“If you consider this national forest as a single unit, as a piece of land, it’s got access all over the place,” he said in an interview. “It runs along Highway 152 going toward Silver City!

While Luna County may provide assistance to Columbus through such agreements and other arrangements, it remains a separate government entity. “I can’t fund the village,” Brice said.

Voter participation was better than average in Luna County in 2024, with a total of 8.075 ballots cast, according to the Luna County Clerk’s Office on Tuesday evening. That’s a 58 percent ...

Trustees looked ahead to next year’s budget and traipsed gently on some of the looming questions about the village’s financial management.

Ciudad Juárez resident Alfredo Ochoa-Muñoz, 37, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty in January to three counts of hostage taking and conspiracy to take a hostage. U ...

With great opportunity comes great responsibility. As was the case earlier this year, the governor and Legislature will again have significant revenue to allocate once they meet in January of 2024.

Iva Asoiva, a passenger in the first truck to be struck, shared this photo of the fire that ensued at a rest stop west of Deming on Sept. 26. (Photo courtesy of Iva Asoiva) ...

Tuesday saw the second day of an unusual delinquent property tax auction at the historic Luna County Courthouse, which houses the county’s administrative offices.

Former Deming Public Schools Superintendent Arsenio Romero is seen during a school board meeting in Columbus, NM in a file photo from 2017. (Headlight staff photo by Algernon D'Ammassa) ...

The state reports that approximately 633 cannabis retailers are licensed. Duke Rodriguez says the market might sustain just a third of them.

One of Deming’s oldest churches has a new reverend. “Pastor Jack” Schoenthaler is now behind the pulpit at First Christian Church, at the corner of W. Maple and S. Copper streets. Pastor ...

Michael Darrow led the audience in a benediction on behalf of the Chiricahua Apache Tribe at the Akela-area travel center east of Deming. (Headlight staff photo by Billy Armendariz) ...