Anthony News

If you're still making plans for Memorial Day, you'll have lots of opportunities for fun, from the region's largest wine festival close to home to day trips to enjoy the blues in Silver City or the state's most popular water recreation areas near Truth or Consequences.

World War II veterans are dying off at a rate of 1,000 per day, according to a local veterans group.

Three hot air balloons prepare to lift off from the Santa Teresa Country Club golf course Saturday during the first day of the KLAQ Balloon Fest 2011.

Pat Phistry, president of District 111 Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, throws a wreath into the Rio Grande on Memorial Day 2010 in memory of her husband, Philip Phistry, who was a navel officer in World War II.

"He was a good guy. He was always there for his family. Never gave up on life. Always with his head up.

Diploma in hand, Michael Calzadillas, 18, of Berino will be recognized Friday night for achieving top academic honors in Gadsden High School's graduating class of 2012.

The federal government is being sued by environmentalists over approval of a permit to expand a coal mine in northwestern New Mexico.

Any way you figure it, a newcomer will serve as the next Dona Ana County commissioner for District 2, which includes the southern portion of the county.

About 400 residents of the tiny border town of Anthony have signed a petition demanding that local law enforcement officers stop random immigration checks, activists said Wednesday.

One man has been killed after a two-vehicle traffic collision on Westside Drive near Vinton Road in Anthony, New Mexico.

A former key staff member of Gov. Bill Richardson and a strong advocate for children and families will face each other in the Democratic primary election June 5 for New Mexico House of Representatives District 52 seat.

BNHR members will march onto city hall in Anthony, N.M., to ask the Anthony City Council to prevent local police from doing immigration work.

The event, planned by the school's parent involvement committee, will distribute 75 one- to two-foot-tall trees to students and parents who must sign a pledge agreeing to care for them.

Jessica Gonzalez of Anthony, New Mexico, won the first prize for New Mexico's Second Congressional District in this year's Congressional Art Competition.

Balls of hail, about three-quarters of an inch, have begun falling in Chaparral.

U.S. Marshals are asking for the public's help in finding Leonardo Limon, a man who they say is a violent criminal.