Las Cruces is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico and the seat of Doña Ana County. As of the 2020 census the population was 111,385. Las Cruces is the most populous city in both Doña Ana County and southern New Mexico. The Las Cruces metropolitan area had an estimated population of 213,849 in 2017. It is the principal city of a metropolitan statistical area which encompasses all of Doña Ana County and is part of the larger El Paso–Las Cruces combined statistical area with a population of 1,088,420 making it the 56th largest combined statistical area in the United States.
New Mexico State University is a public land-grant research university in Las Cruces,New Mexico,United States. Founded in 1888,it is the state's oldest public institution of higher education,and the state's first land-grant institution in New Mexico. NMSU has campuses in Alamogordo,Doña Ana County,and Grants,as well as research centers and programs in all 33 counties in the state. The NMSU Main campus in Las Cruces is the main campus of the NMSU system in the state.
KRWG-TV is a PBS member television station in Las Cruces,New Mexico,United States. The station is owned by the Regents of New Mexico State University. KRWG-TV's studios are located at Milton Hall on the NMSU campus in Las Cruces,and its transmitter is located atop Tortugas Mountain in central Doña Ana County. KRWG-TV's signal is relayed on low-power translator stations across southern New Mexico.
John Dendahl was an American business executive,Republican politician,and syndicated columnist from New Mexico. While attending the University of Colorado,he led two NCAA champion skiing teams,won three individual NCAA titles and was a member of the U.S. ski team at the 1960 Winter Olympics. He was inducted into the University of Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame and the New Mexico Ski Hall of Fame.
Denise Elia Chávez is a Chicana author,playwright,and stage director. She has also taught classes at New Mexico State University. She is based in New Mexico.
The Republican Party of New Mexico is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in New Mexico. It is headquartered in Albuquerque and led by chairperson Steve Pearce,vice chair Amy Barela,secretary Kathleen Apodaca,and treasurer Kim Skaggs. It currently has weak electoral power in the state,holding no statewide or federally elected offices,and having minorities in both houses of the New Mexico legislature.
Interstate 25 (I-25) in the US state of New Mexico follows the north–south corridor through Albuquerque and Santa Fe. It replaced U.S. Route 85 (US 85),which is no longer signed,but still exists in route logs sharing most of the I-25 alignment. I-25 starts in New Mexico at an interchange with I-10 in Las Cruces and extends roughly 460 miles (740 km) before reaching Colorado. I-25 passes through principally rural land through central New Mexico and passes through or near the cities of Las Cruces,Truth or Consequences,Socorro,Belen,Albuquerque,Santa Fe,Las Vegas,and Raton.
Edward Dionicio Baca was a Lieutenant General in the United States Army who was the first Hispanic to serve as Chief of the National Guard Bureau.
Betty Sabo was an American landscape painter and sculptor. She is best known for her realistic oils of New Mexico landscapes.
Michelle Lujan Grisham is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2019 as the 32nd governor of New Mexico. A member of the Democratic Party,Lujan Grisham previously served as the U.S. representative for New Mexico's 1st congressional district from 2013 to 2019.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of New Mexico on November 4,2014. All of New Mexico's executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat,and all of New Mexico's three seats in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on June 3,2014.
The Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine(BCOM) is a private,for-profit medical school. The main campus is located on the New Mexico State University (NMSU) campus in Las Cruces,New Mexico,and their second campus is located on the Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) campus in Melbourne,Florida. It is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association's Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation and graduated its first class in May 2020.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico were held on November 6,2018,to elect the three U.S. representatives from the state of New Mexico,one from each of the state's three congressional districts. The elections coincided with the gubernatorial election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
Mario Moccia is the current director of athletics for New Mexico State University. He previously served as athletic director for Southern Illinois University Carbondale from 2006 to 2014,as an associate athletic director at the University of Missouri from 1998 to 2006,as an associate athletic director at Southwest Texas State University from 1997 to 1998,and as an assistant athletic director at the University of New Mexico from 1993 to 1997. Moccia attended college at New Mexico State University,where he played on the New Mexico State Aggies baseball team.
James Carlin Bradley was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at New Mexico State University from 1973 to 1977,compiling a record of 23–31–1. Bradley played college football at New Mexico State from 1951 to 1954,when the school was known as New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. He was the head football coach at Mayfield High School in Las Cruces,New Mexico from 1965 to 1972. Bradley was the head football coach at Roswell High School in Roswell,New Mexico from 1980 to 1993 before he turned to Mayfield High School,where he was again head football coach from 1994 until his retirement in 2005. Bradley was born on March 8,1933,in Las Cruces. He died in his hometown on August 12,2015.
John D. Floros is a Greek-American food scientist and academic administrator. He is the former president of New Mexico State University in Las Cruces,New Mexico.
Susie Rayos Marmon was an American educator,oral historian,and storyteller,and supercentenarian who was committed to the education of children at Laguna and Isleta Pueblos,New Mexico,United States. She received accolades from New Mexico Governor Garrey Carruthers,Senator Jeff Bingaman,Senator Pete Domenici,and President Ronald Reagan.
Charles Benham Larrabee was an American lawyer and a justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court from July 11,1989 until his resignation on November 7,1989.
Greg Heiar is an American basketball coach who is the head coach of the Trinity Valley Community College men’s basketball team.
Clara R. Apodaca is an American patron of the arts,nonprofit executive,and politician. Apodaca served as the First Lady of New Mexico from 1975 to 1979 during the tenure of her then-husband,Governor Jerry Apodaca. In April 1975,First Lady Apodaca founded and opened the Governor's Gallery in the New Mexico State Capitol,featuring the works of Georgia O'Keeffe in the inaugural exhibition.
