🌱 Which big-name shows are coming to downtown Las Cruces next season?

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In today's newsletter:

• Which big-name shows are coming to downtown Las Cruces next season?
• Why a Las Cruces patient advocate is taking Doña Ana County to court
• How Las Cruces-based federal agents unraveled a 22-second jailhouse assault

Today's riddle: The top potato won what? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 96 and low of 64 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Monday: Mostly sunny and hot, temps: high: 99, low: 68.
• Tuesday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 96 and low of 61 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

1. Classic lit, modern stories shape LCCT's 64th season (lascrucesbulletin.com) — Las Cruces Community Theatre has unveiled a packed 2026–27 season downtown, from “Come From Away” in August to “In the Heights” in June 2027. Local audiences can expect classics like “Dracula” and “Little Women,” a family-friendly “Miracle on 34th Street” with special matinees for Las Cruces holiday events, and discounted season passes now on sale.
   

2. Lawsuit alleges Doña Ana County violated public records law, falsified documents (santafenewmexican.com) — A Las Cruces patient advocate has filed a lawsuit accusing Doña Ana County of repeatedly violating New Mexico’s public records laws tied to its agreement with Memorial Medical Center. The case centers on access to documents involving cancer care for low-income, often uninsured patients, after years of complaints that some were denied treatment at the hospital’s cancer center.
   

3. FBI: Three Inmates Charged In Brutal Assault On Correction Officer At Doña Ana County Detention Center Face 20 Years (ladailypost.com) — Federal authorities say three inmates brutally assaulted a correction officer at the Doña Ana County Detention Center, a case investigated by the FBI’s Las Cruces Resident Agency with help from Las Cruces police. The officer was beaten unconscious and tased but survived, and the three men now face federal assault charges carrying potential 20‑year prison sentences if convicted.
   

4. NMSU poet, writing professor to retire after 25 years (ktsm.com) — A longtime New Mexico State University poetry professor who has spent 25 years teaching in Las Cruces is retiring at the end of June but plans to keep calling the city home. Guggenheim-winning poet Connie Voisine reflects on her journey, her students’ passion for poetry, and why she now identifies deeply as a New Mexican rooted in Las Cruces.
   

5. Debate sparks over Albuquerque's $15 minimum wage proposal (koat.com) — Albuquerque leaders are debating a proposal to raise the city’s minimum wage from $12 to $15 an hour, using wage levels in Las Cruces and Santa Fe as benchmarks. The discussion pits concerns about small business costs against arguments that higher pay is needed to keep up with rent and living expenses across New Mexico.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• My grandson has been riding in the golf cart since he was about 4-5 years old.
  Lots of times, his grandfather would drive him around the neighborhood and to a friend’s house. (It was their way of spending precious time… (Nextdoor Del Prado)
• Hi looking for yard work and clean up
  Does anyone know of someone who will do the job reasonable price. (Nextdoor Mesilla Park)

• Whataburger posted a job opening for Restaurant Porter - Unit 465 in Las Cruces. Apply here.
• Wendy's posted a job opening for Shift Manager in Las Cruces. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Las Cruces here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A championchip (Thank you Timothy G. for sending it in!)
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