Chaves County News

A storm that tore through southern New Mexico has left behind damaged homes and a power outage in the village of Cloudcroft.

The New Mexico Oil Conservation Division says it will have to cut field inspections by two-thirds this year as the state grapples with a budget shortfall.

A police pursuit in town Monday night ended in the shooting death of a man with local ties wanted in Chaves County.

Expect a real mix of weather Tuesday. Most of eastern New Mexico awoke to frost, then sunshine and then snow.

THESE STRONG WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO BY DAY BREAK TUESDAY...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS DEVELOPING ALONG THE NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS AND THE ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS...WHERE GUSTS UP TO 60 OR 65 MPH ARE LIKELY.

More news from around the state: STATE WEATHER At least two school districts in southern New Mexico are closed today because of the weather.

A cemetery own who says he can't afford to maintain the property made good on past threats Friday when he began ripping out the landscaping drawing both angry relatives and Chaves County sheriff's deputies.

It will soon be even easier to fly west from southeastern New Mexico as American Eagle expands its service because of rising demand.

Officials in southeastern New Mexico are continuing a fight with the federal government over where flooding is or is not likely to occur.

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

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 Department of Health is tracking hospitalizations and deaths to determine if there is a change in the severity of the disease.

The New Mexico Department of Health reported this past weekend the 13th death in the state related to the H1N1 virus.

Healthy people worried about H1N1 swine flu and those with mild, flu-like illnesses are showing up at emergency rooms and clinics, bogging down New Mexico's health system with requests for tests and medicine, a key state health official said Thursday.

The New Mexico Department of Health announced Wednesday that a 28-year-old man from Lea County has died from swine flu.

New Mexico Department of Health officials said Friday the H1N1 flu virus is widespread throughout the state, and announced the deaths of three children who had no previous chronic medical condition.

The state Health Department says a 17-year-old girl from Chaves County has died from swine flu.

Usually police and fire departments work together to save lives, but this time a drunken Roswell firefighter with a gun put lives in danger, according to the Chaves County Sheriff's Department.

A hail of bullets flew in a Roswell residential area late Wednesday morning killing a man engaged in a gunbattle with police officers.

The New Mexico Department of Health announced that a 51 yearold woman from Lea County was confirmed with West Nile Virus.