Capitan News

In regard to the letter from the Mescalero Apache Medicine Woman about Walmart closing the fabric department: Not just the Apaches are upset about it.

They can be seen in vacant lots and along roadways spraying and digging up the invasive musk thistle plant.

Fireworks can be purchased along most highways in New Mexico, but that doesn't mean they can be used in Lincoln County.

* THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON * ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL STREAM NORTHWARD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA AIDING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

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

People in the audience listening to the band Dirty Jones perform at The Dreamcatcher Cafe June 6 were treated to an impromptu, but joyful performance by a special customer.

" A carbon monoxide leak that reportedly originated in the heating system of a pool could land a downtown condominium building in some hot water.

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

Research support for this article was provided by the Puffin Foundation Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute.

The new District 6 FFA officers were named at the FFA State FFA Convention this week in Las Cruces.

While Lincoln County's manager said he's comfortable with approval of a $23,316,397 preliminary budget for Fiscal Year 2009-2010, he'll closely watch trends, and cuts may be needed before the final budget is submitted.

Out-of-towners might be forgiven, but natives ought to know better: Drivers at night, even within village limits, should slow down or otherwise increase their chances of hitting a deer.

Becoming a foster parent can let you make a profound difference in the life of a child.

A new Board of Directors was elected as disclosed in our 8-K filing on April 28, 2009, and a new Chief Executive Officer and a new Chief Financial Officer was appointed by the Board of Directors on April 30, 2009, as disclosed in our 8-K filing on May 6, 2009.

Enough gaps exist in state and federal regulations to warrant moving ahead with a Lincoln County mining ordinance, commissioners concluded in a split vote Tuesday.

Only a sturdy stone and wood structure remains of what was once called the Mesa Ranger District of the Lincoln National Forest.

"If it hadn't been for the firefighters, that county road would not have stopped the fire from heading on west.

Lightning ignited at least five fires Friday afternoon in Arabela, Capitan and Mescalero.

Firefighters battled several fires in southeastern New Mexico on Saturday. Two fires are burning north of Capitan, N.M. The East Transwestern fire has burned nearly 19,000 acres so far, and the Vista fire has charred about 10,000 acres.

Firefighters are battling some grass fires north of the Capitan Mountains that were sparked following a series of lightning strikes this afternoon.