Alamogordo, NM

Alamogordo Police arrest and charge two suspects in a violent home invasion robbery case. Officers responded to 9-1-1 call at a house on Alamo Street early Sunday. The phone was left off the hook with someone shouting loud threats that were heard in the background. Officers arrived and spotted Jordan Ortega and Angelo Gonzales running from the house who were both later found and arrested. The two face several charges including armed robbery, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, breaking and entering and more. Two people in the home got roughed up during the ordeal but are expected to recover.

The rising cost of construction materials affected the ongoing Bonito Lake project. The Alamogordo City Commission approved a Public Works Department bid and a separate change order about the Bonito Lake Infrastructure Improvements project at its regular meeting July 27. The bid went to Smithco Construction in an amount not...

The number of COVID-19 cases reported in Otero County spiked over the weekend. A July 26 update from the New Mexico Department of Health showed seven new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Otero County. On July 23, 13 new cases were reported, and 21 new cases reported July 22....

Some 35% of people living in Otero County are fully vaccinated as of July 26, according to data from the New Mexico Department of Health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers someone fully vaccinated two weeks after they've been given a single-dose shot (Johnson & Johnson) or a second shot (either Pfizer or Moderna).

Holloman Air Force Base Force Support Squadron will host a job fair at Sgt. Willie Estrada Memorial Civic Center on Aug. 24. "The good thing about these positions is they are entry level positions," Holloman Air Force Base Civilian Personnel Flight Chief Elva Chavez. "It's a way to get your foot in the door into the federal workforce."

Thrive in Southern New Mexico annual Stuff the Bus school supply drive was scheduled for Friday, Aug. 6 and Saturday, Aug. 7 in the Walmart Supercenter parking lot at East First St. and New York Ave.. The event will begin and noon and close at 6 p.m. on Friday; it...

TULAROSA, N.M. (KRQE) – Two people have now been charged with human smuggling after last week’s death of an immigrant in a U-Haul. Federal court documents state Alexis Lovato was driving and Cristian Mora-Hernandez was the passenger in the U-Haul transporting eight illegal immigrants. The U-Haul was pulled over by...

TULAROSA, N.M. (KFOX14/CBS4) — Two people reportedly involved in a deadly migrant transportation operation made their first appearance in federal court on Monday. Alexis Rebecca Lovato, 25, of Rio Rancho, New Mexico, and Cristian Adan Mora-Hernandez, 22, of Mexico are charged with transporting undocumented migrants resulting in death, a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice stated.

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (KRQE) – Two Alamogordo men have been arrested for assaulting two. victims inside a home early Sunday morning. The Alamogordo Police Department says officers responded to the 1800 block of Alamo Street for a disturbance call after receiving an open 911 call and overheard persons demanding money and threatening to shoot someone.

Alamogordo, N.M. – The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) will inspect the tunnel on U.S. 82 near Cloudcroft, Wednesday, August 4th. Inspection work will cause intermittent interruptions to traffic flow between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. This inspection work will require a single lane closure with a pilot car...

Alamogordo District 5 City Commissioner Sharon McDonald hosted the District 5 Neighborhood Clean-Up Initiative July 23 and 24 on the corner of Fifth Street and South Florida Avenue. "Our goal and purpose were to bring people together and renew our sense of community with services that would help with cleaning...