Deming News

Headlight Photo City of Deming employees Lonnie Almanza and Lucio Caballero were on work detail Monday on Pine Street, decorating the city's main drag.

Courtesy Photo Kulbhushan Grover, NMSU crop ecologist, is one of the speakers at the Sustainable Agriculture Conference today at the Mimbres Valley Special Events Center.

The duo of Robert Murray Specht and Ronnie-Sue Helzner are Mountain Aire and will perform from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday at the J.W. Art Gallery in Hurley, New Mexico, 40 miles north of Deming.

Officials of PNM, the City of Deming and Luna County were on-hand to celebrate the expansion of new solar panels to the Deming Solar Center Monday at the facility located south of Deming at 65 Onate Road SW.

LAS CRUCES >> U.S. Border Patrol agents have seized nearly $160,000 worth of marijuana in two separate drug busts over the holiday weekend in southern New Mexico.

Pictured in back, from left, are Earl Heuer, Rick Christian, Roy Clark, Scott Funderburk, Mark Davis, all with FEMA, and Mark Jasso.

Solar energy, however, produces less than one tenth of one percent of global energy demand.

The costly, counterproductive war on drugs has turned the United States into incarceration nation.

Headlight Photo Israel Saenz, of the Luna County Sheriff's Office, gets a better view of the U.S. Mexico border south of Deming from atop the county's ATV during a recent patrol.

At right, 1st New Mexico Bank President Teresa Molina helps volunteers at the Deming Senior Citizens Center fill Thanksgiving dinner servings during Tuesday's annual holiday meal for seniors at the center.

A photo of a barn owl by John Catsis is part of an exhibit titled "Southwest Birds," presented by the Grant County Art Guild at the J.W. Art Gallery in Hurley.

Headlight File Photo Don't forget today's Ultimate Fitness Turkey Trot at 8 a.m. at Voiers' Park on North Country Club Road.

The fourth annual Christmas Boutique will take place from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 14 and from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Dec. 15 at the Grant County Business and Conference Center, 3031 Highway 180 East.

The police department in Deming, N.M., is listed in a $1 million lawsuit, charging it with abusing a motorist who was pulled over after a routine traffic stop.

New Mexico's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.6 percent in October, down from 6.7 percent in September and also down from 6.8 percent a year ago.

Headlight Photo Owner Laco Martinez was out early in front of Irma's Restaurant shoveling snow off the sidewalk to greet his morning customers.

Online shopping, large lines and overpriced electronics can be confusing for today's consumers who are hard-pressed to find that one-of-a-kind holiday gift for those hard to shop for loved ones.

Submitted Photo The Deming Performing Arts Theater is pleased to present singer/songwriter Doug Figgs.

Deming Police achieved national accreditation for their local department. National accreditation is no easy task.

On the road in the outskirts of my hometown, Deming, New Mexico, I captured these pictures of the remnants of a recent snowfall at Spring Canyon State Park in the Florida Mountains.