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Desert Sage: Fearful news or fear of news?
Desert Sage today yields to Mike Fletcher and a column he wrote originally for the Columbus Electric Cooperative newsletter.
Timothy Deboer, 18, of Deming, was arrested on a municipal court warrant for failure to pay fines.
Honoring our veterans: Schools, VFW posts plan full day of events
National Guard Lt. Cody Ayon performed a song Friday at the Torres Elementary School Veterans Day Program.
Health reform: Cost benefits of compassion
Recently on this page, Don Heacox has had two articles rightly pointing out that, regardless of the moral desirability of health care for everyone, such compassion is only possible if it is economically feasible.
Students plan walk-a-thon Saturday
Students from Deming High and Cesar Chavez Charter High School are ready for a Walk-a-Thon, Saturday, Nov.
About 40 years ago when cotton was king, jets of steam shot up from the Southwest Irrigated Cotton Growers warehouse on Compress Road where steam-compressed cotton bales were loaded into rail freight cars standing on a spur line.
Veteran services in town today
The New Mexico Department of Veteran Services will be conducting a veterans' outreach at two locations in Luna County today.
Students learn dangers of drugs
Village of Columbus Police Chief Angelo Vega came to Columbus Elementary School last Wednesday in support of their Red Ribbon Week of anti-drug education.
School attendance charted for flu illness
Deming Public Schools is charting daily attendance at its schools, with an eye for trends districtwide or at any school, in light of the H1N1 virus.
County's Sunnyside Farm deal in limbo
A letter to seek judgment on the reversal of a land purchase has been drafted, according to Luna County Manger John Sutherland, but further details are in the dark.
Boilerplate, the Mechanical Marvel
Ordinary history books show that when Francisco "Pancho" Villa led a surprise attack on Columbus, New Mexico, on March 9, 1916, he was hoping to provoke a U.S. military response that would help rally peasant support against the U.S.-backed Mexican president Venstiano Carranza.
Sheriff's office receives $1.3 million stimulus
The Luna County Sheriff's Office has received notification of funding for continuation of an Operation Stonegarden grant.
Shop With A Cop benefits from donations
If it were a football kickoff, Tuesday's event at Big Kmart would have been through the end zone.
Woman wounded in Palomas drive-by
A 21-year-old Deming woman was airlifted to El Paso's University Medical Center early Tuesday morning for treatment of wounds reportedly suffered in a shooting in Palomas, Mexico.
Times Q&A: Organized crime killed Palomas mayor, says sheriff
New Columbus school cuts ribbon
If you were a student or staff member at the old Columbus Elementary School, the new facility must, by comparison, seem as if it were a mansion.
Special session will address county land deal
Alleged improper procedure and water tainted with arsenic will likely be areas of concern when the Luna County Board of Commissioners meets at 8 a.m. today at the Luna County Courthouse, 700 S. Silver Ave., to hold an executive session to discuss the purchase, acquisition or disposal of real property and water rights.
Czech heritage shines at 81st Klobase Festival
Pure water nourishes rich soil and Slavic ancestors migrated west from Central Texas in search of a farmer's utopia.
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