Deming News

Headlight Photo Richard Holguin shakes hands with Deming Mayor Benny Jasso during the grand opening of his Wheelchair and Walker business at its new location 1204 Columbus Road.

Headlight Photo Jimmy Herrera, a former Deming High graduate and now a deputy fire chief in Las Cruces, presented the Rachel Herrera Female Scholarship to graduate Alexa Chumpitaz during the DHS Scholarship and Awards Night held in May at the Deming Public Schools Auditorium.

DEMING >> A Houston, Texas, man fell to his death Monday at Spring Canyon State Park, 15 miles south of Deming adjacent to Rockhound State Park.

Timothy Baeza, left, a Western New Mexico University-Deming student, explains his poster presentation "Sample Acquisition and Processing for Natural Product Studies in Wasps" at the New Mexico Alliance for Minority Participation Symposium on Thursday, June 26. Baeza was one of 12 Summer Community College Opportunity for Research Experience students ... (more)

DJ Robert Ramirez donated his "Ground 'n' Pound" Entertainment Service for the Deming Visitor Center Fourth of July celebration Friday at the Luna County Courthouse Park on Friday.

April and Chris Nesin made a stop at the Deming Municipal Airport as part of their "Retracing the Flight of Passage" sky tour.

Jasmine Palos rides atop the third place Blake's Lot-A-Burger float during the Fourth of July Parade and Celebration Friday in Deming.

James Efferson Photo The Village of Columbus and Luna County are joined in a Memorandum of Understanding regarding law enforcement duties in the the village located 30 miles south of Deming.

Headlight Photo Ultimate Frisbee was a big hit for the older kids during the City of Deming Summer Youth Recreation Program at the Hofacket Campus of Deming High School.

Headlight Photo The Perales Boys, from left, Deryk, 21, Jordan, 16, and Aaron, 13, man the TNT Fireworks stand in the Walmart Supercenter parking lot.

Two US Army Black Hawk helicopters prepare to land at the Deming Municipal Airport Tuesday afternoon.

Curious puppies are anxious to see what jolly St. Nick brought them at the Deming Animal Shelter.

What began as a call for help early Wednesday morning resulted in a Deming man arrested for threatening employees with a shotgun at several local business.

What began as a call for help early Wednesday morning resulted in a Deming man arrested for threatening employees with a shotgun at several local business.

Deming Pubic Schools officials are reviewing a mixed bag of test results from the newly-released New Mexico Standards Based Assessment.

Alma and Cuauhtemoc Nunez splash their ducks to the finish line while their 4-year-old daughter Tiffanie Nunez looks on during a wet track duck race in Deming.

Submitted Photo Royalty reigns supreme for the highly anticipated Fourth of July celebration planned by the Deming Visitor Center.

Headlight Photo If you are caught texting while operating a motor vehicle in the state you can expect to pay a fine.

Deming Rotary installed new officers for the 2014-14 term. They are, Mary Lou Cameron, incoming president; Steve Westenhofer, president-elect; William "Bayne" Anderson, immediate past-president; and Tom Lindsay, past Rotary Governor for District 5520.

A late Friday night arrest of three local youths have Deming Police investigating a string of graffiti incidents with multiple businesses and vehicles vandalized, including a New Mexico State Police patrol car.