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Alamogordo Police report two fatalities in crash at White Sands Blvd. and 10th St.
Two people died in a three-car crash at the intersection of White Sands Blvd. and 10th St. on April 7. Austin Dawhan, 23, was allegedly traveling 114 miles per hour down 10th street in a blue Chrysler Sebring when he ran a red light and collided with a Saturn driven by 73-year-old Susan Diane Narveson, according to a report by the Alamogordo Police Department.
New Mexico cities must abandon their efforts to punish homelessness
Over the years, we’ve seen every manner of anti-panhandling law introduced, passed, revoked, and re-introduced in cities across New Mexico. Many of the laws that have come and gone were repealed because they were unconstitutional. But it hasn’t stopped cities from trying again and again to push unhoused people out of sight through the threat of arrest; city officials invariably tinker with the language and see if it passes muster.
Alamogordo High, elementary schools ordered to temporarily shelter in place
This story received its final update 11:03 a.m. April 23, 2024. Alamogordo High School, Mountain View Middle School, Desert Star and Yucca elementary schools underwent a temporary shelter-in-place order for students and staff Tuesday morning which was lifted after several minutes. School district officials said the shelter in place order was necessary as...
Schools sue state over five-day weeks
From Alamogordo to Wagon Mound, more than 50 school districts and charter schools have joined the New Mexico School Superintendents Association in taking legal action against a New Mexico Public Education Department rule that would essentially end four-day school weeks while adding days to many school calendars. The civil lawsuit...
Many hands, light work: A testament of community gardens creating togetherness
A mere ten months after its June 2023 Campaign Kick Off, the With Many Hands Alamogordo Public Land for Food Campaign has made incredible strides in making locally grown food more accessible to the residents of Alamogordo. The Public Land for Food Campaign was founded in bridging the gap to create a more resilient food system in Alamogordo. Local Junior Organizer Courtney McCary-Squyres began community organizing in the fall of 2022 while receiving leadership and community organizing training from the With Many Hands Project under the non-profit organization Addition. In the fall of 2023 Squyres joined forces with the nonprofit 100% Otero as the food sector chair.
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