In these uncertain times, we want to make sure everyone is staying home and staying safe to help stop the spread of COVID-19. So, while we would normally invite everyone to come experience all that Las Cruces has to offer, we want our friends, family, and visitors to delay your travel plans and…
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Hiking is a year-round activity in southern New Mexico. During the winter months temperatures dip just enough to offer relief to hikers looking to take on some of the area’s open trails. 1. Prehistoric Trackways National Monument https://www.instagram.com/p/BvheJO7nG7T/ Established in 2009…
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Sports enthusiasts, history buffs, art lovers and foodies. Looking for something new in 2020?. Whatever your passion, Las Cruces has it all right at your feet. The weather is near perfect, the natural resources are amazing and the people are super friendly. Explore Las Cruces and find your reason…
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Go to any Las Crucen’s holiday festivities and you’ll find one of more of the following: tamales, champurrado and biscochos; and for those making these New Mexico staples, it’s a very personal process. The tamale maker, Maria Elena Salinas. The tamale maker Although you can typically find…
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A new exhibit at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces explores the dramatic transformation of life in the Tularosa Basin in the 1940s and beyond. “Home on the Range: From Ranches to Rockets” stretches through two galleries and will be on long-term display. Visitors will learn…
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Monuments to Main Street 2019 is Here! How do you like the sound of hiking the dunes under the glow of the full moon, sipping the best local wines during harvest season, or sampling the world’s best chile? Maybe enjoying the work of local artists, watching the latest in environmental films…
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After purchasing the building from her uncle, Katy Griggs Camuñez opened her "little chile joint” on September 16, 1939. The New Mexican dishes created from recipes handed down from her family along with Katy’s welcoming demeanor quickly made Las Posta a favorite dining spot for locals and…
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Reader’s Digest has named the City of Las Cruces one of the “50 Nicest Places in America,” recognizing Las Cruces as an exceptionally kind place. For the third year, Reader’s Digest has looked to crowd-source and discover places where people are genuinely kind, compassionate, and nice to each other…
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Every year, Reader’s Digest poses this question to the entire nation: Do you live in the nicest place in America? And every year thousands of stories filter in about amazing and kind human beings from all across the United States. This year we want to make sure that stories of Cruceños being kind…
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Calling all Aerospace & Astronomy-Buffs! If you are fascinated by all things space, you can now catch a tour departing from Visit Las Cruces to the World's first purpose-built commercial spaceport: Spaceport America. Tours are officially launching from Visit Las Cruces at 336 S Main Street in Las…
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