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Some border cities in Texas have enacted states of emergency in order to unlock resources. Arizona has rolled out a “preparedness approach” to provide shelter and assist local law enforcement, with emergency measures standing by. No emergency declarations have been made in New Mexico, but local governments had some plans in place as the expiration of Title 42 — a federal policy allowing for the rapid ejection of asylum applicants …

A month after fire inspectors closed it down, Deming Silver Linings remains shuttered, although it has been permitted to offer some food to unhoused individuals provided no one enters the building it leases at 212-214 S. Copper Street. Other services Silver Linings provided, such as laundry and showers, are unavailable at the location. As things stand, the thrift store and resource center serving those without shelter will not reopen until …

The Deming City Council met briefly in special session last Wednesday to address zoning on a parcel of land where a local developer plans to build housing. The ground is being prepared for multifamily housing on S. Diamond Avenue south of Florida Street. Developer Jimmy Galindo requested a zoning change from single family to multifamily housing in order to build fourplexes on the property. Galindo told councilors four buildings with …

A New Mexico economic development nonprofit named Aaron Sera "Public Servant of the Year."

A divided city council narrowly approved an ordinance opening city roads to side-by-side vehicles.

New Mexico State Auditor Joseph Maestas has ordered a special audit examining metered utilities in the city of Deming. The city declared its own interest in an audit in November after a former city department head took to social media with claims that the city was engaged in widespread overbilling for municipal water service. While denying the claim, the city said it would contract with accounting firm Carr, Riggs and …

The public forum addressing recent spikes in natural gas prices drew a large crowd Wednesday evening.

Deming public forum expected to address high gas bills this winter.

Freshman southern New Mexico congressman Gabe Vasquez responded to rising natural gas prices across his district Monday by sending an open letter to energy provider Symmetry Energy Solutions seeking an explanation for soaring heating bills and a path to bringing prices back down. “It concerns me that residents who rely on natural as to neat their homes in the middle of winter may be forced to make difficult choices between …

Questions serve us better than rumor-mongering. As this week’s events suggest, it is a matter of public safety.