Visitors seeking access to the Gila National Forest via the Ladrone Gulch Trail are now met by a locked gate and a camera.

Michael Darrow led the audience in a benediction on behalf of the Chiricahua Apache Tribe at the Akela-area travel center east of Deming. (Headlight staff photo by Billy Armendariz) ...

With great opportunity comes great responsibility. As was the case earlier this year, the governor and Legislature will again have significant revenue to allocate once they meet in January of 2024 ...

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 ...

Ciudad Juárez resident Alfredo Ochoa-Muñoz, 37, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty in January to three counts of hostage taking and conspiracy to take a hostage. U ...

A settlement on the eve of jury selection in Deming’s Sixth Judicial District Court last week pre-empted a civil trial against the Catholic Diocese of El Paso alleging past sexual abuse by a ...

This year marks the 40th anniversary of a report by the National Commission on Excellence in Education, titled “A Nation at Risk,” which described America’s public education system as ...

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 ...

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 ...

Former state Rep. Dona Irwin was president of this year’s Luna County Old-Timers Association Reunion dinner and dance. (Billy Armendariz/Deming Headlight) ...

Although Deming's resource center for unhoused people is not a shelter, its presence and the need it serves is felt in a neighborhood one block away from downtown.

Corporate predators can collect ever-rising rents and fees while cutting amenities, steadily driving out lower-income families.