused of shooting a motorist at a stoplight last week, seemingly at random, will be held without bond through his trial for first-degree murder, following a detention hearing in state district court Tuesday. The hearing fell exactly one week after Pancho Garcia, 35, allegedly walked into lanes of traffic on Picacho Avenue, approached a car and shot the driver 3-4 times before running back into the room he was renting at a Western Inn close to the intersection.

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27 May 25

Former Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagishima launching his bid for NM governor now. https://t.co/IrjwhjLoO8

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26 Apr 25

Today we learned about the charges against Joel and Nancy Cano. https://t.co/RizdkxE52y

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23 Mar 25

RT @MReisen88: UPDATED STORY on Las Cruces shooting Journal peeps @AlgernonWrites, @Just516garc, @BushChancey, @LucasPeerman, @matt_narvai…