Ruidoso News

Jan 14, 2025 | ruidosonews.com | Adrian Hedden

Otero County Sheriff Deputy Jacob Diaz-Austin By Adrian Hedden, El Rito Media [email protected] Otero County Sheriff’s deputy Jacob Diaz-Austin on Monday was charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of… Previous Post JIMMY FRANK CHAVEZ, JR....

Jan 9, 2025 | ruidosonews.com | Adrian Hedden

Lujan Grisham calls for crime reform in wake of Alamogordo police shootingsAdrian Hedden El Rito Media [email protected] A sense of tension and rising concern about crime and violence encased the Alamogordo community after the murder of…

Sep 25, 2024 | ruidosonews.com | Katherine Smith

Las Cruces – Barbara Ann Culbertson, 93, of Las Cruces, New Mexico passed away September 16, 2024. She was born 24 July 1931 in Milton, Indiana to Harold Vesper Helmsing and Ruth Alice McCoy Helmsing.  After graduating from Milton High School, Barbara continued to enhance her keyboard skills and musical education through private study on both piano and organ. On March 11, 1951, she married fellow Milton High alumnus Donald Culbertson.

Jun 22, 2024 | ruidosonews.com | Diana Alba Soular

Mayor says searches underway for more possible victimsDiana Alba SoularSouthern New Mexico Journalism CollaborativeSOUTHERN NEW MEXICO – Steady rain fell in Ruidoso on Friday, a welcome relief to hot, dry weather that helped to fuel two forest fires that have burned parts of the mountaintop village and neighboring Mescalero Apache Reservation. Rain started about 10 a.m. and continued steadily for several hours, said Kerry Gladden, spokesperson for the Village of Ruidoso.

Jun 18, 2024 | ruidosonews.com | Diana Alba Soular

The Village of Ruidoso, which is updating followers on social media, said an estimated 500 structures had been affected by the South Fork Fire by around noon Tuesday, June 18. “Crews worked together last night to stop the fire’s spread and providing structure protection where they could. Currently fire behavior is creeping, but a concern today is increased winds that could push the fire further to the east and the northeast,” the village states on its Facebook page.