Happy New Year! Las Cruces chile turns red at midnight
Happy New Year! Las Cruces chile turns red at midnight Leah Romero, Las Cruces Sun-News © KVIA The 19-foot-long chrome chile turns red as it drops from a crane in Las Cruces for the seventh annual Downtown Las Cruces Partnership Chile Drop on Jan. 1, 2021. LAS CRUCES – It’s red! The seventh annual Chile Drop ushered in the year 2021 by lighting Las Crucens' screens red at midnight on New Year's Eve. Red or green? is not only the state question in New Mexico, it's also what Las Cruces community members guess when the chile drops to commence the new year. This year, Chile...