To understand why students drop out of high school, researchers funded by the Gates Foundation hit upon a novel idea several years ago: Why not just ask the dropouts? So they did. Nearly half (47 ...

Lt. Col. (Ret.) Todd Moultrie was excited to lead his Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) Jedis into competition this month for the first time in over two years. The COVID-19 ...

The village’s population, per Census data, has been shrinking since 2008 and stands at less than 1,500. Yet it sits atop the Columbus Port of Entry, and the village and the county both own land ...

Early in the school year, Deming Cesar Chavez Charter High School sent out a 10-question survey to their students as part of the charter’s reauthorization process. So far, the survey has ...

Voter participation was better than average in Luna County in 2024, with a total of 8.075 ballots cast, according to the Luna County Clerk’s Office on Tuesday evening. That’s a 58 percent ...

Yazmeli Martinez-Jaquez, center, with partners Heraclio Martinez and Fermin Jaquez as seen at their business, Deming Cannabis Company, in January. (Headlight staff photo by Billy Armendariz) ...

One of Deming’s oldest churches has a new reverend. “Pastor Jack” Schoenthaler is now behind the pulpit at First Christian Church, at the corner of W. Maple and S. Copper streets. Pastor ...

The New Mexico Supreme Court censured former Third District Judge Mary Rosner in an opinion published online Monday morning, stating the judge admitted to violating the state’s code of judicial ...

Tuesday saw the second day of an unusual delinquent property tax auction at the historic Luna County Courthouse, which houses the county’s administrative offices. Nearly 400 half-acre properties ...

Gun violence is a long-running national emergency and, sadly, the U.S. political system has failed shamefully at mature discussion about violence, causes or policies that benefit public safety and ...

Rising prices and attempts to restore some normalcy in the third year of a pandemic. A roundup of local challenges and developments in 2022.

“We are making changes,” he vowed. A few minutes later, three city workers planted a tree by Megan Wertz’s grave, and well-wishers embraced her family, some lingering by Megan’s monument ...