{"id":638,"date":"2026-04-21T19:44:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demingnews.com\/?p=638"},"modified":"2026-04-21T19:44:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:44:31","slug":"columbus-to-host-earth-day-celebration-at-plaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demingnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/columbus-to-host-earth-day-celebration-at-plaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbus to Host Earth Day Celebration at Plaza"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">DEMING &#8211; Residents in southern Luna County are invited to celebrate Earth Day with a community gathering in Columbus aimed at promoting environmental pride and community engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Earth Day Celebration is scheduled for Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at 12 noon at Columbus Plaza. Organizers say the event will focus on encouraging residents to help create a cleaner, greener environment by reducing litter and taking pride in their town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The celebration is open to the public and will feature community activities, engagement opportunities, and ways for families to learn how to make a positive difference locally. Special guests are expected to include New Mexico State Representative Jennifer Jones and Luna County Sheriff Raymundo \u201cRay\u201d Eby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Organizers also plan to provide free hot dogs at the plaza, and families are encouraged to attend and participate in the activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By John Krehbiel \u2013 Bravo Mic Communications LLC \u2013 <a>john@bravomic.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEMING &#8211; Residents in southern Luna County are invited to celebrate Earth Day with a community gathering in Columbus aimed<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/demingnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/columbus-to-host-earth-day-celebration-at-plaza\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-john-k","post-638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demingnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demingnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demingnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demingnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demingnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/demingnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":640,"href":"https:\/\/demingnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638\/revisions\/640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demingnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demingnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demingnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demingnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}