Las Cruces Daily Digest Sunday, May 24, 2026
Ty's Take
There's a particular weight to a Tuesday morning when the paper leads with the names of people who won't be around to read it. George Jackson made it to seventy; Paul Lawrence to eighty-four—both solid runs in this valley where the heat and the work don't always allow for easy living. Shannyn Caldwell and Timothy Hourigan's lives are recorded here too, their measure taken in inches of newsprint, the way it's always been done. This is what a small town prints on the days between the big stories—the actual weight of the place, the ones who stayed, the ones who built something, the names that meant something to somebody at the coffee shop or in the pews. You don't need much news to understand what matters.
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Shannyn Caldwell, a pioneering radio personality and author who spent decades on air at WJNR starting at age 16, passed away January 8, 2026, following a battle with stage 4 inflammatory breast cancer. Despite her diagnosis, Caldwell continued working and became a trailblazer for women in radio,...
Timothy Joseph Hourigan, a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel who served 26 years in Military Intelligence and later worked as a management consultant, died peacefully April 9, 2026, after battling cancer. An accomplished musician and outdoor enthusiast, Hourigan is survived by his wife Donna, two...
George Douglas Jackson, 70, a nationally recognized educator of the Deaf who spent over 40 years teaching in Florida and Texas, passed away December 21, 2025, in Las Cruces. After retiring, Jackson pursued ceramics, hot air ballooning, and storytelling throughout the community while remaining...
Paul Anthony Lawrence, 84, an acclaimed nature photographer and wilderness guide who wrote the bestselling "Hiking the Teton Backcountry" and spent decades exploring Wyoming's high alpine country, died peacefully December 6, 2025. In his later years, Lawrence retired to Organ, New Mexico, where he...
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