Deming News

James Skee MD and CEO of Silver Health Care was presented an award from Patricia Warnock who is a network contract representative with BlueCross BlueShield of New Mexico.

State Senator John Arthur Smith of Deming wears the moniker "Doctor No" with pride.

Laura Krol, a second grade teacher at Chaparral Elementary, has written a comprehensive book on the early movers and shakers of Luna County with an in depth look into Deming's history.

Ray L. White, 97, Deming, N.M., resident passed away Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, at Mimbres Memorial Hospital in Deming.

The Artist Lecture Series presentation by Suk Jun Kim, WNMU professor of sound, will be at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Parotti Hall, WNMU campus.

Terri Reese, wife and mother in the Deming family accused of selling Mexico-bound guns to stand-in buyers, sought Wednesday to pledge $2 million in assets to guarantee her appearance at trial, in exchange for her release from a Chaparral jail.

The Pelletiers will perform during the Friends of Palomas benefit fundraiser and fiesta at the Pink Store in Palomas, Chih.

Ask anyone who has resided in Deming for any significant period of time and you will get the same answer.

However, when I first arrived here, New Mexico ranked last - or almost last - in most of the criteria that effect the quality of life of it's citizens.

The "unsung heroes" of keeping your children safe on the way to school are speaking out to motorists, asking that drivers pay close attention to signage, lights and school zones.

Board members of Alma Feil Hospice, Inc. recently presented a donation of $20,000 to the Cancer Support Of Deming and Luna County.

More than 19 million people in the U.S. suffer from depression annually and during stressful times, this disease can intensify.

Deming and Luna County Girl Scouts are busy selling cookies through March 4th. Selling cookies helps us pay for activities and Girl Scouts care about other people, said local Scout Emily Hover.

A former Silver City man who previously worked as a corrections officer at the Luna County Detention Center, was extradited from Arizona to face charges that he allegedly molested a 7-year-old girl in Deming.

The former corrections officer charged with molesting a family member was taken into custody Wednesday by the Luna County Sheriff's Reserves.

Local scholarships are a great source of financial assistance for Deming High School seniors.

From left are His Kidz Learning Center students Destiny Villegas, 7, Emma Moreno, 2, Natethaniel Padilla, 4, Ixchel Majalca, 3, Mireya Perez, 3 and Saharah Lastre, 4. When Brenda Villegas began her career as an early childhood educator she did not think she would see the day that she would have to fight so hard for early education funding.

A 30-acre patch of ground at Akela, in the flat, barren landscape 20 miles east of Deming, was officially proclaimed a tribal reservation on Nov.

Traditionally at the end of a year or shortly after the beginning of a new year, it is customary to propagate a "list." Sometimes that list makes political sense.

LAS CRUCES They ran out of chairs Saturday, so some people sat on the Mesilla Valley Christian School gymnasium floor, on mats that might otherwise be used for tumbling, or even on small seats that New Mexico National Guardsmen would use in the field while on a mission.