Until recently, Jessica Griffin of Hillsboro hiked the Ladrone Gulch Trail, a rugged upward climb in the Black Range, about a once a week — sometimes alone, sometimes with her family. “There’s a ...

Tuesday saw the second day of an unusual delinquent property tax auction at the historic Luna County Courthouse, which houses the county’s administrative offices. Nearly 400 half-acre properties were ...

The Border Pest Control Cardinals ran an unblemished 12-0 during the regular season in Deming Little League softball in the Major Division (ages 11-12). The undefeated season was celebrated by players ...

DEMING – A Deming man is behind bars following his arrest in the shooting death of his stepson. Ezekiel Ricoy, 57, of the 4800 block of Sagebrush Road SE, has been charged with an open count of murder ...

This story has been updated to correct the starting pay for employees and the title of an employee in a photo caption. Like an oasis in the desert, the Chiricahua Apache Plaza in Akela, east of Deming ...

AKELA, N.M. – The Fort Sill Apache Tribe broke ground on Tuesday on its new Chiricahua Plaza, a state-of-the-art full-service truck plaza, convenience store, and retail center. The ground-breaking ...

School’s out, but Bernie Chavez will be attending Deming High School for the next few weeks. The athletic/activities director has an extraordinary number of coaching vacancies to fill, and it all has ...

The Columbus Chamber of Commerce held the first of two planned candidate forums for local candidates in the Nov. 7 elections last Thursday. The venue was the Tumbleweed dinner theater, which at about ...

Native Air 30, an air medical provider agency, celebrated its 10th anniversary at their Deming base on Sept. 26. Native Air is part of Air Methods, the leading air medical provider in the United ...

The Wild West is back and bigger than ever at the second – but certainly not last – Free Haunting at Bootheel Halloween event. Jessica Holm, the owner and operator of the Bootheel Old West Town and ...

Space is at a premium inside the Village of Columbus’ public library, yet the scope of its services transcends its small physical home and encompasses an international border. A full history of the ...

Voters in Deming and Columbus opted for new leadership through local elections on Nov. 7, with Deming electing a woman as mayor for the first time along with two new members of the city council.