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Sen. John Arthur Smith Retires

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 DEMING (AP) — The longtime New Mexico state senator from Deming has announced he is retiring from his position a month before his four-year term was scheduled to expire.   
   Democratic state Sen. John Arthur Smith, who lost his bid for reelection this year, had served eight terms and was chairman of the influential Senate Finance Committee.   
   Senator Smith announced Tuesday he wanted to spend more time with his family.  
   Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth said Smith's colleague Democratic state Sen. Richard Martinez also submitted his resignation early this week.  
   It's unclear whether anyone will step into the two positions before the start of the next legislative session, scheduled to begin in mid-January. 

Three More Luna County Residents Die with COVID 

​DEMING – Three more Luna County residents died with COVID Wednesday. 
     New Mexico state health officials described them as a male in his 50s who was hospitalized, a male in his 70s who had underlying conditions, and a male in his 70s who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. 
     The state also reported Luna County had four additional COVID-19 cases Tuesday.  
     The state’s COVID-19 dashboard (https://cvprovider.nmhealth.org/public-dashboard.html) shows the total number of active cases in the county is now 1,393. 
     The state is reporting 557 people have completely recovered and 30 people have died, making the cumulative number of positive cases in Luna County 1,980. 
     The dashboard also shows 20,087 tests have been administered in the county. 
Parents Reminded of Immunization Requirements    
DEMING – Deming Public Schools staff members are contacting parents regarding students’ immunization deficiencies. 
     District Nurse Marge Kemp said there are many district students needing required vaccines. 
     The district issued a reminder that New Mexico requires vaccines for school-age children to protect them from vaccine-preventable illnesses. 
     The reminder said that while it may be more difficult to get required vaccines during the pandemic, the Luna County Health Department and many primary care providers report adequate supplies of vaccines on-hand. 
     The announcement did not pertain to a COVID-19 vaccine which is not yet available to the public. 

Crime Report

DEMING -  Here’s today’s local crime report:
     Rebecca Bohlinher, age 39, was arrested for larceny…  Anthony Valdez, age 29, was arrested for three counts of interference with officers, and on two Deming Municipal warrants for failure to appear… Michael Pinon, age 33, was arrested on a Luna County Magistrate warrant for violating a retraining order  and Israel Garcia, age 55, was arrested on a Deming Municipal warrant for failure to appear.

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Local Deming Radio Weather
- Steve Hamilton

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Today: Mostly sunny. High: Mid 40s. Wind: NE 5 to 15.

Tonight: Clear and very cold. Low: Upper teens. Wind: N 5 to 10.

Friday: Sunny. High: 50. Wind: NE 5 to 15.

Friday Night: Fair and cold. Low: Mid 20s.

Saturday: Sunny and a little bit warmer. High: Upper 50s.

Sunday: Fair and breezy. High: 60.

State Weather:
​A quieter day overall is expected for Thursday, but temperatures will remain well below normal. And then we'll get another very cold night, Thursday night, with clear skies and chilly high pressure settling in over NM. All the forecast models seem to agree on upcoming conditions, at least through the weekend, with a dry, warming trend being the dominant pattern for NM through Sunday. Winds will be from a northerly direction through Saturday. The only low pressure system around the region will move slowly eastward over northern NM over the weekend, but it doesn't look like we'll see much, if any, adverse weather from that system.
Steve Hamilton
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