Alex Ross

Havre, Roswell

Courts, Crime and Politics Reporter at Roswell Daily Record

@RDRNews breaking news, courts & politics reporter. Past: @KOB4 @RDRNews & @HavreDaily. Reach me at [email protected]. Usual disclaimers apply.

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Democratic rivals reject Miyagishima's call to decline trial lawyer contributions

1 week ago | rdrnews.com | Alex Ross

The call by Democratic candidate for governor Ken Miyagishima for his primary opponents to forgo campaign contributions from trial attorneys is not getting any takers. Miyagishima issued the challenge to his two competitors for the Democratic nomination for governor in 2026, Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman and former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, during the launch of his campaign on Tuesday in Las Cruces.
Feds suspend funding for Job Corps

1 week ago | rdrnews.com | Alex Ross

Operation of Jobs Corps, the six-decade-old vocational training program for young people, with a campus located in Roswell, has been suspended effective June 30. The U.S. Department of Labor announced in a press release on Thursday “a phased pause in operations' at the 99 contractor-operated Job Corps centers across the nation.
Camp Fire continues, Fort Stanton reopens

1 week ago | rdrnews.com | Alex Ross

The wildfire that continues to burn in the Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area in Lincoln County is nearing full containment as nearby campgrounds and the Fort Stanton Historic Site reopen. Laura Rabon, public information officer for the Pecos Type 3 Incident Command Team that is managing the response to the Camp Fire, confirmed to the Roswell Daily Record that Fort Stanton would reopen at 10 a.m., as would the Rob Jagger's Campground.
Suspect arrested in 2024 armed robbery, attack

1 week ago | rdrnews.com | Alex Ross

A man accused of robbing an Indiana man at gunpoint and injuring him during an encounter at the Roswell Air Center was arrested last week. Edmond Richard Velez, 45, was served with an arrest warrant on May 22 on one count each of armed robbery and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, according to electronic court records. A day after Velez was booked on the charges at the Chaves County Detention Center (CCDC), Magistrate Judge K.C. Rogers set his bond at $10,000.
Wildfire nearly 50% contained, authorities say

1 week ago | rdrnews.com | Alex Ross

A fire that has consumed more than 700 acres in Lincoln County and damaged at least three structures on the Fort Stanton compound is nearly half contained, as the 19th-century military fort and a section of nearby highway reopened. On Tuesday night, the New Mexico Forestry Division announced in a press release that the 720-acre Camp Fire that has been raging in the Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area was 47% contained.
Miyagishima enters governor's race

1 week ago | rdrnews.com | Alex Ross

After months of exploring his options, former Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagishima officially launched his campaign for governor, becoming the latest candidate to vie for the Democratic nomination. “If you are ready to fix this broken system, if you are ready for a new New Mexico, if you are ready to join me as we fight for that future for all of New Mexico, then I am all in as your governor for our great state of New Mexico,” Miyagishima said to a crowd at the Las Cruces Home Builders Event Center.
Camp Fire growth slows

1 week ago | rdrnews.com | Alex Ross

The size of a wildfire that has destroyed structures on Fort Stanton swelled to 720 acres on Tuesday, but authorities say crews have since increased containment of the blaze. A press release issued Tuesday morning from the New Mexico Forestry Division stated that crews saw no growth in the Camp Fire on Monday night into early Tuesday, with the fire now 4% contained.
Summit on opioid settlement money set for Wednesday

1 week ago | rdrnews.com | Alex Ross

The discussion about how Chaves County should spend millions of dollars it is slated to receive from lawsuits related to opioids will be the subject of a summit on Wednesday. Dan Jennings of 100% Chaves County, a local nonprofit, said the no-cost tickets for the group's Opioid Settlement Solutions Summit Wednesday at the Instructional Technology Center at Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell have already been claimed.
House torched in Friday night blaze

1 week ago | rdrnews.com | Alex Ross

A structure fire Friday night that engulfed a house in a southwest Roswell neighborhood is under investigation as a possible arson. The Roswell Fire Department (RFD) Marshal's Office is looking into the cause of the blaze that happened at about 10:30 p.m. on Friday at a 500 block of South Spruce Street residence, Todd Wildermuth, public information officer for the RFD, said in an email to the Roswell Daily Record.
Crews clash with fire at Fort Stanton

1 week ago | rdrnews.com | Alex Ross

Efforts continue to suppress a 350-acre wildfire in Lincoln that has damaged at least three structures at Fort Stanton. The Camp Fire began Sunday and has been raging on Bonito Loop and Black Pershing Road on land managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and the state of New Mexico, according to the New Mexico Forestry Division, which issued a press release about the fire early Monday. In all, six large air tankers, two single-engine tankers and multiple fire crews responded to the blaze.