New Mexico
Five Things to Do This Weekend | October 4-6
5 Pick the perfect pumpkin.
Fall Festival at the Mesilla Valley Maze
The Mesilla Valley Maze at Lyles Farms, in Las Cruces, has welcomed families and fall fun seekers since 1999. This weekend marks the beginning of the corn maze and pumpkin picking season with a Fall Festival on Saturday and Sunday. Attendees can look forward to hayrides, a corn eating contest, live music, tours of the corn maze, stick horse races, and more family-friendly activities.
Heirloom Acres Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch
The 10-acre family-friendly corn maze at Heirloom Acres takes about half an hour to complete, but there’s a shorter version called the Fairy Tale Trail if you’re in the mood for something lighter. The Artesia farm also boasts a pumpkin patch filled with pumpkins begging to be carved into Jack-o-lanterns. Visit on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays in October.
Balzano Family Farm Pumpkin Patch & Vineyard
Every weekend in October and the first weekend in November, folks can visit the pumpkin patch at Balzano Family Farms, located between Artesia and Carlsbad, to pick a pumpkin straight from the vine. There is a collection of cute farm animals to pet, a pond to fish, and a fairy garden to wander. It’s open Saturdays and Sundays.
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FORT SUMNER, New Mexico (KVII) — New Mexico State Police identified one of the two suspects wanted for shooting at an officer.
Police said Makaela Johnson was with a man Monday afternoon when he opened fire during a traffic stop on US 285 at milepost 185, near Fort Sumner. That is a an hour west of Clovis.
Johnson is wanted for:
- Conspiracy to commit first-degree murder
- Conspiracy to commit aggravated assault upon a peace officer with a deadly weapon
- Conspiracy to commit armed robbery
- Harboring a felon
- Receiving or transferring a stolen motor vehicle
- Escape from a peace officer
- Larceny
NMSP said the officer was not injured.
Law enforcement are searching for a gray Kia with Texas license plate XMX8165.
The vehicle should not be approached and anyone who sees it, or the male suspect, should call 911 immediately.
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Officers are actively searching in the Fort Sumner area. Residents are urged to remain inside and lock their doors.
FORT SUMNEW, New Mexico (KVII) — New Mexico State Police police are looking for a man and a woman who shot at a New Mexico State Police officer one hour west of Clovis.
According to NMSP, the shooting happened during a traffic stop near US 285 at milepost 185.
Officials said the officer was not seriously hurt.
Law enforcement is searching for a gray Kia with Texas license plate XMX8165. The vehicle should not be approached and anyone who sees it should call 911 immediately.
Officers are actively searching in the Fort Sumner area for the pair. Residents are advised to remain inside and lock their doors.
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Any suspicious sightings or activity should be reported to law enforcement by calling 911.
State Rep. Andrea Romero will be the guest of U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury at President Donald Trump’s State of the Union on Tuesday night.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A New Mexico congresswoman is set to have the leader of the newly-formed Epstein Truth Commission as her State of the Union guest Tuesday.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury will have New Mexico State Rep. Andrea Romero as her guest. Romero helped create the Truth Commission investigating what happened at Jeffrey Epstein’s former Zorro Ranch here in the state.
Stansbury said they’ll be pushing for justice for all of Epstein’s victims, including more than a dozen Epstein survivors who will also be in attendance for President Donald Trump’s address.
Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez will have one of the survivors, Elizabeth Stein, as her guest. Joining Stein and Leger Fernandez will be rural health care leader Carmen Pacheco-Muñoz.
The address is set for Tuesday at 7 p.m. Mountain Time. You can watch it on-air on KOB 4.
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