Luna County News

Team Red Rover, the largest contingent of walkers who took part in the 2013 Celebration of Life Cancer Walk on April 27, in Deming, were also the top walkers for the event.

Deming City Councilors approved Kathryn Hodson and Julie Mendez as the No. 1 choice to lead the Deming Visitor Center Monday evening.

Teen birth rates are falling in southern New Mexico as school districts seek to address the problem and implement comprehensive sexual education, but many counties in the region still see rates twice the national average.

Deming Helping Hand sends out its appreciation to the Deming Post Office and Luna County during the Stamp Out Hunger food drive held Saturday.

Cody Parisi, 9, runs with a dog from the Deming Humane Society booth Saturday at the Luna County Courthouse Park.

Deming City Councilors will meet this evening to consider approval of a new director for the Deming Visitor Center as well as several proclamations for May.

I accepted this position five years ago after returning to town from work and school in Las Cruces.

Luna County has done a good job of ensuring the life of a project exceeds life of funding." New Mexico Senator John Arthur Smith Words of encouragement and caution were shared by state Senator John Arthur Smith, D-Deming, when he addressed the Luna County Board of Commissioners on Thursday to discuss capital outlay funding.

Steve Bean was Deming s first EMT and began training firefighters in life-saving skills and emergency medical services before his death from a heart attack at age 30 in 1995.

The Luna County float won the sweepstakes award during Saturday's Cinco de Mayo Parade sponsored by the Demng-Luna County Chamber of Commerce.

The Luna County Sheriff's Office has opened up an outpost in a small New Mexico border town rocked by corruption and a disbanded police department.

Keep Luna County Beautiful is aiming to surpass last year's collection of 29,800 pounds of litter from local roadways during this weekend's Great American Cleanup.

State Senator John Arthur Smith, D-Deming, will present a report on capital outlay when the Luna County Board of Commissioners meets today.

Becky Hampton plays the House Ghost ballet dancer in her first role on the stage in the comedy Open House.

From left, Luna County Commissioner Joe Oleo Milo, Jr., village of Columbus Mayor Nicole Lawson and Sheriff Raymond Cobos prepare to cut the ribbon police tape, rather at the new Luna County Sheriff s Office Columbus Substation.

A leader in Luna County farming and ranching known statewide for his contributions to agriculture and education is no more.

Cost-cutting measures imposed at Gila Regional Medical Center have led to the downgrading of 70 full-time employees to part-time status, according to a hospital news release.

Oly and Juan Ortiz rode as grand marshals for the Deming-Luna County Chamber of Commerce Cinco de Mayo Parade on Saturday.

The Beat confirmed through several sources today that after a directors' meeting at the county-owned Gila Regional Medical Center this morning, 70 people were informed they would have their hours cut back 50 percent, as of May, 19, 2013.

Pictured, from left, are Victorio Manzano, David Gallegos, Mona Crossland, Keri Coker, Esmeralda Hernandez, Isabel Self and Dana Bunting.