Deming tackles homelessness with federal funding and new resource center plans

Silver Linings resource center in Deming secured $440,000 in federal funding for emergency housing, while the city shifts plans for a $2.5 million transitional housing project. Learn how Deming is addressing its growing unhoused population.

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With the approaching 400th anniversary of New Mexico viticulture in 2029, the state’s winemakers see an opportunity to raise their products’ profile nationwide and reach new markets — in particular, with high-quality and low-priced sparkling wines.

https://www.abqjournal.com/news/for-deming-winemakers-the-future-looks-bubbly/3052034

#newmexico #wine #LunaCounty #winesofnewmexico #DemingNM

New Mexico winemakers focus on sparkling wine ahead of 400th anniversary

With the 400th anniversary of New Mexico viticulture approaching, Deming wineries are expanding sparkling wine production to reach new national markets.

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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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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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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.

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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

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

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

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