Mescalero News

Pilar J. Hernandez, 26, of the 1100 block of Puerto Rico Avenue, was arrested on two Municipal Court warrants for alleged failure to appear or pay and failure to appear in accordance with conditions of release.

Tuesday, Dec. 29 Day shift Donald McClelland, 69, homeless, was arrested on a Municipal Court warrant for alleged failure to pay fines or costs.

A man reportedly walked out of the store without paying for a $7.45 bottle of wine.

A White Christmas was expected around the Sacramento Mountains, especially the southern part of the mountain chain.

Interim county manager Ray Backstrom told the Otero County Commission on Thursday night that there may be good news regarding a public safety answering point.

Despite economically challenging times for a project like the restoration of St.

Leslie Escalante, 23, of Mescalero, was served with a Municipal Court warrant for alleged failure to pay fines while jailed at the Otero County Detention Center.

Jim O'Connor, an employee of the Cloudcroft Public Schools maintenance department, carries lighting equipment into the Cloudcroft Fire Department station during a winter wind storm Tuesday morning.

Winds gusting more than 60 mile per hour tore off the front of a recent addition to the Mescalero Apache Elderly Center and closed Ski Run Road Tuesday.

Roads that had been clear began icing over again Thursday afternoon, as more snow moved into the Ruidoso area.

They had been initially accused of shoplifting. But more evidence, including surveillance video recordings, suggested items worth more than $2,500 may have been taken.

Theodore D. Crane, 33, of the 1600 block of West Fifth, Tularosa, was arrested on two Municipal Court warrants for alleged failure to pay, a Magistrate Court warrant for alleged failure to appear and a New Mexico Department of Corrections warrant for an alleged probation violation.

Zia Therapy Center Inc. will resume its ZA Trans public transportation service Thursday, a spokeswoman said.

Public transportation service was to return to the Mescalero Apache Reservation late this week.

A resident on the 2100 block of North Florida reported that sometime between 7 p.m. Nov.

The Boys & Girls Club of Otero County's Angel Tree services children in the region during the holiday season and throughout the year if a dire need should arise.

Officers investigating a suspicious activity call charged the following people after they allegedly attempted to flee from officers and were found with various illegal items on their person: * A 16-year-old male was referred to the Juvenile Probation and Parole Office for alleged possession of marijuana and resisting/obstructing an officer.

Young women and teens from Do-a Ana County performed well in the Miss New Mexico USA pageant over the weekend in Mescalero, N.M. Rosanne Dene Aguilar of Sunland Park earned the crown of Miss New Mexico USA, and Faith Annelies Cortez of Las Cruces won the title of Miss New Mexico Teen USA.

A resident on the 1400 block of Columbia reported that between 11 p.m. Nov. 8 and 8 a.m. Nov.

Mark Chino, who previously served one term as president of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, was re-elected to the top post Tuesday.