Deming News

Manny Chacon will leave Deming High School after graduation today, but he will shout out one more hoorah before he departs for higher learning at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces.

Terminally ill patients in Deming and Luna County have the opportunity to die with dignity in their own home, with loved ones nearby thanks in part to Alma Feil Hospice Inc.

Border Area Mental Health Services has again been awarded a state contract to manage a unique program designed to assist adjudicated youth in Southwest New Mexico who are on probation status and at risk of further involvement with the state's juvenile justice system.

Sun-News photo by Norm Dettlaff James Hervol, 53, left, Courtney Head, 26, and Mackenzie Head, 7, stir up dust as they drive the cattle into the Mashed O Ranch corral south of Deming last week.

While watching the news one evening, Arnold Orquiz was taken back to hear how many children in the state of New Mexico go hungry each and every day.

Ready to dodge verbal bullets from a room full of county and municipal officials, two New Mexico legislators who worked on a tax reform bill earlier this year that will cut tax revenues for many communities, pleaded their case during the Mayors' Summit Meeting Thursday in Ruidoso.

Readers will notice a fresh, new look in the Deming Headlight Wednesday. It is our hope that readers will have an easier time navigating the pages of the Headlight for local, state and national content.

The Alzheimer's Association New Mexico Chapter will present a Support Group Day Class - Final Stage Care- from 10 a.m. to noon on Friday at the Deming Senior Center, 800 S. Granite St.

Passage of a package of tax-reform bills in the closing seconds of the just-concluded legislative session, without most lawmakers having the opportunity to read or fully comprehend the bill, was better than the alternative, Sen.

National Commander James Koutz of The American Legion can be seen shaking hands with Post Commander Jake Varnhagen during his recently visited to the Deming American Legion Bataan Post No.

Deming Police Chief Brandon Gigante said Lt. Det. Matt Rudiger and Sgt. Cody Ayon have spent the past several months meeting with personnel at every school site in the city to train teachers, staff and administrators on what to do in the case of a violent act at their school site.

That's the word from state legislative finance leaders after the governor's finance chief admitted he mistakenly gave lawmakers inaccurate information about the big tax cut bill that passed in the final hours of the legislative session back in March.

The Diaz Farms produce stand started out as a 6'x6' table near the Hatch Highway NM Highway 26) in 1981.

Deming residents Robert and Wilma Knox, in Bungle Bungle, Australia. The couple recently donated a collection of books and research material on Lt.

Mimbres Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home is celebrating National Nursing Home Week by recognizing resident Emma Barker as the oldest mama resident.

Team Red Rover, the largest contingent of walkers who took part in the 2013 Celebration of Life Cancer Walk on April 27, in Deming, were also the top walkers for the event.

During the continuation of the Western New Mexico University Board of Regents' meeting, approvals were given for several items of business, including acquiring land, new degrees, program closure and changes, promotion and tenure and the budget.

Scholarship awards and student recognition will be in order when Deming High School hosts its annual Scholarship and Awards Night at 7 p.m. Monday, May 20, in the Deming Public Schools Auditorium.

New Mexico has lost 42,700 jobs since the Great Recession began, but the state's jobs deficit is more than double that number.

The Deming Writing Group will have a book signing from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Waymaker Coffee Shop, 110 S. Gold St.