Chaparral News

Scott Newell, 21, of 3032 Los Robles, was sentenced to two days in jail, given 180 days probation, and assessed $173 in fines and court costs for public nuisance.

Last Wednesday's blast of cold air is a reminder that many young people in Luna County brave winter without warm coats.

El Paso County Sheriff's deputies arrived at Loop 375 southbound near mile post 33 Thursday around 5:15 p.m. where a man was found unresponsive lying on the median with no signs of life, said spokesman deputy Jesse Tovar.

Sheriff1s deputies today identified a man who was struck and killed Thursday after walking into highway traffic on the East Side.

On Monday fire managers treated an additional 80 acres within the Chaparral prescribed burn near Jemez Springs while preparing for a burn scheduled to start Tuesday southeast of Pecos.

Several prescribed burns are planned for the next few days by the Santa Fe National Forest.

A 24-year-old fugitive from a Las Cruces halfway house was arrested by Otero County Sheriff's Department deputies after he was found by deputies in a home north of La Luz Sunday, an OCSD spokesman said.

Plains Regional Medical Center Auxilians attending the Annual New Mexico Auxiliary/Volunteer service meeting in Albuquerque, Sept.

Dona Ana County's poverty rate remains notably higher than the U.S. average, according to data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Otero County Undersheriff Norbert Sanchez gave a presentation about Mexican drug trade organizations, recent violence in Juarez and working with other law enforcement agencies to combat drugs coming into New Mexico to members of Eagle Forum at their monthly meeting and luncheon on Aug.

As students return to school today after the school year's first three-day holiday, Deming Police are reminding motorists to drive safely.

It has been a hard two decades for the Baker family. Their daughter Karen was killed by convicted serial killer David Leonard Wood in 1987.

Two men who were investigated for allegedly running a dog fighting operation in Chaparral filed a lawsuit last week in state court, contending that, among other allegations, their civil rights were violated by authorities who lost or mistakenly euthanized a number of their dogs.

No charges have been filed, and no arrests have been made thus far following a raid of an alleged cockfighting operation Tuesday and Wednesday in Chaparral.

While the vast majority of those who were involved in cockfighting sold their birds and equipment and gave up the activity after New Mexico banned it in 2007, it was always expected that there would be a few defiant holdovers.

Dona Ana County Animal Control Officers believe they've found a huge cockfighting operation in Chaparral.

Editor's note: Police logs are provided to the Daily News by the Alamogordo Department of Public Safety.

Residents of Anthony, N.M., now have some dates to mark on their calendars. One is Jan.

Four fireworks citations have been issued in advance of the Fourth of July holiday, according to Dona Ana County sheriff and fire officials.

Land, precious land. As the old saying goes, it's so valuable because they aren't making it anymore.