Columbus News

Father Virgilio Flores, previously assigned to Deming's Holy Family and St. Ann's Catholic churches and the mission in Columbus, was severely injured Wednesday afternoon in a traffic accident outside Lordsburg.

The New Mexico Department of Veteran Services will be conducting a veterans' outreach at two locations in Luna County today.

Village of Columbus Police Chief Angelo Vega came to Columbus Elementary School last Wednesday in support of their Red Ribbon Week of anti-drug education.

Deming Public Schools is charting daily attendance at its schools, with an eye for trends districtwide or at any school, in light of the H1N1 virus.

A letter to seek judgment on the reversal of a land purchase has been drafted, according to Luna County Manger John Sutherland, but further details are in the dark.

Ordinary history books show that when Francisco "Pancho" Villa led a surprise attack on Columbus, New Mexico, on March 9, 1916, he was hoping to provoke a U.S. military response that would help rally peasant support against the U.S.-backed Mexican president Venstiano Carranza.

The Luna County Sheriff's Office has received notification of funding for continuation of an Operation Stonegarden grant.

If it were a football kickoff, Tuesday's event at Big Kmart would have been through the end zone.

A 21-year-old Deming woman was airlifted to El Paso's University Medical Center early Tuesday morning for treatment of wounds reportedly suffered in a shooting in Palomas, Mexico.

The unsolved death of Palomas Mayor Estanislao "Tani" Garcia has paralyzed the small town across the U.S.-Mexico border from Columbus, N.M. Confusion and fear looms over Palomas' 6,000 residents.

If you were a student or staff member at the old Columbus Elementary School, the new facility must, by comparison, seem as if it were a mansion.

Alleged improper procedure and water tainted with arsenic will likely be areas of concern when the Luna County Board of Commissioners meets at 8 a.m. today at the Luna County Courthouse, 700 S. Silver Ave., to hold an executive session to discuss the purchase, acquisition or disposal of real property and water rights.

Pure water nourishes rich soil and Slavic ancestors migrated west from Central Texas in search of a farmer's utopia.

Most Deming Public Schools administrators and board members will be spending a good portion of today in Columbus.

When Palomas, Mexico Mayor Estanislao Garcia was killed last week, the natural assumption was that his death came as another result of violence generated by drug cartels.

Columbus Mayor Eddie Espinoza and Luna County Sheriff Raymond Cobos said Friday they saw no immediate threat to Luna County in aftermath of Thursday's kidnapping and killing of Palomas Mayor Estanislao "Tani" Garcia Santelis.

Buggs' Blog: Palomas, a Battle Ground for the Drug Cartels Source: www.buggsblog.com Palomas Mexico is a small dusty border town on the other side of Columbus, New Mexico.

Come and join the Village of Columbus for the annual Columbus Day Celebration on Saturday at Highway 11 and Broadway St.

The mayor of the town of Palomas was shot to death Thursday afternoon after he was abducted, Chihuahua state police spokesman said.

Palomas Mayor Estanislao "Tani" Garc'a was found dead Thursday afternoon, after he disappeared that morning.