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 ...

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 ...

Deming residents were awakened Monday morning by a loud boom that shook windows, rattled pets and was followed by a cloud of smoke. Deming police confirmed that a bomb detonated at about 7:30 a.m. at ...

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 ...

Warning to the reader: This story pertains to child sexual abuse. This story has been updated with comments from Sixth Judicial District Attorney Michael Renteria. Jeffery Dean Biddle, 41, pleaded ...

On a beautiful Thursday morning in May, a few dozen people gathered on the western side of Deming’s Mountain View Cemetery. Senior city staff were present, as well as administrators from Deming Public ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...