🌱 How one Las Cruces entrepreneur is reshaping local business connections

Hello Las Cruces! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How one Las Cruces entrepreneur is reshaping local business connections
• Why a Las Cruces-area lawmaker says she felt forced to hire security

Also on today's calendar: Zoom-delivered Japanese Classes and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the tractor say to the plow? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Toasty conditions, with a high of 98 and low of 68 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 98, low: 66.
• Monday: Warm; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 96 and low of 65 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Still bringing people together (lascrucesbulletin.com) — Las Cruces entrepreneur Maria Lupe Hernandez-Muñiz has turned her knack for organizing community events into Powerhouse Diva LLC and a leadership role on the Las Cruces Hispanic Chamber of Commerce board. After moving from California, she launched Día de los Muertos Las Cruces and now helps local businesses with strategic marketing while shaping new chamber programs to better support the city’s business community.
   

• NM Rep. Silva claims harassment by opponent's former campaign worker (lcsun-news.com) — State Rep. Sarah Silva, whose district includes parts of Doña Ana County, has gone public about what she describes as harassment from a man she believed worked for her opponent’s campaign, including an encounter at an April meeting in Las Cruces. She’s filed a sheriff’s report, hired private security, and released videos, while GOP leaders say the worker was already fired and question the timing as scrutiny grows over the Project Jupiter development.
   

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📸 Around Las Cruces

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Las Cruces

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★ Featured events ★

Monday September 21

• Zoom-delivered Japanese Classes →
  Zoom @ Art Play Learn,
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Sunday September 13

• International Sunday →
  1615 North Solano Drive, Las Cruces
• Sunday Worship Service →
  Main Sanctuary, 5100 W. Picacho, Las Cruces
  10:00 am
• Sunday School →
  Church Classrooms (exact rooms TBD), 5100 W. Picacho Ave, Las Cruces
  11:00 am

Monday September 14

• Calvary Baptist Church- Securing Sacred Spaces →
  Calvary Baptist Church, 1800 South Locust Street, Las Cruces
• Calvary Baptist Church- Securing Sacred Spaces 9/14/26 →
  Calvary Baptist Church, 1800 South Locust Street, Las Cruces
• Parkinson’s Exercise Class →
  Village at Northrise, 2880 N Rdrunner Pky, Las Cruces
  10:00 am
• Rock Steady Boxing →
  1705 E. University Ave., Las Cruces
  11:00 am

Tuesday September 15

• Monthly Support Group meeting →
  Holiday Inn Express, 2142 Telshor Court, Las Cruces
  9:00 am
• Pickelball at Pickle Planet →
  Pickle Planet, 1836 W Amador Ave, Ste A, Las Cruces
  3:30 pm

Wednesday September 16

• Parkinson’s Exercise Class →
  Village at Northrise, 2880 N Rdrunner Pky, Las Cruces
  10:00 am
• Rock Steady Boxing →
  1705 E. University Ave., Las Cruces
  11:00 am
• Wednesday Adult Bible Study →
  Fellowship Hall, 5100 W. Picacho Ave, Las Cruces
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• 🤿 TROY THE FOSTER DOG 🤿
  Troy became a social media sensation yesterday when he was scheduled to be euthanized at 6 PM. He’s now chillin’ in a foster home with his new foster… (Nextdoor Sonora Springs)
• 🦜RAVEN BIRD-ASCMV’s Longest Resident🦜
  She’s been promoted to LONGEST RESIDENT now that Ebony & Neyla were adopted in one week! Let’s help this gal fly the ASCMV nest and land with a… (Nextdoor Sonora Springs)

• MyJobsCorner posted a job opening for Grocery Clerk Jobs: Hiring Immediately! Full Time / Part Time - $12-$22/Hr in Las Cruces. Apply here.
• Las Cruces Public Schools posted a job opening for 26/27 SY Substitute Food Service Kitchen Staff *POOL* in Las Cruces. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Las Cruces here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Santa Teresa

• Oracle promises 2 GW of renewables to match Stargate data center emissions (arstechnica.com)
• DOJ supports emergency petitions challenging Project Jupiter processes (gallupsunweekly.com)
• Project Jupiter in New Mexico: A Would-be Fossil Fuel Polluter for Decades to Come (earthworks.org)

Sunland Park

• Trump pushes new bill making it illegal for future presidents ‘to open the border again' (nypost.com)
• Petticoat Stakes headlines weekend at Albuquerque Downs (tricityrecordnm.com)

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Ok Las Cruces! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hold me close John Deere. (Thank you Jenny H. for sending it in!)
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