Lordsburg News

U.S. Border Patrol agents, responding to an emergency signal, rescued a Southern California man early Tuesday morning in the desert northwest of Columbus.

Land, precious land. As the old saying goes, it's so valuable because they aren't making it anymore.

At 50 years old, Valerie Zumwalt is the oldest female to graduate from the law enforcement academy at Western New Mexico University, completing the course despite suffering a broken leg during the third week of training.

Spending time in the desert in New Mexico in June usually means automatic clear skies.

The Rocky Canyon Campground and Upper and Lower Black Canyon Campgrounds will be closed, as will Forest Road 150, as a result of the Diamond Fire, which has burned about 8,600 acres in the Wilderness Ranger District, about 45 miles north of Silver City, the National Forest Service reported Friday.

Lightning was the cause of the Pasco fire south of Lordsburg that has burned over 99,000 acres, New Mexico State Forestry officials said Tuesday.

The Luna County Sheriff's Office this week begins adding additional patrols to New Mexico's 100 Days and Nights of Summer campaign.

One grass fire in New Mexico was fully contained by Saturday after charring more than 55,000 acres while crews continued to battle another blaze that has burned more than 97,000 acres.

Two wildfires in southern New Mexico consumed about 30,000 acres as of Thursday, officials reported.

Firefighters are battling two wildfires that have charred tens of thousands of acres in southern New Mexico.

New Mexico Lt. Gov. Diane Denish and Mexico's Consulate General to El Paso Roberto Rodriguez Hernandez hosted a briefing for law enforcement and government representatives after a meeting with Homeland Security officials last week.

Gas prices have been rising steadily since mid-January and are now up by about $1 per gallon in New Mexico from their low of $1.60 per gallon on Jan.

The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public input on a proposed high-voltage power transmission line to be built across southern New Mexico and Arizona.

Rates are going up for many PNM customers this summer. The state Public Regulation Commission on Thursday approved a 9.7 percent increase for residential customers of the state's largest electric utility.

The Interior Department has awarded $3.8 million to the state Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department to reclaim abandoned mines near Raton, Socorro, Deming, Lordsburg and Hillsboro.

"Dan Tucker and his shotgun were two of the greatest civilizers in the county." That's how the Lordsburg Liberal characterized Deming's deputy sheriff.

Several New Mexico communities will be awarded grants from the state Environment Department to pay for the closure of landfills, groundwater monitoring wells and improvements to waste transfer stations.

Miller Chevrolet in Lordsburg is 1 of the 1,100 General Motors dealers who have been notified that they will be dropped when their contracts end late next year.

The state Transportation Division is being accused of targeting African-American truck drivers for inspections and searches at the Lordsburg port of entry.

Reporting from Antelope Wells, N.M. - Bill Fraley knelt to examine the brown, pebbled soil, like an art professor studying a familiar drawing.