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Las Vegas, New Mexico Patch AM: a 4 min readHey there, Las Vegas! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Which new watering days and hours now apply to your Las Vegas home?
- How Las Vegas roper Kersti Passig fared at the Fort Worth finals
- What do declassified UFO files reveal about sightings near Las Vegas?
Also on today's calendar: Children’s Storytime.
Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 80 and low of 52 degrees.
- Thursday: Partly sunny and windy, temps: high: 80, low: 48.
- Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 80 and low of 50 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Las Vegas implements water restrictions (koat.com) — Las Vegas has activated Stage I water restrictions, limiting when homes and businesses can irrigate, wash vehicles, and even refill pools to protect long-term supplies. Even-numbered and odd-numbered addresses now have set watering days and hours, restaurants will serve water only on request, and residents are urged to follow the new rules or contact the Utilities Division with questions. 
• Round 1 is On in Fort Worth: 2026 PWR Team Roping Results (teamropingjournal.com) — A Las Vegas roper, Kersti Passig, teamed with Haiden Thompson to post a 19.51 in Round 1 slack of the Premier Women’s Rodeo Championship team roping in Fort Worth. Local readers can follow how their hometown competitor’s time holds up as the top 15 teams rope again in tonight’s 6 p.m. performance.
• New Pentagon files highlight decades of unexplained aerial phenomena in New Mexico (koat.com) — Newly released Pentagon documents include UFO sighting reports from Las Vegas alongside other New Mexico communities, underscoring the state’s long, strange history with unexplained aerial phenomena. Files detail everything from 1950s green fireballs to a famous Socorro landing case, and researchers say the transparency may encourage more New Mexicans to report what they see in the sky.
📸 Around Las Vegas
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Paint and Sip Class May 25th — Leaping Deer Ranch →
Leaping Deer Ranch, 5 Leaping Deer Lane, Sapello
6:00 pm
Monday May 25
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Other local events
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Children’s Storytime →
Las Vegas Carnegie Public Library, 500 National Ave, Las Vegas
10:30 am -
Si Se Puede Storrie Time 3 Camp Out →
Storrie Lake State Park, 3 Esequiel C De Baca LN, Las Vegas
4:00 pm
Wednesday June 3
Friday June 5
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🗓 Events Nearby
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CWL: SENIOR MANUSCRIPT SHOWCASE GALA
New Mexico School for the Arts NM
6:00 pm -
MU: Guitar Lab Recital
New Mexico School for the Arts, 500 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe
6:00 pm -
Family Conferences
Nye Early Childhood Center Santa Fe, NM 87505 -
SFPS Board of Education Meetings
Santa Fe Public Schools 610 Alta Vista St, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USA
4:30 pm -
WORLD PREMIERE: In the Realm of Sibylants by Swoon
Santa Fe Art Institute, 1600 St. Michael's Drive #31, Santa Fe
5:00 pm -
DN: DA: Dance Dept - Spring Show
New Mexico School for the Arts Zane Bennett Gathering Space, 201 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe, NM, United States
6:00 pm -
Meditation Workshop: Peace Within Peace Between
Santa Fe Art Institute , 1600 St. Michael's Drive #31, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87505
6:00 pm -
Senior Showcase 1
New Mexico School for the Arts , 500 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe, NM, United States
6:30 pm -
Hunter Peebles and the Moonlighters →
Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery - Alegría on Agua Fria, 2791 Agua Fria St, Santa Fe
7:00 pm
Wednesday May 13
Thursday May 14
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Acosta Group - Acosta Sales & Marketing Company posted a job opening for Merchandiser Retail Coverage II - Walmart - PRIMARY in Las Vegas. Apply here.
- New Mexico Highlands University posted a job opening for Library Associate - Acquisitions Section in Las Vegas. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Las Vegas here.
🗞 Nearby News
Santa Fe
- City and county partner to begin construction on roundabout at busy Santa Fe intersection (krqe.com)
- Santa Fe Farmers' Market Institute Launches Mobile Market Season With Community Partnership Event (ladailypost.com)
- Best Hotels & Top Suites of Santa Fe (dgamazingexperiences.com)
Ok Las Vegas! 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: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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