Otero County News

Otero County residents will have a chance next month to discuss a proposed gross receipts tax to help pay for the state's spaceport.

Otero County Commission Chairman Doug Moore conversed with Commissioner Michael Nivison prior to the commission's regular meeting Thursday evening at the Otero County Courthouse.

An undercover officer with the Otero County Narcotics Enforcement Unit holds a bag of marijuana seized at an area home on July 17, 2007.

Alejandro Espinosa Ruiz, 44, of 42 Papago Road, was arrested on a Municipal Court warrant for failure to pay fines.

Kim Guthrie, 51, was arrested July 4 for alleged driving while intoxicated and was cited for limitations on backing following the investigation of a vehicle accident occurring on the 2800 block of Carmel ...

At 8 this morning, the Otero County Office of Emergency Services will lift its burn ban, thanks to recent rainfall in the county.

At its work session on Wednesday, the Otero County Commission undertook a lengthy discussion with Dr.

A Lincoln County deputy shot four times by a wanted felon is suing the dead offender's estate, his mother and the New Mexico Department of Public Safety.

CAPPED celebrates five years of Service from 907 New York Ave. On June 17, 2003, the doors of the CAPPED building opened to the public for the first time.

Although the fire danger in Eddy County have been downgraded from high to moderate, fire officials for the Bureau of Land Management's Carlsbad Field Office said the potential for wild land fires still exists.

Abel Gonzalez, 37, of 10441 Centaur, El Paso, Texas, was arrested on a Magistrate Court warrant for failing to appear, contempt of court, no insurance and expired registration.

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The New Mexico Department of Transportation Commission approved more than $26 million into the Local Government Road Fund on Thursday to improve city and county roads, school bus routes and public school ...

A fire burning in thick trees in New Mexico's Manzano Mountains that already forced the evacuation of a summer church camp led officials to urge people to leave Tajique and the surrounding area.

A 13-year-old girl from Socorro was arrested on a 7th Judicial District juvenile warrant out of Socorro for alleged delinquency.

Firefighters made a stand Sunday along a forest road as they battled a 43,000-acre wildfire in southern New Mexico that was destroying grazing allotments, a U.S. Forest Service fire information officer said.

Sharon Mosier, 64, of 1828 Corte del Ranchero, was arrested for alleged driving while intoxicated and was cited for immediate notice of accident and limitations on backing following a hit and run accident on ...

Firefighters are trying to corral a lightning-caused blaze that has scorched 20,000 acres in southeastern New Mexico.

An Alamogordo woman facing a death penalty sentence in the stabbing death of her daughter-in-law last month appeared in District Court Monday where her attorney entered a plea of innocence on her behalf.

Chastity Ashely, 33, of 1119 Lindberg, was issued two non-traffic citations for assault on a household member and criminal damage.