Lincoln County News

State Rep. Zachary Cook speaks during an Eagle Forum meeting Tuesday at Margo's Mexican Restaurant.

Because state officials a few years ago decided all 33 counties in New Mexico must switch to a paper ballot election voting system, many counties, including Lincoln, are stuck with relatively new and operationally sound machines they can't use or sell.

Lincoln County commissioners set up an easier route for approval of temporary structures during three specific events in the Lincoln Historic District.

Four Mescalero Apache maidens will celebrate their coming of age ceremony during the July 4 holiday weekend, one of the tribe's major events of the year and a chance for the public to glimpse a moment of important tribal tradition.

Travis Atwell was beaming Friday as he delivered the first of eight new fire apparatuses to volunteers with three of the county's rural fire departments.

With approval of the Lincoln County Commis-sion, work can begin on a dirt road to create a walking path for Alto Lakes residents.

Lincoln County will pay for an appraisal of the Glencoe Rural Events Center as the first step toward the sale of the county-owned property.

Magistrate Judge Wil-liam Butts returned to the bench Monday, a week after his car was rear-ended at a Ruidoso intersection.

A representative of Rancho Ruidoso Valley Estates complained Tuesday that the Lincoln County Commission neglects roads in his subdivision.

Would-be developers are using one of 13 state-mandated exemptions to subdivision rules to avoid being required to provide any improvements or reports.

The Pale Rider rode into the Cowboy Action Shooting Range and Western Town at the Ruidoso Gun Club range in Ruidoso Downs on Saturday, June 13, and this time found a lot of help.

The Ruidoso Downs Senior Center will not be closed, Lincoln County commissioners pledged Tuesday.

Three distinct blazes ignited by lightning in Southwest New Mexico have carried the smell of smoke to other parts of the state, including Lincoln County Several callers were assured by dispatchers Tuesday that the smoke they saw to the west and smelled in their neighborhoods was from three fires in the Gila National Forest.

The last subject in the May 20 kidnapping and assault case in the Hondo Valley turned himself into law enforcement officials in Ruidoso at noon Monday.

A happy Lincoln County Manager Tom Stewart Thursday announced that the county will receive more money than last year from the program that compensates counties for federal land within their borders that cannot be taxed.

Magistrate Judge William Butts was treated and released at Lincoln County Medical Center Monday, June 8, after he was involved in a traffic accident.

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Edd Ray Eidson was sentenced Monday, by 12th Judicial District Court Judge James Waylon Counts to 4 1/2 years for his conviction on charges dating back to August 2003.

An engineering agreement with Wilson & Company for the Deer Park Valley special assessment road improvement project was approved by Lincoln County commissioners.

J. Tyrone Riordan had leveled threats against District Judge Karen Parsons The state Supreme Court has ruled that 12th Judicial District Judge Karen Parsons will continue to hear three felony cases against a Lincoln County man after he threatened to harm the judge.