[1][2] In his autobiography, Miguel Antonio Otero, the Governor of the New Mexico Territory from 1897 to 1906, described it as a Democratic paper unfavorable to the Republican Party.
[1] Curren traded the paper for the Kingston Clipper and left for Sierra County in 1884.
[6] In the late 20th century the Headlight was owned by MediaNews Group, and described on its masthead as "an edition of the Las Cruces Sun-News".
In 2015, Gannett acquired full ownership of the Texas-New Mexico Newspapers Partnership.
[8] On November 1, 2022, the Headlight was purchased from Gannett by Nickolas Seibel, publisher of the Silver City Daily Press and Independent.