Mescalero News

Mark Chino, who previously served one term as president of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, was re-elected to the top post Tuesday.

New Mexico regulators are investigating Ruidoso's discontinuation of EMS ambulance services several years ago.

Victor Jaramillo, 24, of the 800 block of Bonnell, was arrested on a District Court warrant for alleged failure to appear.

Michael Torres, 44, of 89 Southland Road, was sentenced to seven days in jail, given 357 days probation, and assessed $430 in fines and court costs for driving on a revoked license.

A former salvage yard on the U.S. 70 entry into Ruidoso from Mescalero was recommended as the location of a new municipal cemetery.

The Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino hosted its 3rd annual pow-wow contest Saturday, replete with remarkable drum groups and resplendent Native American dancers of all ages.

Charles Harrison apparently no longer is superintendent of Mescalero Schools. According to a receptionist at the school district, the acting superintendent is former high school principal Maria Saenz and Harrison no longer works for the district.

Lonnie Roe, 32, of the 10 block of Cactus, Boles Acres, turned himself in to the Department of Public Safety on a Municipal Court commitment order.

Authorities and school officials in the Ruidoso area are helping students deal with what is believed to be a string of teenage suicides.

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

RUIDOSO Ruidoso School officials addressed actions they are taking since the second teen death by suicide this month and third in two months at a news conference at Ruidoso High School Friday.

Those of us in the news business can get pretty jaded and calloused about the events of the day, and the foibles of human nature that comprise them.

A 14-year-old Mescalero girl apparently committed suicide Sunday, the fourth suicide on the reservation in the past two months.

In the Mescalero Apache primary election Tuesday, voters chose former president Mark Chino and former vice president Fred Chino to face off in the November general election for the tribe's top position.

Premiere Pellets co-owner Murray Mathews discusses his wood pellet plant operation with Mew Mexico Lt.

At approximately 4:48 p.m., Department of Public Safety units responded to an accident with injuries at 10th Street and Jefferson.

Abraham Piedra, 27, of the 800 block of Fifth Street, was arrested on a New Mexico Department of Corrections order for an alleged probation violation.

Editor's note: Sheriff's logs are provided to the Daily News by the Otero County Sheriff's Department.

Deputies responded to Steep Hill on an abandoned vehicle complaint. Deputies responded to Magistrate Court to serve an arrest warrant.

Indian Country was already on edge last month when the Mashantucket Pequots' dire financial circumstances came to light.