Ruidoso Downs News

Three Ruidoso High School graduates have been awarded 2012 Lincoln County Scholarships from the R.D. and Joan Dale Hubbard Foundation.

Lincoln County commissioners and the county attorney previously asserted that based on the original joint powers agreement that formed the authority in 1991, the county should have two votes on the board and each municipality only one.

Adrian Pedroza, 18, of Chaparral, was arrested for alleged possession of marijuana.

A number of activities are being planned for All American Park on July 20. Ruidoso Downs city councilors approved waiving permit fees to use the park for a motorcycling organization's fundraiser that will assist a local organization.

County Manager Nita Taylor said after Commissioner Mark Doth inquired about how to obtain light-emitting diode signs to allow the county to notify residents and visitors of the level of fire danger and other potentially hazardous conditions, she did some research.

Previously open only to residents of Ruidoso Downs, the city's Economic Development Board can now have members from outside the municipality.

The already financially strapped Hubbard Museum of the American West had a bit more tacked onto its expenses.

A search warrant executed on a Ruidoso home Saturday resulted in the arrest of four on charges of trafficking in various illegal drugs.

Ruidoso Patrol Officer Tillman Freeman and Sgt. Mike Weaver responded to Motel 6 on U.S. 70 May 3 for a report of a possible narcotics exchange.

Public transportation in the Ruidoso area will be cut to a five-day per week offering.

Elmo Silva Jr. looks at the deputy district attorney during a hearing in District Court Friday on a motion Silva filed to attempt to get more credit for time served in prison on a 1990 conviction for rape, false imprisonment and attempted murder.

In this Sept. 6, 2010 file photo, owner Jose Trevino Morales, center, acknowledges the crowd as he stood with the trophy after Mr.

After listening to more than a dozen representatives of external agencies asking for help with their annual budgets, Lincoln County commissioners tentatively approved about $326,000 in requests, cutting more than $45,000 from initial submissions for the Fiscal Year 2013-2014 preliminary budget.

The past association of the attorney for Lincoln County with a private garbage hauler is being questioned by officials of Greentree Solid Waste Authority as they try to secure a court ruling on responsibility for a debt repayment.

The allowed use of water in Ruidoso Downs has gotten squeezed some more. A notice issued Monday by Mayor Gary Williams moved the city to Stage 3 water rationing restrictions.

In a request to the City Council, the chair of the board asked that the ordinance that established the board be amended to allow the appointment of Ruidoso Downs business owners or their employees to the economic development panel.

The company that developed a small shopping center in Ruidoso Downs including the Magic Forest Restaurant and Pub has filed suit in connection with a water leak that undermined the property that included three buildings.

Lincoln County's business retention gross receipts tax for this fiscal year is on track to deliver more revenues than the year July 2011 through June 2012.

Ruidoso Police officers Curtis Rogers and Sgt. Lawrence Chavez responded to a report of a domestic incident in the 200 block of Fourth Street at 1:24 a.m. April 9. The victim reported she was in the bedroom asleep when Charles Malfitano, 56, came home from watching a basketball game at a local restaurant.

Walmart customers got more than they bargained for when someone called saying there was bomb at the superstore.