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Deming Headlight
TypeTwice-weekly newspaper
FormatTabloid
OwnerNickolas C. Seibel
FounderJames E. Curren
Founded1881
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersDeming, New Mexico
Sister newspapers
Silver City Daily Press and Independent
ISSN0738-8349
Websitedemingheadlight.com

The Deming Headlight is a newspaper in Deming, New Mexico, United States.

History

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On June 25, 1881, James Edward Curren published the first edition of the Deming Headlight in Deming, New Mexico.[1] Curren founded 17 newspapers throughout his life. The name of his Deming paper was a reference to the trains on the Southern Pacific Railroad.[2] In 1884, Curren left the Headlight after trading it for the Kingston Clipper, which he renamed to the Sierra County Advocate.[3]

Alva C. Lowry published the paper briefly.[4][5] He was followed as editor by A. R. Loomis in 1885,[6] Captain Edward Pennington in 1886,[7] former governor Edmund G. Ross in 1889,[8] William B. Walton in 1892,[9] and R. G. Clark in January 1897,[10] who left later that year.[11] In March 1898, J. A. Long acquired the paper,[12] followed in July 1898 by George L. Shakespeare.[13]

In 1902, Shakespeare sued P. J. Bennet, publisher of the Deming Herald, for libel, and sought $5,000 in damages.[14] In 1911, Shakespeare sold the paper to Roy Bedichek and Edwin R. Vallandigham.[15] Later that year J. H. Shepard was hired as editor,[16] and after a year was replaced by L. O. Danse.[17] In 1915, Headlight founder Curren died.[18] Vallandigham assumed full control of the paper from Bedichek and published it until his death in 1922.[19] His widow then leased the paper to John A. Griffin, who died in 1924.[20] Griffin's widow then published the paper for a year. In 1925, Mrs. Vallandigham sold the paper to Col. Clyde Earl Ely.[21]

In 1926, P.M. McInnis and Captain Charles G. Sage purchased the Headlight from Ely.[22] In 1927, P.M. McInnis retired due to poor health and sold out to Sage.[23] A month later Sage was involved in a car crash.[24] In 1933, Sage purchased the Lordsburg Liberal.[25] In 1937, Sage purchased the Hatch Reporter.[26] In 1948, Sage purchased the Deming Graphic from Mrs. M. F. Brumback.[27]

In 1955, Sage, now a Major General, sold the Headlight and Graphic to David L. "Pappy" Watson.[28] In 1961, Richard J. Hodson and James D. Glatt bought the papers,[29] and Watson continued to work as publisher until he died later that year.[30] Glatt later bought Hodson out. In 1966, he sold the papers to Graham M. Dean, owner of the Artesia Daily Press.[31] In 1970, James K. Green purchased the three New Mexican papers from Dean.[32] In 1979, the Graphic was absorbed into the Headlight.[33]

In 1988, the Green family sold the Headlight, Ruidoso News and El Defensor-Chieftain to Jack Kent Cooke, owner of the Washington Redskins and the Los Angeles Daily News.[34][35] In 1989, Cooke acquired the Valencia County News-Bulletin.[36] In 1999, MediaNews Group acquired the Headlight.[37][38] The Headlight later became part of the Texas-New Mexico Newspapers Partnership, a joint venture formed in 2003 between MediaNews Group and Gannett, with MediaNews Group the managing partner.[39] In 2015, Gannett acquired full ownership of the Texas-New Mexico Newspapers Partnership.[40] In 2017, the Headlight decreased its print edition from five days a week to two.[41] In 2022, Gannett sold the Headlight to Nickolas C. Seibel, publisher of the Silver City Daily Press and Independent.[42]

