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Luna County detention officer attacked by inmate
KFDA - New Mexico Headlines
Jan 25A Luna County Detention Center officer is recovering after he was attacked by an inmate. Authorities tell The Deming Headlight (http://bit.ly/xZpHGK ) that 22-year-old inmate Dakota Choate now faces felony charges of... »
Ex-NM warden faces criminal complaint
Kwes - News
Jan 24Luna County's former detention center warden is facing several charges after he allegedly allowed prisoners to leave the facility he managed from Oct. 2009 through May 2011. »
Sheriff's Columbus patrol may be permanent
KFDA - New Mexico Headlines
Jan 23A sheriff's department assigned to patrol a New Mexico town that disbanded its police department following a gun smuggling ring involving the mayor and police chief says the town will likely be a permanent part of its... »
Deming gang member gets 40 years in drug case
Kwes - News
Jan 16A 30-year-old gang member from Deming who pleaded guilty to smuggling methamphetamine into the country and trying to escape from custody has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison. »
Algae-based fuels may soon gush from the desert
Latest News From New Mexico Business Weekly
Jan 13Algae ponds are starting to color New Mexico’s desert landscape green. Sapphire Energy Inc., which uses a proprietary process to turn algae oil into renewable gasoline to replace fossil fuels at the pump, broke ground last June on a 300-acre commercial... »
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Hispanic Leaders Call for Wilderness Protection for Organ Mountains
Democracy For New Mexico
Jan 23Democracy for NewMexico Southern Bureau contributing writer Stephen Jones attended an event regarding the protection BLM's Tortugas Peak recreation area last week. With the iconic Organ Mountains as a backdrop, Hispanic leaders came together in Las Cru... »
Algae-based fuels may soon gush from the desert
Latest News From New Mexico Business Weekly
Jan 13Algae ponds are starting to color New Mexico’s desert landscape green. Sapphire Energy Inc., which uses a proprietary process to turn algae oil into renewable gasoline to replace fossil fuels at the pump, broke ground last June on a 300-acre commercial... »
Auld Lang Syne - New Mexico's First 100 Years
The Westerner
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Feds use 7 attorneys to file forfeiture proceedings against Deming gun shop
The Westerner
Dec 21A 10-count civil forfeiture complaint was filed yesterday in the District of New Mexico seeking forfeiture of assets related to a gun shop in Deming, N.M ., whose owner and employees were previously indicted on charges related to firearms smuggling and... »
Radio vignettes on New Mexico history showcase colorful past
The Westerner
Dec 12President William Howard Taft, Pancho Villa, Buffalo Soldier George Jordan. Gov. Charles Bent, lawman/gunslinger/lawyer/politician Elfego Baca, Gen. Stephen Watts Kearny. And Smokey Bear and HAM the Space Chimp. These are just some of the characters as... »