Mastodawn

This review of Deming’s Adobe Deli, published last year, won an award last weekend at the Society of Professional Journalists “Top of the Rockies” journalism awards. News organizations from New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming all compete.

https://www.abqjournal.com/lifestyle/adobe-deli-combines-southwest-eccentricity-and-quality-steaks/392098

#newmexico #demingnm #restaurants #foodwriting #journalism

Adobe Deli dishes up ghosts, kitsch and quality steaks | Lifestyle | abqjournal.com

You didn’t come to the Adobe Deli for a quick bite to eat. You drove into a lonely swath of farmlands 13 miles east of Deming or an hour from Las Cruces. If it’s nighttime, you may have missed the turn from state Highway 549 onto Lewis Flats Road and turned around in the dark, wondering if you should advise next-of-kin of your location as you drove toward the Florida Mountains and oblivion.

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Algernon D'Ammassa Mar 3

My favorite part of this affidavit is how the tellers made the guy wait and wait until he went looking for a manager.

Appalling service!

https://www.abqjournal.com/news/foiled-bank-robbery-in-deming-leads-to-federal-charge/2992547

#NewMexico #DemingNM #bankrobbery

Deming bank robbery attempt: Las Cruces man accused of hatchet holdup faces federal charge

A Las Cruces man accused of attempting to rob a Deming bank while flashing a hatchet faces a federal attempted bank robbery charge that could bring up to 20 years in prison.

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MrWtr0102 Dec 2

#NoKings 2.0
(10/18/2025)

#NoKingsNewMexico
#DemingNM
#LunaCountyNM

https://bsky.app/profile/suzzyq68.bsky.social/post/3m3ihoa23o22u

MrWtr0102 Oct 9, 2025

#NoKings 2.0
Saturday, October 18th, 2025

#NoKingsNewMexico
(Part 1 of 2)

#AlamogordoNM
#AlbuquerqueNM
#CarlsbadNM
#DemingNM
#DixonNM
#EmbudoNM
#FarmingtonNM
#GallupNM
#LasCrucesNM
#LasVegasNM

Link:
https://www.nokings.org

Algernon D'Ammassa Oct 9, 2025

Two members of Deming's City Council have resolved civil complaints brought by the State Ethics Commission related to their businesses' contracts with the city.

The SEC publicized the settlements one day after early voting started in elections where the two council members are running.

https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_fc80af3e-031e-40e3-b09f-214f5df59977.html

#NewMexico #DemingNM #ethics

Deming city councilors agree to ethics disclosures

Two members of Deming's City Council have resolved civil complaints brought by the State Ethics Commission related to their businesses' contracts with the city.

Albuquerque Journal

Algernon D'Ammassa Sep 17, 2025

Bringing a conclusion to a horrifying 2022 murder north of Deming.

https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_66eb934c-c0b2-41b4-91ed-5707f58ba98c.html

#newmexico #DemingNM #homicide

Second man convicted in 2022 murder of Deming teen

DEMING — A jury on Monday convicted a second man involved in the 2022 killing of 14-year-old Ashton Remondini.

Albuquerque Journal

Algernon D'Ammassa Aug 25, 2025

A new "Desert Sage" letter: On the Great American Duck Race, sons and quests, and shots fired at the carnival...

https://open.substack.com/pub/desertsagenm/p/this-ducking-life

#NewMexico #DemingNM #DuckRaces #parenting

This ducking life

On the Great American Duck Race, sons and quests, and shots fired at the carnival

Desert Sage: Letters from New Mexico

Algernon D'Ammassa Aug 19, 2025

Nearly three years have passed since Carl Lee Johnson, a 22-year-old construction worker, was fatally struck by a car at a job site on Interstate 10 a few miles west of Deming.

https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_dbaca30c-1ada-478f-9857-cfa567577140.html

#NewMexico #highways #worksafety #labor #workzones #DemingNM

Driver who killed construction worker in highway work zone sentenced

DEMING — Nearly three years have passed since Carl Lee Johnson, a 22-year-old construction worker, was fatally struck by a car at a job site on Interstate 10 a few

Albuquerque Journal

Algernon D'Ammassa Aug 13, 2025

Stephen McKinley will remain in custody while awaiting his trial on two counts of making shooting threats in social media posts last month.

https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_5c21630e-c188-44d5-a229-215485d983a7.html

#NewMexico #LunaCounty #DemingNM #domesticterrorism #politicalviolence

Deming man held in jail over shooting threats

DEMING — A Deming man will remain in custody while awaiting his trial on two counts of making shooting threats in social media posts that prompted the brief closure of

Albuquerque Journal

Algernon D'Ammassa Jul 8, 2025

The couple, from Deming, are accused of egregious child abuse and face the prospect of prison; and the lives of two children in the situation are altered in ways we can't yet know. In this case, it was in a remote area where, had no one said anything, I might be reporting something even worse.

https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_da9c7e51-28af-439f-b7a9-dcea31acf811.html

#NewMexico #DemingNM #lunacounty

Couple accused of locking child in shed during 100-degree heat

DEMING — A married couple is being held in jail without bond as they await trial for locking their child in a shed for more than a day in triple-digit

Albuquerque Journal