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While most of Deming was shopping for Black Friday deals, Esperanza Lozoya was putting up Christmas trees at Peppers Supermarket (812 E. Florida) and the Mimbres Valley Feed Store (1410 Columbus Road). Lozoya has been putting up her trees and decorating them for the past 16 years. She calls each of them a “Tree of Hope.” It’s been a holiday tradition that provides an outlet during the holiday season of …
Low turnout at the Nov. 14 town hall meeting appeared to catch City Administrator Aaron Sera by surprise. The city had announced in advance that it wanted public input, including from local business owners, on a proposed ordinance pertaining to single-use plastic shopping bags. The city’s spokesperson, Amanda Sanders, said she had even visited some businesses in person to let them know the discussion would be taking place. The city …
In the border village of Columbus, families begin lining up as early as 3 a.m. for boxes of food on the third Friday of each month. They wait in a line of vehicles that winds around several blocks of unpaved roads all the way to New Mexico Highway 11 as volunteers go car by car, screening each carload for eligibility: Do they receive federal benefits such as SNAP? Do they …