State: New Mexico
Agency: Luna County Sheriff
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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
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
From colleague Nakayla McLelland, wastewater testing last week detected traces of measles in Luna County.
The health department is advising residents to be on the alert, although no cases have been confirmed in the county yet.
https://www.abqjournal.com/lifestyles/health/article_5dd91324-b087-49e9-9350-2ddeb8b53f13.html
The overline I suggested to top this story in the newspaper is: “Mimbres piques.”
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_52c77021-5a44-40b4-936d-1b0982b0e0a1.html
#NewMexico #mimbres #LunaCounty #nationalmonuments #nmpol #publiclands
Commissioner Harvey told the Journal the procurement violation was “a horrible mistake and a learning experience.”
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_5e07bd29-abfa-46ab-9fd0-a4b8bafcbd3e.html
A toddler’s life was cut short when a Luna County Sheriff’s deputy en route to a reported robbery in progress at drove his Durango into a car driven by Franzoy’s mother — at 99 mph.
Yesterday, the county approved a $7 million settlement.
"Gates open to children under 18 for free today at the Southwestern New Mexico State Fair, located at 4100 Raymond Reed Blvd. in Deming’s Industrial Park. The free day is from noon to 5 p.m. and signals the start of a bustling three days of activities that showcase the best that Luna County has to offer."
https://www.demingheadlight.com/2023/10/06/southwestern-nm-state-fair-opens/
Gates open to children under 18 for free today at the Southwestern New Mexico State Fair, located at 4100 Raymond Reed Blvd. in Deming’s Industrial Park. The free day is from noon to 5 p.m. and signals the start of a bustling three days of activities that showcase the best that Luna County has to offer. “Dancing with the Steers” is this year’s theme for the fair, a concept submitted …
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 approximately 108 responses out of 159 enrolled students — or 68 percent. Among the respondents, 90 percent said at least one parent or other adult in their household often swears, puts them down or humiliates them. Also, 13 percent …
@algernon Glad you're there to tell the stories.