References

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  1. ↑ "Notice". Arizona Weekly Star. Tucson, Arizona. May 12, 1881. p. 3.
  2. ↑ Cousland, Harold R. (January 5, 1978). "Headlight founder started 17 newspapers". The Deming Headlight. p. 13.
  3. ↑ "Personal". The Larned Chronoscope Daily. Larned, Kansas. November 21, 1884. p. 3.
  4. ↑ "Notice". El Paso Times. December 30, 1884. p. 2.
  5. ↑ "The History Of The Headlight". The Deming Headlight. January 26, 1911. p. 1.
  6. ↑ "Notice". El Paso Times. May 9, 1885. p. 2.
  7. ↑ "Notice". Sierra County Advocate. Kingston, New Mexico. July 3, 1886. p. 2.
  8. ↑ "Notice". The Santa Fe New Mexican. September 2, 1889. p. 2.
  9. ↑ "Notice". Las Vegas Daily Optic. July 30, 1892. p. 7.
  10. ↑ "Notice". Las Vegas Daily Optic. January 21, 1897. p. 2.
  11. ↑ "Territorial Notes". The Santa Fe New Mexican. October 14, 1897. p. 1.
  12. ↑ "Notice". The Lordsburg Liberal. March 11, 1898. p. 2.
  13. ↑ "A Change on the Deming Headlight". The New Mexican Review. Santa Fe, New Mexico. July 14, 1898. p. 3.
  14. ↑ "Sued for Libel". The Albuquerque Tribune. August 28, 1902. p. 6.
  15. ↑ "The Deming Headlight Has Changed Hands". El Paso Times. January 12, 1911. p. 16.
  16. ↑ "Notice". The Deming Headlight. October 26, 1911. p. 5.
  17. ↑ "Easterners Look after Mining Properties". Albuquerque Journal. May 7, 1912. p. 5.
  18. ↑ "J. E. Curren is Dead". The Deming Headlight. December 24, 1915. p. 1.
  19. ↑ "E. R. Vallandigham Laid To Rest In Mountain View Cemetary Sunday In Presence of Throng of Loving Friends". The Deming Headlight. January 27, 1922. p. 1. Retrieved June 16, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ↑ "Death Ends Career Of John A. Griffin". The Deming Headlight. May 13, 1924. p. 1.
  21. ↑ "Headlight Sold To Clyde E. Ely On Last Friday". The Deming Headlight. January 23, 1925. p. 1.
  22. ↑ "McInnis And Sage Take Over Headlight". The Deming Headlight. September 24, 1926. p. 1.
  23. ↑ "C. G. Sage Takes Over Entire Ownership of The Deming Headlight on July 1st". The Deming Headlight. July 15, 1927. p. 1.
  24. ↑ "Editor Gets Violent Jolt but Is Saved By His Car". The Deming Headlight. August 2, 1927. p. 1.
  25. ↑ "Sage Buys Liberal". The Lordsburg Liberal. February 10, 1933. p. 1.
  26. ↑ "Headlight Owner Buys The Hatch Reporter From Manley M. Miles". The Deming Headlight. November 26, 1937. p. 1.
  27. ↑ "Gen. Sage Purchases Deming Weekly Graphic". Albuquerque Journal. Associated Press. December 2, 1948. p. 3.
  28. ↑ "Texan Purchases Deming Papers". Albuquerque Journal. Associated Press. September 2, 1955. p. 36.
  29. ↑ "Watson Publishing Co., Inc. buys the Deming Newspapers". The Deming Headlight. February 6, 1961. p. 1.
  30. ↑ "Publisher's Rites Sunday | Watson a Newsman Since Age 12". Tulsa World. October 21, 1961. p. 7.
  31. ↑ "Deming Newspaper under new ownership". The Deming Headlight. February 3, 1966. p. 1.
  32. ↑ "Artesia publisher buys three papers". The Albuquerque Tribune. Associated Press. August 3, 1970. p. 34.
  33. ↑ "Graphic dropped". The Deming Headlight. June 29, 1979. p. 1.
  34. ↑ "Headlight to change ownership". The Deming Headlight. November 14, 1988. p. 1.
  35. ↑ "Media Group Buys 3 N.M. Papers". Albuquerque Journal. Associated Press. November 15, 1988. p. 33.
  36. ↑ "Business briefs | Headlight's owner buys Belen paper". The Deming Headlight. April 3, 1989. p. 5.
  37. ↑ "Deming newspaper sold to media group". El Paso Times. October 16, 1999. p. 18.
  38. ↑ "Paper's ownership changes | Deming Headlight has long history in Luna County". The Deming Headlight. November 1, 1999. p. 1.
  39. ↑ "Gannett, MediaNews Group expand and reorganize Texas-New Mexico Partnership" (Press release). Gannett Co., Inc. December 1, 2003. Archived from the original on April 2, 2007. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
  40. ↑ "Gannett buys El Paso Times, 6 New Mexico papers". The Midland Reporter-Telegram. June 2, 2015. p. 3.
  41. ↑ "Deming Headlight to change publication schedule - News". The Deming Headlight. March 8, 2017. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  42. ↑ Mencinger, Alaina (October 31, 2022). "Independent publisher buys Silver City, Deming papers". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
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