Local News in Otero County, New Mexico
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Otero Co. Jail to get solar power
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:43:43 -0800
A New Mexico county jail may be getting solar power.
NM county prison slated to get solar power
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:29:05 -0800
A New Mexico county jail may be getting solar power.
N.M. Prison Slated to Get Solar Power
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:56:14 -0800
ALAMOGORDO — A New Mexico county jail may be getting solar power. The Alamogordo Daily News reports that Otero County Commission recently approved the lease of 25 acres of county land ...
Otero County Commissioners back Amtrak and BNSF
Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:34:39 -0800
Railroad issues Otero County Economic Development Coordinator Bryan Bryant reported Monday at the regular meeting of the Otero County Commissioners concerning the state of the controversy regarding Amtrak and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe. At least two sections of BNSF track are falling into disrepair, sufficient for slow freights but not necessarily for passenger trains, which ordinarily ...
Appeals judge wants to retain seat
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:53:28 -0800
The guest speaker at January's monthly meeting of the Republican Party of Otero County was New Mexico Court of Appeals Judge J. Miles Hanisee.
Recycling sees upswing
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:49:58 -0800
More than half of the patrons at the La Luz Convenience Center already separate their household trash and other debris into organized collection zones at Otero County Waste Management sites off U.
Ex-Otero Sheriff Found Dead
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:16:06 -0800
ALAMOGORDO — John "Johnny" Lee, a former Otero County sheriff, has died at his hom ...
Former Southern N.M. sheriff 'Johnny' Lee dies at 58
Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:49:09 -0800
ALAMOGORDO (AP) -- John "Johnny" Lee, a former Otero County sheriff, has died at his home in a small community east of Alamogordo. He was 58. Steven Lee said the brothers had played a round of golf Friday.
Former Otero County sheriff John Lee dies
Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:46:08 -0800
Former Otero County Sheriff John "Johnny" Lee has died at his home in a small community east of Alamogordo.
Sheriff's Summit will address borderland
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:08:30 -0800
Sheriffs from Colorado are about to get a taste of law enforcement along the border as the New Mexico Border Sheriff's Association hosts a two-day conference in Las Cruces. Lt. John Mooradian, of the Luna County Sheriff's Office, announced Monday morning that the LCSO will join its four partners - Grant, Hidalgo, Otero and Doña Ana counties - in the NMBSA to host at least 20 sheriff's offices ...