Algernon D’Ammassa

4 journalists detained in Cameroon reporting on Trump’s deportations Lawyers say Trump is sending migrants to Cameroon who originated elsewhere. AP freelancers, among others, were detained while reporting on the deportees.

Four journalists, including three working for the Associated Press, were detained in Cameroon while reporting from a facility where migrants deported by the Trump administration are held, according to two lawyers.

Who will lead Western New Mexico University? Meet the finalists Western New Mexico University names five finalists for president, with public forums and a decision expected in March.

Five current university administrators, including one currently in New Mexico, were named this week as finalists in Western New Mexico University’s presidential search.

NMSU graduate workers win full-time tuition NMSU grad assistants secure 9 credit hours of tuition support starting fall 2026, as regents back agreement with union.

The union representing graduate student workers at New Mexico State University secured full-time tuition support through a memorandum of understanding ratified by NMSU’s regents Wednesday.

Wow.

Measles outbreaks have erupted all over North America and parts of South America, worst in areas of low vaccination.

Sarampión en México supera los 9 mil 400 casos: suman 29 defunciones en siete estados El grupo de edad que registra más incidencias es de 1 a 4 años con mil 391 casos

Measles outbreak in Mexico doesn’t get much play in U.S. press but it’s nasty. 9,400 cases, with 1,391 in very young children, and 29 deaths as of the weekend…

come for brendan carr. stay for matt murray.

Las Cruces jury convicts Tomas Rivas in Young Park killings Jury rejects self-defense, finds 21-year-old guilty of three counts of first-degree murder in 2025 Young Park shooting in Las Cruces.

The first of four murder trials stemming from last year’s deadly shootout in Young Park ended Monday afternoon with Tomas Rivas, 21, being convicted on three counts of first-degree murder.

There used to be a long-running checkpoint there. It’s been gone for a year or two. Sounds like it might be back.

No! (Right next to my home town.)

A federal judge, evoking the dystopian world of George Orwell’s novel “1984,” ordered the Trump administration on Monday to return a long-standing exhibit on slavery it removed from a popular historical museum in Philadelphia. https://cnn.it/4qEnzhe

Proposed land exchange with Mescalero Apache shifts to county fairgrounds Mescalero Apache Tribe and the State Lands Office now mulling trade for land near Doña Ana County Fairgrounds, with a possible partnership with the county to operate new amphitheater.

A proposed exchange of state trust land with the Mescalero Apache Tribe near Las Cruces that stoked controversy late in 2025 has shifted, with the tribe looking instead at a parcel of public land near the Doña Ana County Fairgrounds.

I hate the superfluous subheads and bullet points. In nine out of 10 articles, you could simply delete them and it would read like a normal, reasonably well written news article.

I hate the superfluous subheads and bullet points. In nine out of 10 articles, you could simply delete them and it would read like a normal, reasonably well written news article.

Lea County legislator reintroduces secession amendment Proposal is indicative of the 'massive cultural disconnect' between southeast NM and the capital, proponent says

Welcome to the state of Permian?

(From my colleague, Gregory Hasman.)

This how you isolate and capture "the worst of the worst" of these dangerous immigrants. You show yourself to be in need of help, and the worst criminals reveal themselves and their criminality by doing whatever they can to provide you with help.

Masterful law enforcement.

Your Noble Protests Justify Their Cynical War US appears ready to exploit Iranians’ demands for change to gain security advantages for itself and Israel

Borzou Daragahi on the push toward war over Iran.

Lovington dad’s DIY BBQ dream lands state backing TD’s Brew and BBQ shows how one Lovington pitmaster is scaling up his sauce game with plans to build jobs in his home town.

A small business does not get any smaller than a 44-year-old man personally delivering his barbecue sauces and seasonings to grocery stores from the back of his truck.

Now, the New Mexico Economic Development Department is investing in his business so he can hire full-time staff in his home town.

University of North Texas Shutters Exhibition of Artworks Critical of ICE Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez, a Mexican-American artist whose work centers immigrant experiences, said the school closed his show without notice.

“Quiñonez … learned about the show’s abrupt closure through messages from students on social media. They sent him photos showing the gallery’s distinctive glass windows covered with brown paper sheets, blocking the view inside. Mentions of the exhibition were scrubbed from the school’s website.”

After all these decades I still have to look this one up.

Tomas Rivas testifies in his Young Park murder trial Jury to weigh self-defense claim, shifting stories and ‘depraved mind’ murder charge in deadly Las Cruces car meet shooting

The first murder trial stemming from the March 2025 shootout in Young Park neared its conclusion Friday.

Deming community stunned as tow business owner faces 8 felonies Ramon Peña is charged with aggravated assault after a 55-mile chase from Deming to Las Cruces.

The owner of a local towing and mechanic shop is in Luna County jail after what New Mexico State Police described as a wild, dangerous chase involving civilian vehicles and gunfire over 55 miles from Deming into Las Cruces.

A man actually wrote to me to say he ran one of my recent articles through a chatbot, asked it to rewrite me, and then suggested I write more like the chatbot.

February 11, 2026 On February 12, 1809, Nancy Hanks Lincoln gave birth to her second child, a son: Abraham.

On Lincoln’s birthday:

“In 1863, Lincoln reminded his audience at Gettysburg that the Founders had created a nation ‘dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal,’ but it was no longer clear whether ‘any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.’“

“Terribly frustrating”: After USPS changes, more newspapers aren’t reaching subscribers on time Newspaper delays are just one consequence of cost cuts and changes to a fraying 250-year-old system.

Recent USPS service problems aren’t exclusive to newspapers. But for a business where timeliness is baked into the value proposition, they can be uniquely damaging, leading subscribers to cancel. www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/terr...

Vasquez questions ‘rash’ FAA airspace shutdown over El Paso, Santa Teresa Rep. Gabe Vasquez says there was no clear security threat behind a brief El Paso–Santa Teresa airspace closure that threatened medevac flights.

For local congress members, the administration's explanation went over like a lead, um, balloon.

Governor appoints Susie Kimble as Doña Ana County commissioner Gov. Lujan Grisham taps the independent to succeed Commissioner Shannon Reynolds, who resigned to run for county assessor.

Susie Kimble ran for the seat in 2022 as a Republican, but has since switched her affiliation to independent.

Shannon Reynolds resigned at the end of last year, and is planning a run for county assessor.

Trump administration says cartel drone threat briefly shuts El Paso airspace FAA reverses abrupt 10-day El Paso shutdown, says cartel drone threat is neutralized and commercial flights are resuming.

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New lawsuit challenges Doña Ana County’s Project Jupiter deal Environmental group claims Doña Ana County commissioners broke New Mexico’s open meetings law shortly before approving massive Project Jupiter financing.

Doña Ana County is facing a new lawsuit pertaining to its support for Project Jupiter, the AI-training data center complex under construction in Santa Teresa.

First Young Park murder trial disrupted by unauthorized livestream Jury hears Young Park shooting evidence when judge halts testimony over an unauthorized courtroom livestream on Facebook.

Testimony from the lead police investigator in the case was interrupted during the afternoon when state District Judge Douglas Driggers was informed that an unauthorized livestream of the trial had been spotted on Facebook.