Tularosa News

A large crowd lines up for samples a recent Southern New Mexico Wine Festival. This year s festival will run from noon to 6 p.m. May 25 to 27, at Southern New Mexico Fairgrounds.

In a unanimous vote Tuesday night during the board's regularly scheduled meeting, the Tularosa High School gymnasium will be named for the late Michael "Mike" Dorame.

Staff from Chaparral Middle School reported graffiti that occurred sometime between 3 p.m. Saturday and 7 a.m. Monday.

City employees -- both union and non-union -- should expect to see about a 2.25 percent cost of living increase during the coming fiscal year if the city sees sufficient gross receipts taxes to fund it.

The Tularosa Municipal School board met in a special session Monday to review the 2013-14 school budget, which includes a pay increase for district employees.

Story Book Wall Committee from left to right, Victoria Copeland, FOL President Nadia Sikes, Library Manager Sharon Rowe, Youth Services Librarian Ami Jones, Mark Rathgeber and Story Book Wall project co-chair Maude Rathgeber.

Brittany Najar, 25, of the 2400 block of Stapp, was arrested during a traffic stop for alleged unlawful use of license and driving with a suspended/revoked license.

Matachine dancers enter the St. Francis de Paula church, adorned with La Virgin de Guadalupe, the patron saint the church brought from Tortugas more than 50 years ago.

The City of Alamogordo, New Mexico is located in Otero County, approximately six miles from Holloman Air Force Base.

A man has been identified by the Otero County Sheriff's Office for allegedly causing the 10-acre Grant fire west of town late Tuesday night, Sheriff Benny House said.

Tularosa Police Department officers, along with Otero County Sheriff Deputies, were involved in an altercation with a man near the intersection of 1st Street and Mescalero.

WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 352 AM MDT WED MAY 1 2013 ...HIGH WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY A STRONG COLD FRONT IN THE EASTERN PLAINS THROUGH TONIGHT... ...STRONG EAST CANYON WINDS DEVELOPING MIDDLE AND LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND UPPER TULAROSA BASIN TONIGHT... ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS WEDNESDAY ... (more)

Forest officials say no structures have been burned, however, nearby power lines have been turned off to enable crews to fight the fire leaving Tularosa without fire.

Otero County Master Gardener Association President Helen Whigham, left, presented the group's first $500 scholarship to Tularosa High School agriculture teacher Chase Montes.

Through the doors of the Plaza Museum, the Tularosa Basin Historical Society can be found working to preserve the history of the community.

The Tularosa Police Department wants to warn residents about a scam artist who recently bilked an elderly Tularosan out of $9,000 over four months.