Until recently, Jessica Griffin of Hillsboro hiked the Ladrone Gulch Trail, a rugged upward climb in the Black Range, about a once a week — sometimes alone, sometimes with her family. “There’s a ...

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. Nearly 400 half-acre properties were ...

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 voter ...

DEMING – New Mexico rancher Scott Chandler recently learned of a settlement in his defamation lawsuit filed against Jay McCleskey and the Political Action Committee (PAC), Advance New Mexico Now, has ...

Brisa Kayser has a special attachment to Aggies Cheer. “I remember my parents taking me to Aggie games just so I can see the cheerleaders,” Kayser told the Headlight. “Ever since, I dreamed of being ...

To understand why students drop out of high school, researchers funded by the Gates Foundation hit upon a novel idea several years ago: Why not just ask the dropouts? So they did. Nearly half (47 ...

This story has been updated to correct the starting pay for employees and the title of an employee in a photo caption. Like an oasis in the desert, the Chiricahua Apache Plaza in Akela, east of Deming ...

Eight months after the Deming City Council terminated his contract, the city’s former community services director, Alexi Jackson, filed two complaints against the city in Sixth Judicial District Court ...

When Rosalva Zuniga spoke at a recent Deming Rotary Club meeting, she never thought her words would spread like wildfire. Transplanted from San Diego, Zuniga returned to her native Deming almost two ...

Luna County’s two contested races in the 2024 primary election were both close calls Tuesday. Democrats favored Linda S. Alvarez over Andrew Simon Hernandez III to take on incumbent Republican Jenifer ...

This story was updated at 4:03 p.m. Wednesday. Voters in Deming and Columbus opted for new leadership in Tuesday’s election, with Deming electing a woman as mayor for the first time along with two ...

State Rep. Jenifer Jones, R-Deming, traveled to Florida last month for a training and tour session of the upcoming Miami Center for Recovery in Miami-Dade County. The center, set to open next year, ...