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Boy attacked by neighbor's dog; father pushes for stricter animal control policies
A 9-year-old Canutillo boy was attacked by his neighbor's dog Tuesday evening and his father told KFOX14 the attack stems from a bigger problem of loose dogs in the neighborhood. "He started biting me, " Alexander Robles-Flores said. "I got scared." Robles-Flores sustained injuries to his upper leg following the ...
ACLU pushes maternity leave in N.M. schools for pregnant teens; Las Cruces parents show mixed feelings on proposal
A civil rights group is fighting to get pregnant teens in New Mexico more time off from school. The American Civil Liberties Union in New Mexico and Young Women United are pushing lawmakers to pass a law allowing 10 days maternity leave from school for pregnant teenagers and 14 additional ...
Las Cruces City Council votes in favor of proposed strip club
The city of Las Cruces has granted a special permit for a proposed strip club that has many members of the community up in arms. The permit was granted on a 6-1 vote Monday, which overturned the Las Cruces Planning and Zoning Commission vote denying the permit in September. However, a ...
Study shows N.M. has highest income inequality gap nationwide
A new study showed that New Mexico has the highest income inequality in the country and showed the gap between the rich and the poor is continuing to grow. According to a study by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Economic Policy Institute, the richest five percent ...
Candidates prepare for possible game of chance to decide Dona Ana County election
A Dona Ana County race for a House of Representatives seat is in a dead heat and the winner could be decided in a game of chance. According to state law, if the race remains a tie, the winner would be decided by lot -- meaning chance. It could be ...
Man accused of molesting young girl; brother tells KFOX14 he's innocent
Twenty-eight-year-old Anthony Black is accused of molesting his girlfriend's daughter who is under the age of 13, and KFOX14 spoke with the suspect and his brother, who both say he's innocent. Anthony Black did want to say much when a KFOX14 camera crew approached him, but he did deny the ...
City of Las Cruces plans to reduce debt
Las Cruces City Council held a work session Monday to discuss its debt and identify options to pay it off. The city's outstanding debt for state and municipal gross receipts tax bonds is around $769 million. An option includes two quarter percent increases for the gross receipts tax. One would ...
Injured dog surrendered by owner, DACHS collecting donations for surgery
Three-year-old Booboo, a purebred poodle, was surrendered to Calista Animal Hospital Thursday because his owner couldn't afford the surgery he needs. He's suffering from a broken leg and veterinarians may need to remove several of his toes and possibly his leg. Veterinarian Carol Calista said the owner said Booboo was ...
Family of three displaced by mobile home fire
A Las Cruces family of three is temporarily homeless after a structural fire caused major damage to a double-wide mobile home on Connabar Lane. A couple and their 5-year-old son live in the mobile home that went up in flames but only the father was home at the time of ...
Elderly NYC man deals with aftermath of Hurricane Sandy
Mike Zelinski is 79 and has lived in his Brooklyn home for more than 40 years, but he has found himself homeless ever since Hurricane Sandy ravaged the east coast. "Everything was under water," Zelinski told KFOX14. Electricity was knocked out in Gerritsen Beach where Zelinski lives and continues to ...
Mary Jane Garcia out; Republicans say legal troubles led to her loss
A veteran Dona Ana County Democratic leader lost the seat she's held for more than two decades Tuesday night and Republicans told KFOX14 they believe the loss was in part due to recent legal troubles. Republican Lee Cotter beat Democrat Mary Jane Garcia for the District 36 Senate Seat 54 ...
District attorney-elect vows to bring change, prioritizing pro-active law enforcement
It was one of the ugliest races in Dona Ana County during the campaign when it came to attack ads, and one of the tightest during election night, but in the end the fight for the Dona Ana County district attorney job went to Democrat Mark D'Antonio. "They voted for ...
Unofficial results show Democrat Martin Heinrich leading for U.S. Senate seat
Dona Ana County Clerk Lynn Ellins told KFOX14 there was a heavy voter turnout Tuesday but the exact numbers won't be in until the polls close. There are around 110,000 registered voters in the county. 31,235 participated in early voting and more than 3,000 sent in absentee ballots, which are ...
East Mesa will see new park on Paseo de Onate
Las Cruces City Council approved a contract for a landscaping company to build a park in an East Mesa neighborhood during Monday's meeting. Landscape and Design Center Inc. was awarded more than $210,000 to construct a park on Paseo de Onate in the Las Alamedas neighborhood -- an area the ...
Las Cruces City Hall to get solar panels
Las Cruces City Hall is going green, but it comes at a cost. The City Council approved awarding a contract to Lynco Electric Co. Inc. of Las Cruces to install solar panels on the parking deck at City Hall/. The installation is expected to save the city around $586,000 in ...
Deadly rollover kills Onate High School student, mother on Highway 70
Officials are investigating a deadly two-car crash on U.S. Highway 70. An SUV driving westbound on Highway 70 crossed the road's median, crashing and killing 15-year-old Keian Padilla and 35-year-old Marcia Parra, who were in another car, officials said. The SUV's driver, a 21-year-old woman from Las Cruces, was driving a ...
Hazardous release in Santa Teresa sickens 200
A hazmat situation forced the evacuation of 100 people near Industrial Park in Santa Teresa. New Mexico authorities said an unknown hazardous materials release has sickened about 200 people near the Mexican border. A mandatory evacuation that was in effect for one mile around Industrial Park and border crossing at ...
Dona Ana County warns of phone calls to voters giving false information
Dona Ana County leaders are warning voters about false information allegedly going out about the voting process from an unknown source. The Dona Ana County Clerk's Office said someone has called at least three voters giving them false information about the early voting process. The county found out about it ...
Developing: Las Cruces police say man maybe hit with pipe, flown to hospital
KFOX 14 is the only crew on the scene of a man being flown via helicopter to a local hospital after being maybe being hit with a pipe. LCPD told KFOX 14's Exclusive Las Cruces Bureau that the battery happened on Monte Vista. An ambulance brought the victim to Gardner ...
Puppy is tossed out of moving car, rescued by Las Cruces vet center owner
A puppy was tossed out of a moving car and then run over by that car, according to Las Cruces Animal Emergency Clinic owner John Calzada, who said he rescued the 7-month-old injured dog. Calzada said he was driving on Highway 28 near Berino when all of a sudden he ...
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