Alamogordo News

Pfc. Emilio Garcia, a native of Alamogordo, is shown working on equipment at Camp Buehring, Kuwait.

I am writing in regard to an article written in the Alamogordo Daily News on Friday, May 17, 2013, titled "Texting drivers, Guess what? You win." If you are going to lead, you must have a backbone.

The producers of "Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy" shot several segments featuring the the New Mexico Museum of Space History and staff members last December.

During the second day of Melissa Mathis' murder trial Tuesday, jurors watched a video recording of Mathis' ex-lover being treated for her gunshot wounds inside Burger King in June 2011.

The city commissioners of Alamogordo have voted on and passed a measure to widen Juniper Drive from 10th Street to just north of Aspen Drive.

The village of Beeston and the Wendling air base at the time of the Second World War are key settings in a debut novel from American author Janice Lamotte-Lavallee. The Peacock Butterfly is a story which which spans the globe, tracing the lives of two families over three generations, but much of it is set in mid-Norfolk and also features Norwich ... (more)

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.