Ruidoso News

Consideration of a change in billing for wastewater treatment and sewer service rates to an emphasis on volume and more equity between residential and commercial customers was postponed Tuesday.

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.

A second Ruidoso newspaper made its debut on Tuesday. The Ruidoso Free Press appeared on newsstands.

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 restaurant official said it didn't appear anything was missing. The case was classified as a breaking and entering as well as criminal damage to property.

On Wednesday, the Ruidoso News, in cooperation with Topix of California, blackballed a "contributor" to the Readers Comments section of our Web site.

Response comes after request by the 'Ruidoso News' A few months ago, rumors circulated about problems with the operation at Sierra Blanca Regional Airport, including inconsistencies with fuel sales.

But a lack of any evidence of physical violence negates any citations. The wife said she didn't like a text message from another woman on her husband's cell phone.

Proposed changes to New Mexico's septic system regulations will go to a public meeting tomorrow in Ruidoso.

An eight-member task force was appointed by the mayor of Ruidoso to draft a business plan for the village's convention center.

Shane Gay, 43, was apprehended by another Ruidoso officer. A companion, Matthew Doherty, 16, of Folsom, N.M., was charged with resisting, possession of less than one ounce of marijuana and tampering with evidence.

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

Ruidoso's mayor will head to Washington D.C. next week at the invitation of the chairwoman of the U.S. House of Representative's Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

With the New Mexico State Coverage Insurance program going on hiatus for the remainder of the year or longer, Lincoln County's medical indigent fund coordinator warned county commissioners the number of claims he processes monthly probably will go up.

Some clothing, notebooks, and old-timer knife and a couple of chargers were in the bag, but no identification.

Charles Harrison apparently no longer is superintendent of Mescalero Schools. According to a receptionist at the school district, the acting superintendent is former high school principal Maria Saenz and Harrison no longer works for the district.

When state officials cut gross receipts taxes in 2004 on "essential" grocery food sales and on medical services, they promised to make up the drop in tax revenue for municipalities and counties.