Dexter News

As Gov. Bill Richardson ponders budget-cutting bills sent him by the recent special session of the Legislature, the Department of Corrections is saying it could close the Roswell Correctional Center eliminating 65 jobs.

The 2008-09 Lincoln County Fair Queen Haley Montes, of Hondo, earned the right to wear a new crown.

New Mexico state police say four motorists have been killed in traffic accidents on southeast New Mexico highways since Wednesday.

Fair time means the cooking oil is hot. It means the drinks are cool. And it's pretty much the time everybody looks forward to those once-a-year food favorites.

Even Mike Greer has a hard time believing he's 70 years old. The founder of the Buffalo Springs Lake Triathlon, which will celebrate its 20th anniversary next Sunday, is a great-grandfather with a lifetime full of memories and experiences.

A 36-year-old Roswell woman has died in a rollover accident on U.S. 285 north of Roswell.

Two men have died in a crash between a car and a pickup truck near Hagerman. State police identified them as 74-year-old Fred Layton of Hagerman and 23-year-old Nathan Turpen of Dexter.

A grass fire just north of Dexter burned four outbuildings and an estimated 800 acres before crews got it contained.