Lordsburg Mayor Glenda Greene is accused by the State Ethics Commission of interfering with a DWI investigation of her and retaliating against the former chief of the Lordsburg Police Department in a civil enforcement claim filed in district court…

U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez stood at the side of the roadway leading into the Santa Teresa Port of Entry Monday to announce a package of bills addressing immigration and the border. Vasquez, a first-term Democrat who grew up near the border separating…

Curtis Jackson, 66, was ordered to register as a sex offender after his probation and conditional discharge were revoked by District Judge Jennifer DeLaney. The sentence came at a hearing in Deming’s Sixth Judicial District courthouse on Oct. 17.…

The nonprofit thrift store and resource center serving unhoused people near downtown Deming is fully operational once more, half a year after it was closed by the state Fire Marshall’s Office. The occasion was marked with a ribbon-cutting ceremony…

Business, News, public health Deming’s four-person city council took their seats for the first time on the new dais on Tuesday for their regular monthly meeting. One sign that finishing touches were still underway came when a picture of the U.S. flag…

Thursday’s town hall meeting marked a year since the city of Deming introduced the monthly gatherings, and the first to take place in the new municipal building. The building, which housed a Kmart until it closed in 2016, sat empty for nearly four…

There is a special flavor of embarrassment to returning a rental car with a basketball-sized dent in it. Up the ramp at El Paso Airport I drove, imagining the eyes of the driver following me from behind. I may as well have had tin cans tied to the…

The new boundaries of New Mexico’s 2nd congressional district benefited Democrats, a court ruled Friday, but did not amount to “an egregious gerrymander” requiring court intervention. The Republican Party of New Mexico and individual Republicans…

The Deming City Council will have its first contested elections in several cycles on Nov. 7, with two council members who were appointed to the body by Mayor Benny Jasso seeking four-year terms of their own, each facing one challenger. Each of the…

This story was updated with comment by former Rep. Yvette Herrell, a political ally of the former speaker. In a moment that marked history and created unusual political bedfellows (though not allies), New Mexico’s delegation to the U.S. House of…

The new Luna County Public Health Office held an official grand opening on Sept. 22, opening its doors to the public for a view of the newly refurbished building and facilities and paying tribute to a beloved employee lost to cancer. State Health…

A special audit into the city’s metered utility system is still in progress, city officials tell the Headlight, and to help the community understand why, they sat for interviews to explain how regular annual financial audits work and the timeline for…

It was amusing to see the American Revolution’s often-forgotten founder, Thomas Paine, transformed in recent years by the Tea Party movement as a right-wing icon. This likely had to do with his role in the American Revolution, and his plain-speaking…

The finished mural as displayed on the west wall of Deming’s Moose Lodge on N. Gold Avenue. (Algernon D'Ammassa/Deming Headlight) Arts, Entertainment, local Deming’s growing collection of public art grew last weekend, with the Moose Lodge on N. Gold…

Multiple trucks were involved in a collision at a rest stop west of Deming Tuesday afternoon, resulting in the death of a motorist. New Mexico State Police confirmed Wednesday that the crash involved one fatality. The New Mexico Department of…

News, politics, public health Village trustees had a long agenda for their regular monthly meeting on Wednesday indicating some lingering budgetary concerns in the new fiscal year, despite Mayor Esequiel Salas’ effort to turn the page on last year’s…

After playing a recording of his voice narrating a recent documentary, actor and writer Stephen Fry told an audience in London recently, “I said not one word of that. It was a machine.” The rapid sophistication of imitative software for producing art…

elections, News, politics MESILLA — New Mexico’s 2nd congressional district is large, encompassing the state’s southwestern corner and southern border. Its freshman representative in Congress, Democrat Gabe Vasquez, launched his bid for a second term…

education, politics, public health A few dozen people turned out in Deming last week for a presentation on benefits available for military veterans under the federal Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxins, or PACT Act. Representatives from the state…

District Judge Jim Foy has given Luna County Sheriff Mike Eby two weeks to reverse promotions and demotions of officers the county alleges Eby made in violation of county ordinances and the deputies’ collective bargaining agreement — or else appear…