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🌱 Will Project Jupiter’s water demands reshape life around Las Cruces?
Las Cruces, New Mexico Patch AM: a 4 min readGood day Las Cruces! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Will Project Jupiter’s water demands reshape life around Las Cruces?
- What GOP power struggle will play out in Las Cruces on June 20?
- Why a wolf-killing probe has federal agents working through Las Cruces court
Also on today's calendar: America's semiquincentennial at the Cathedral of St. John.
Today's riddle: What time is it when a clock chimes 13 times? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Monday: An afternoon thundershower, with a high of 90 and low of 66 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Tuesday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 99, low: 72.
- Wednesday: Hot, with a high of 105 and low of 76 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Worries over water as a giant data center moves into the New Mexico desert (kpbs.org) — A massive Project Jupiter data center near Santa Teresa is moving ahead, raising serious questions in the Las Cruces area about water use in an already drought-stricken Rio Grande basin. Local leaders, including a Las Cruces state representative and a county commissioner meeting constituents at Nopalito Cafe, are split between promises of jobs and infrastructure money and fears over long-term groundwater impacts and rushed approval. Residents are watching closely as construction races toward a planned startup later this year. 
• Amy Barela Launches Bid for New Mexico Republican Party State Chair Amid Ongoing Party Turmoil (town.news) — Las Cruces will host a pivotal June 20 meeting of the Republican Party of New Mexico’s State Central Committee to choose new leadership after Amy Barela was removed as state chair. Barela is signaling a comeback bid even as rural and southern GOP officers rally behind holding the Las Cruces meeting and oppose a rival gathering proposed for Albuquerque. The outcome could reshape party power dynamics heading into November.
• Federal agents search Datil properties in case of Mexican wolf kills (abqjournal.com subscription) — Federal wildlife agents searched two Datil-area properties after two collared Mexican gray wolves were illegally trapped and killed, with the case now documented in U.S. District Court in Las Cruces. Investigators seized traps and rifles while conservationists warn that such poaching undermines years of recovery work and may be more widespread than documented. The case highlights how federal enforcement based in Las Cruces intersects with rural conflicts over wolves.
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ARC Walking Club →
Alamogordo Community Services - 1100 Oregon Ave. Alamogordo NM 88310
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Alamogordo Main Calendar - 1100 Oregon Ave. Alamogordo NM 88310
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Sweat & Swim with Stella →
Alamogordo Main Calendar - 1100 Oregon Ave. Alamogordo NM 88310
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LCPS Board of Education Regular Session
Las Cruces Public Schools 505 S Main St, Las Cruces, NM 88001, USA
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Unearth an Adventure
Alamogordo Library Calendar - 920 Oregon Ave. Alamogordo NM 88310
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Afternoon Adventures
Alamogordo Public Library - 920 Oregon Ave. Alamogordo NM 88310
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7th Annual Cherry Festical →
Nichols Ranch and Orchards, 236 Cottonwood Canyon Rd, La Luz
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Senior Center - Father's Day dinner, dance & talent show →
Alamo Senior Center, 2201 Puerto Rico Ave, Alamogordo
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Building with Adobe "Mud Legos" →
Fort Selden Historic Site, 1280 Fort Selden Rd, Radium Springs
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Tea Rex Party!
Alamogordo Library Calendar - 920 Oregon Ave. Alamogordo NM 88310
12:00 pm
Monday June 15
Tuesday June 16
Thursday June 18
Friday June 19
Saturday June 20
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It's time to get a new clock. (Thank you Mary C. for sending it in!)
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