LAS CRUCES >> Though Las Cruces has never had a civic plaza, that hardly means there wasn’t a central gathering place. (Source)
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The past, the present, the plaza: A heart for downtown Las Cruces
LAS CRUCES >> When city leaders and citizens gather Friday for the ceremonial groundbreaking on a downtown plaza, it will be the culmination of more than two decades of planning, praying and (Source)
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Beyond the plaza: New businesses and projects likely to surround ‘outdoor room’
LAS CRUCES >> About a year from now, there will be children playing on a splash pad to cool off from the summer sun on the north end of the new downtown plaza. (Source)
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NMSU to disburse most financial aid on first day of school
LAS CRUCES >> After hearing an earful from outraged students about delayed disbursements of federal aid, New Mexico State University’s Financial Aid and Scholarship Services relented Friday and (Source)
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GED no longer the only test in town
LAS CRUCES >> When it comes to high school equivalency tests, the GED is no longer the only game in New Mexico. (Source)
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Jury awards over $1 million to ex-Doña Ana County worker in retaliation trial
LAS CRUCES >> A jury on Thursday evening awarded more than $1 million in damages to Kim Stewart, the former Doña Ana County internal affairs investigator who sued the county over alleged (Source)
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Glass recycling popular in Las Cruces
aalbidrez@lcsun-news.com @antblayke on Twitter LAS CRUCES >> A little more than a year into its glass recycling program, and the South Central Solid Waste Authority’s recycling center has (Source)
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New financial aid schedule riles NMSU students
LAS CRUCES >> A change in the way New Mexico State University will release federal financial aid has many students outraged. (Source)
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Mayfield High graduate reunites with lost class ring after nearly 10 years
MESILLA >> Another lost ring was reunited with its owner on Wednesday. Nearly a decade ago, Annie De Fausell, then 19, lost her much-treasured class ring during a night out with friends in the (Source)
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Pluto up close: Spacecraft achieves flyby, then calls home
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. >> NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft got humanity’s first up-close look at Pluto on Tuesday, sending word of its triumph across 3 billion miles to scientists waiting (Source)
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