Alamogordo News

The live-in boyfriend of a woman found dead along with her 14-year-old daughter on Sunday was arrested Monday in New Mexico, police reported.

Desert Star, the name chosen for Alamogordo's planned elementary school, is closing in on final design plans while proposals for its construction will take place in early July or August.

A larceny was reported by a resident in the 1000 block of Post. Sometime between 3:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, someone stole a license plate from their red 1992 Honda four-door. The New Mexico license plate number is 600RPR.

Unaware of the Eddy County's proximity to military installations, new residents to Eddy County are often surprised to see occasionally military aircraft propelling across the sky on training missions, followed with by a sonic boom.

With federal budget cuts, sequestration and a light to moderate economic growth prediction for the rest of 2013 and into 2014, some Alamogordo retailers believe the local economy is steady.

Alamogordo Democrat Leslie Endean-Singh has announced her candidacy for the 2nd Congressional District seat now held by Republican Steve Pearce.

An Otero County jury has convicted a man of second-degree murder and tampering with evidence in the death of a Ruidoso woman five years ago.

Village Finance Officer Valerie Delgado said Wednesday that the village's total projected budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year is $4.7 million, with a general fund of about $1.2 million.

Kenneth Morral, 31, of Alamogordo, pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to a bank robbery charge and admitted robbing the First New Mexico Bank in Hatch last October.

Leslie Endean-Singh, an attorney from Alamogordo, will announce Thursday that she is running for Congress in New Mexico's 2nd District.

Led by Las Cruces' new Catholic bishop, a procession of school children, parents and residents paraded past cows, goats, sheep, horses and canals Wednesday to offer agricultural blessings all around.

In the month of April, the New Mexico State Land Office earned $45.4 million in revenue for the beneficiaries of the state land trust.

The city was set to move ahead with a planned no parking zone along a stretch of Juniper Drive, but postponed action until a public hearing on the matter can be held.

A bipartisan panel will meet in Alamogordo next month to screen candidates for a vacant state district court judgeship in southern New Mexico.

Staff from Chaparral Middle School reported graffiti that occurred sometime between 3 p.m. Saturday and 7 a.m. Monday.

A New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau agent testified Monday about the homicide scene of Anabel Calzada Alvardo behind the Mescalero Apache Casino Travel Center during Guillermo Ruiz's trial.

There will be a meeting today concerning this: There will be an Otero County Grazing Advisory Meeting in Alamogordo on Tuesday, May 14 at 10:00 AM in the Otero County Commission Bldg and this issue will be discussed.

City employees -- both union and non-union -- should expect to see about a 2.25 percent cost of living increase during the coming fiscal year if the city sees sufficient gross receipts taxes to fund it.

Armando T. Madrid was sentenced in 12th Judicial District Court to five years in prison for a fatal DWI accident that killed his friend, Fernando Rodriguez, on Feb.

From left, Alamogordo Mayor Susie Galea; Lowes Home Improvement assistant manager Robert Strecker; Jennifer Clark, Lowe's nursery specialist; and Ann Tafoya, volunteer coordinator for Otero County Habitat for Humanity, were among more than 20 workers at the Habitat Women Build first landscaping project at 1306 and 1308 Rathgeber Drive on Saturday.