Alamogordo News

Justin Sweeney, 27, of the 90 block of Mountain Meadows, was arrested on a New Mexico Department of Corrections order for an alleged parole violation.

A 24-year-old man is charged with breaking into McGinn's Pistachio Tree Ranch Country Store on June 13 after he was identified through videotape from the store's surveillance camera Friday, an Otero County Sheriff's Department spokesman said.

Sheree Channel, New Mexico's state director for the Mrs. America System, announces Dena Curran, from Alamogordo, is Mrs.

Yucca Elementary School teacher Debra Tram talks to the Alamogordo Public School Board and Superintenent Michael Harris Thursday during an informational meeting about the possible closure of Holloman Middle and High Rolls Elementary schools.

The closing of the High Rolls Mountain Park Elementary and Holloman Middle School and transporting those students elsewhere is a totally unacceptable solution of the Alamogordo Public School's budget problem.

Editor's note: Police logs are provided to the Daily News by the Alamogordo Department of Public Safety.

Matthew Loveland, 32, of the 200 block of Delaware, was arrested on a Municipal Court warrant for alleged failure to appear.

Current and past officials of the New Mexico Home Builders Association are pretty sure standards for energy efficiency will soon be in place for new homes.

Teresa Elena Maes, of Albuquerque, was arrested on a New Mexico Department of Corrections order for alleged failure to comply with conditions of probation.

Associated Press - June 22, 2009 3:35 PM ET ALAMOGORDO, N.M. - An Alamogordo woman has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of her daughter-in-law last year.

A commercial burglary was reported by the general manager of Pizza Hut on White Sands Boulevard.

Maria Salazar, 45, of La Luz, after being allegedly observed at King's Treasure, 1500 block of White Sands Boulevard, removing property was charged with eight counts of larceny under $250. Salazar was cited for the alleged incidents that occurred April 17 and 22, May 14, 25, 27 and 28 and June 4 and 16.

Jessica Apodaca, 32, of the 1100 block of Uranus, turned herself in to the Department of Public Safety on a Municipal Court warrant for alleged failure to pay fines.

The Alamogordo School District may close the doors on two of its schools, and that has some parents gearing up for a fight.

A 27-year-old Alamogordo man is being held at the Otero County Detention Center on a $500,000 bail bond after a 7-month-old child died from a fall at a home in the 600 block of Arnold Lane on June 8, a Department of Public Safety spokesman said.

Dustin White, 18, of the 3100 block of Shawnee, was ticketed for alleged trespassing and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Rattlesnakes, like these western diamondbacks seen at Moore's Trading Post on U.S. Highway 82, appear more often during these summer months.

Associated Press - June 15, 2009 8:05 AM ET ALAMOGORDO, N.M. - The trial of a woman accused of fatally stabbing her daughter-in-law at an Alamogordo motel in May 2008 after telling her son she was going to "fix" things for him begins Monday.

Editor's note: Police logs are provided to the Daily News by the Alamogordo Department of Public Safety.

Editor's note: Police logs are provided to the Daily News by the Alamogordo Department of Public Safety.