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For live, brief weekly updates of county news, tune in Wednesdays to the Zia Country Morning Show at approximately 7:15 a.m. at 99.5 on your dial, and on Magic 105 at approximately 7:50 a.m., and on Your Morning Show at approximately 8:15 a.m. on KVLC, 101-Gold. On Thursday mornings, you can tune in to the KGRT Morning Country Show at approximately 7:15 a.m., then on KSNM 98.7 from about 8:25-8:33, and finally on HOT 103.1's Morning Show (approx. 8:10-8:15.
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The second of four public meetings designed to gather input about the future of the five-mile perimeter around Las Cruces known as the Extra Territorial Zone (ETZ) will be held at 7 p.m. tonight at Clyde Tombaugh Elementary School.
Lt. Cheryl Roach has been named interim administrator of the Doña Ana County Detention Center. Roach will fill the position vacated by Jeffery Garbow’s resignation, which became effective Oct. 1.
Fresh tortillas from Rincon will be a reality soon, thanks to the hard work and vision of many people in the area who have worked to bring a cooperative grain mill to the community.
During the late hours of the night Tuesday, Sept. 14, big changes were afoot at the Mesilla Valley Regional Dispatch Authority in the county’s governmental complex east of the Courthouse.
Growth in Doña Ana County has broadened the tax base, according to County Assessor Emma Johnson Ortiz, who said that 1999 property tax rates have dropped to pre-1997 levels.
In the 1990 U.S. Census, Doña Ana County’s population was reported at 135,510, but Census officials believe the population was undercounted by approximately 4,500 people.
The New Mexico Court of Appeals ruled this week that a controversial annexation of land by the City of Sunland Park was illegal, reversing a decision of the state district court.
Most Dona Ana County offices will be closed all day Monday, Sept. 6, to commemorate Labor Day.
The Doña Ana County Detention Center will receive $386,524 this week in federal funds to help reimburse the county for the costs of housing documented illegal aliens detained locally by the state.
RADIUM SPRINGS – On Sunday, August 22, Doña Ana County Commission Chairman Gilbert T. Apodaca will open the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Radium Springs Community Center.
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