A caravan of over a dozen cars, with six Luna County Sheriff’s Office units escorting them, made its way from the Starmax entertainment center on Country Club Road west on Pine Street and south on Gold Avenue to the Luna County Courthouse Sunday afternoon. Messages painted on the vehicles’ windows or displayed on signs bore messages such as, “God’s children are not 4 sale,” “Ride for freedom” and “End child …
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 …