Ruidoso Downs News

The Summer Food Service Program, sponsored by the new Boys & Girls Club of Sierra Blanca, dishes up free lunches in a number of different communities.

Local musician Susan Landers Kolb is a busy woman. Whether playing at weddings, country clubs or local restaurants, she clocks in countless hours on the microphone and keyboard.

As oil prices continue to fall, the affect is slowly showing up at gas pumps. Regular grade prices in Ruidoso were at $3.69 or a bit lower on Wednesday.

A preliminary budget, if approved Tuesday by Ruidoso Downs city councilors, would further reduce spending during fiscal year 2012-2013, in spite of a proposed 3.5-percent cost of living adjustment raise proposed for city employees.

RUIDOSO, N.M. - Dogs seized from a home labeled a hoarding case in Ruidoso Downs have flooded a shelter that's already bursting at the seams.

Ruidoso Village Manager Debi Lee and Ruidoso Downs Public Works Director Cleatus Richards sign the final papers closing out the $31.5 million regional wastewater treatment project.

Fallen law enforcement officers are honored Tuesday during a Peace Officers Memorial Day service outside the Ruidoso Downs police station.

As motorcycling enthusiasts are descending on the Ruidoso area, they're bringing their money.

Police and school administrators recovered a stolen pistol, fully loaded, from a student's vehicle at Ruidoso High School Thursday.

A mobile home on Hemlock Circle was declared "ruined, damaged, hazardous and dilapidated" by Ruidoso village councilors last week as a first step toward condemnation and removal.

The mechanism to potentially increase the gross receipts tax in Ruidoso Downs was put in motion Monday by the city council.

The council already allocated $10,000 as start-up money for the group in exchange for providing youth programming and services.

Ruidoso Downs police are asking for help in identifying and locating two women involved in the theft of televisions from Walmart.

The Park's offer will start on Sunday, May 20, and will last the entire summer through Labor Day.

The use of charcoal briquettes or fire pits will be prohibited on public and private property.

The state's largest electric utility, which serves Ruidoso and Ruidoso Downs, wants to boost its use of renewable energy.

As part of its' giving back to the community, Sweet Charity has initiated its second program to benefit teens in Lincoln County.