Ruidoso Downs News

A woman had reportedly mixed large amounts of pills and alcohol. She was placed into protective custody and transported to the Lincoln County Medical Center.

The Ruidoso Downs Race Track initiated the process to relocate its current racing operations from Ruidoso to Las Cruces at a regularly scheduled monthly meeting of the New Mexico Racing Commission Thursday in Albuquerque.

Anthony Sanchez skirts around scattered forest slash, reaching out with an ignition device to spark a blaze.

I have known and loved Ruidoso since childhood. We built our home in the Upper Canyon in 1970.

Ruidoso Downs in New Mexico has indicated it will stay put if it gets tax relief from the state, but if not it plans to move to Las Cruces, located about 85 miles southwest.

Better retirement benefits will be in store for city employees in Ruidoso Downs.

Ruidoso Downs Race Track is seeking permission from the New Mexico Racing Commission to move the track to Las Cruces for the 2011 racing season.

Construction on Phase 1B of the new regional wastewater treatment plant may not be completed on time to meet a court-ordered settlement date.

A dispute with a proposed contract for management of Lincoln County Transit has resulted in a month-to-month agreement between Ruidoso Downs and CMC Consul-ting. Missing from the past year's contract was a "hold harmless" clause, to indemnify the city from any loss, damage or liability incur-red by Lincoln County Transit.

A wildfire that started Saturday on the Mescalero Apache Reservation burn-ed more than 900 acres of tribal, forest service, state and private lands.

At the suggestion of U.S. Rep. Harry Teague , Ruidoso Mayor L. Ray Nunley testified last week in front of the House Transportation and Infra-structure Committee on local benefits from stimulus dollars.

Ruidoso Downs' public works director sees some positives and some negatives in getting projects going and paying for them.

The 24 year old was told to leave. Almost two hours later police responded to the Ramada Inn for the same man sleeping in the hotel's lobby.

The Carlsbad Museum and Art Center has a new director, Peggy Jackson. Jackson came from the Hubbard Museum in Ruidoso Downs as curator of education.

A formal agreement between Ruidoso and Ruidoso Downs, for fire fighting and other emergencies, is approved last week by Ruidoso Downs city councilors.

Trying to balance the investment of year-round merchants with the tourist draw of special events vendors and itinerant sellers presents a challenge.

The Lincoln National Forest continues its annual tradition of offering people the opportunity to choose and cut down a Christmas tree.

A report on criminal damage to property was taken. Oct. 20 7:13 p.m. - Police responded to a call of breaking and entering in the 300 block of N. Parnell Dr.

A kindergarten student was lost for a time Tuesday morning, after being left on a school bus that had returned to the bus barn in Ruidoso Downs.

As did the Lincoln County Commission last week, city councilors in Ruidoso Downs are asking the state to maintain a higher threshold for gross receipts tax distributions.