Lordsburg News

The Border Patrol's rapid expansion in Southwest New Mexico the past two years has provided the opportunity for a major economic boon, but it's an opportunity this bootheel town has been unable to fully exploit.

A 35-year-old Agua Prieta, Mexico, man was arraigned Tuesday afternoon in Federal Court in Las Cruces for possession of marijuana with intention to distribute.

Monica Gutierrez, left, president of Deming Rotary, presents a $1,000 check to Larry Dennison for Promise Keepers.

U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Lordsburg area have seized 662 pounds of marijuana.

Over 600 pounds of marijuana were seized in Lordsburg on Tuesday, officials said.

They are stop-gates for illegal shipments and a source of income for the state, but five major New Mexico ports of entry could be vacant for two nights in the next year as part of proposed furloughs for state employees.

In image 1, Sheriff Raul Villanueva helps Jakob Wavra, 7, a student at Harrison Schmitt Elementary School, shop during Saturday's "Shop With a Cop" event at Wal-Mart. Jakob said the shirt he is holding was his favorite one.

Two North Carolina men are facing drug charges after New Mexico police found more than 740 pounds of marijuana hidden in a truck full of office furniture.

Another attempt to move marijuana through official checkpoints failed, Wednesday night, at the Lordsburg Port of Entry.

Border Patrol agents said they caught two North Carolina men trying to smuggle marijuana to the East Coast.

Charles Hayden, of Tularosa, reads a storyboard filled with information about German prisoners of war who were held in camps throughout the United States.

For one day only, Grant County residents can experience the traveling exhibition, "Held on the Homefront: German POWs in the United States, 1943-1946," when it stops in Silver City from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on December 1at the Silver City-Grant County Chamber of Commerce parking lot.

Luna County Healthy Start prometoras, from left, Angela Varnum of Deming's office, Olga Neave of Lordsburg and Elfida Johnson prepare a Thanksgiving Day benefit bag for a family of a Healthy Start client.

Ernest Rodriguez, 37, of Deming, was arrested on a district court warrant for failure to comply with conditions of release.

Scott Knight has been inspiring a love for theater in his students since coming to Grant County from Chicago five years ago.

Sergio Granillo Jr., 22, of Deming, was arrested on a magistrate court warrant for failure to appear.

U.S. Rep. Harry Teague, D-N.M., said Friday he was respecting the wishes of the majority of those in the 2nd congressional district when he voted against the health-care reform bill, which narrowly passed the House on Nov.

Timothy Deboer, 18, of Deming, was arrested on a municipal court warrant for failure to pay fines.

Father Virgilio Flores, previously assigned to Deming's Holy Family and St. Ann's Catholic churches and the mission in Columbus, was severely injured Wednesday afternoon in a traffic accident outside Lordsburg.

Recruitment posters routinely emphasize outdoor adventures of the U.S. Border Patrol.