Otero County News

New Mexico regulators are investigating Ruidoso's discontinuation of EMS ambulance services several years ago.

Alamogordo Department of Public Safety officers confiscated 1.85 ounces of methamphetamine, digital scale, several tablets of oxycodone and $1,000 in cash after arresting Robert Garcia in the 1200 block of Collins Avenue.

The first winter storm of the season began making its way into New Mexico from the west overnight and is poised to sweep through northern and central New Mexico over through this evening.

I was chairperson of the Democratic Party of Otero County from 2007-09. Dawn Provencher is the current chairperson.

Deputies responded to 801 David Michael on a welfare check. Deputies responded to 220 Paradise Way to check a smoke alarm.

City Hall welcomes trick-or-treaters starting at 9 a.m. All youth are welcome. For more information, call 439-4205. A Halloween Masquerade Ball for seniors age 60 and older is from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Alamo Senior Center, 2201 Puerto Rico.

Bill Kitchens uses a brush to wipe some snow off the hood of his sport utility vehicle while parked at the Cloudcroft post office Thursday morning.

Matthew T. Clingman, 22, of the 1500 block of Arizona Avenue, turned himself in to the Department of Public Safety on a two-day Municipal Court commitment order.

Robin Wilson, 30, of the 1200 block of Higuera Avenue, Tularosa, was served with two Municipal Court warrants for alleged contempt of court and failure to appear.

There are a lot of people in Alamogordo and Otero County who use medicine that must be injected.

Magistrate Court logs are provided to the Daily News by Otero County Magistrate Court.

Lonnie Roe, 32, of the 10 block of Cactus, Boles Acres, turned himself in to the Department of Public Safety on a Municipal Court commitment order.

Editor's note: Police logs are provided to the Daily News by the Alamogordo Department of Public Safety.

In the early morning hours of July 5, 2009, the Griego family's world stopped. Maximiliano "Max" Griego III and his friend, Mary Gutierrez, had been killed.

Otero County Commission Chairman Ronny Rardin asked if the county convenience center could be open six days a week rather than closed on Thursdays during commission discussion at the county regular meeting Thursday night.

A 24-year-old fugitive from a Las Cruces halfway house was arrested by Otero County Sheriff's Department deputies after he was found by deputies in a home north of La Luz Sunday, an OCSD spokesman said.

Gerard Parvilus and his attorney, public defender Lelia Hood, sit in a Otero County Courthouse courtroom last Thursday during a pre-trial motions hearing before District Judge James Waylon Counts.

Columbus Mayor Eddie Espinoza and Luna County Sheriff Raymond Cobos said Friday they saw no immediate threat to Luna County in aftermath of Thursday's kidnapping and killing of Palomas Mayor Estanislao "Tani" Garcia Santelis.

Editor's note: Police logs are provided to the Daily News by the Alamogordo Department of Public Safety.

Local legislators are coming together to host a new committee on military and veterans affairs.