🌱 New Mexico State Womens Basketball vs. UC Irvine Women's Basketball and 10 more events

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• Tuesday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 66 and low of 38 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 67, low: 45.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 68 and low of 41 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• New Mexico State Womens Basketball vs. UC Irvine Women's Basketball
  Pan American Center , 1810 E University Ave , Las Cruces
  1:00 pm
• JV Boys, V Girls & Boys vs Oak Grove @ Home
  Magdalena Municipal Schools Magdalena, NM 87825
  4:00 pm
• Community Collage (Supplies Provided)
  Socorro Public Library , 401 Park Street , Socorro
  4:00 pm
• Silver Slvr Ftg Colts vs Gadsden Panthers
  Silver High School , 3200 N Silver St , Silver City
  4:30 pm
• Big Into Magic (the Gathering)
  Thomas Branigan Memorial Library Branch , 200 E Picacho Ave , Las Cruces
  4:30 pm
• Organ Mountain High School vs Centennial Hawks
  Organ Mountain High School , 5700 Mesa Grande Dr , Las Cruces
  5:30 pm
• City Council Meeting
  Deming-Luna County Chamber of Commerce , 800 E Pine St , Deming
  5:30 pm
• LCPS Board of Education Regular Session
  Las Cruces Public Schools , 505 S. Main St. , Las Cruces
  6:00 pm
• Luna County Democrats
  La Fonda Restaurant , 601 E. Pine St , Deming
  6:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• American Legion: Coffee & Donuts
  Deming-Luna County Chamber of Commerce , 619 E. Spruce , Deming
  8:00 am
• Computer Class - Basics
  Silver City Public Library , 515 West College Avenue , Silver City
  3:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Silver City

• Geminid meteor shower 2025 thrills skywatchers with an end-of-year celestial firework show (photos) (space.com)
• New Mexico lawmakers, law enforcement to discuss escalating juvenile crime (kvia.com)
• FBI: Arizona Man Pleads Guilty To Assault On Border Patrol Agents In Las Cruces (ladailypost.com)

Deming

• New congregation to host Hanukkah event (scdailypress.com)

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