Luna County is a geographical location. The city of Deming and the village of Columbus are both located within its 2,956 square miles. Luna County is also a governmental entity that exists ...

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 ...

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 ...

This story was updated at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Multiple trucks were involved in a collision at a rest stop west of Deming Tuesday afternoon, resulting in the death of a driver who appeared to ...

A few red and black chile pods hung from brown plants or lay in a field four days after Speir Family Farms of Deming completed this year’s harvest of red chile peppers. “Reds are kind of just ...

New Mexico Highway 26, a two-lane highway stretching 48 miles from U.S. Highway 180 in Deming to Hatch, saw two fatal accidents on consecutive days earlier this month. The second of these, on July ...

Tensions rose at Rockhound State Park Wednesday morning, where a press event was held for the Protect Mimbres Peaks effort to turn the Florida Mountains and surrounding peaks in Luna County into a ...

To understand why students drop out of high school, researchers funded by the Gates Foundation hit upon a novel idea several years ago: Why not just ask the dropouts? So they did. Nearly half (47 ...

Early in the school year, Deming Cesar Chavez Charter High School sent out a 10-question survey to their students as part of the charter’s reauthorization process. So far, the survey has ...

On Monday morning a light, cold rain brought a chill to Deming. A half dozen people warmed themselves at the Silver Linings resource center on S. Copper Street, where there was coffee, water, and ...

Voter participation was better than average in Luna County in 2024, with a total of 8.075 ballots cast, according to the Luna County Clerk’s Office on Tuesday evening. That’s a 58 percent ...

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 ...