Through 1948 it was published weekly except for a period from September 1883 to June 1886 when it was published daily in order to compete with the Deming Tribune and Lake Valley Herald before returning to weekly after the Tribune folded.[1] Curren traded the paper for the Kingston Clipper and left for Sierra County in 1884.[1]
From 1949 to 1956, the Deming Headlight and the Deming Graphic were consolidated under single ownership and both continued to be published on Tuesdays and Fridays until the publications separated again in 1956[5] under publisher David Watson.[6]
In the late 20th century theHeadlight was owned byMediaNews Group, and described on its masthead as "an edition of theLas Cruces Sun-News". It was part of the Texas-New Mexico Newspaper Partnership between MediaNews andGannett. In 2015, Gannett acquired full ownership of the Texas-New Mexico Newspapers Partnership.[7]
TheHeadlight published daily from 1978[6] until April 2017, after publisher Rynni Henderson announced that the Headlight would reduce its print edition from five to two issues weekly, publishing on Wednesdays and Fridays, as part of a "digital first approach" emphasizing internet publication. The change in schedule took effect in April of that year.[8]
^abcLibrary of Congress,About Deming Headlight (Deming, N.M.) 1881-1948,[1]
^William Gillet Ritch, Edgar Caypless,A Complete Business Directory of New Mexico, and Gazetteer of the Territory for 1882, New Mexican Printing and Publishing Company, 1882, p. 82[2]
^Richard C. Sandoval, Ree Sheck,Explore New Mexico: Insider's Guide: Getaways in the Land of Enchantment,New Mexico Magazine, 1989, p. 27[3]
^Miguel Antonio Otero,My Nine Years as Governor of the Territory of New Mexico, 1897–1906,Sustone Press, 2007, p. 20[4]
^Library of Congress,About The Deming graphic and the Deming headlight (Deming, N.M.) 1949-1956,[5]
^abLibrary of Congress,About The Deming headlight. (Deming, N.M.) 1956-current,[6]
