Otero County, NM

An election "audit" carried out by Donald Trump supporters sent a purported sex offender knocking on doors in New Mexico to investigate baseless claims of voter fraud. Newly revealed communications show Otero County residents expressing concerns to elected officials about the door-knocking campaign, saying they had heard a sex offender had been sent out to investigate conspiracy theories promoted on the "New Mexico Audit Force" channel on Telegram, reports The Daily Beast.

The Otero County Commission unanimously approved an amended Cannabis Ordinance May 5 following a public comment meeting.  The amended ordinance struck wording which would have restricted hours of operation for cannabis businesses to between 7 a.m. and 12 a.m. during weekdays. ...

On Monday, the Otero County Commission held a special meeting on the 2020 election audit sanctioned by the County, which found some interesting results from the canvass. Included in those results was the revelation that of the 22% of the County canvassed, 41% of those had issues, including 30% who didn’t live at the address (while 40% of those voted in the election), 4% of doors knocked were “ghost votes,” and 2% of the votes were dropped.

Election-deniers probing 2020 results in Otero County updated elected officials there this week on the status of their voter audit, which recently sparked a congressional investigation into its legality. The evening’s heated conversation centered on the fragile state of contemporary democratic processes, but opening Monday night’s crowded special meeting of...

Otero County and EchoMail, the company contracted to conduct a forensic audit of the 2020 General Election, reached a settlement agreement over a dispute of the worth of the partial audit submitted by the company. "Whereas, it is the position of EchoMail they fulfilled their obligations under the contract and found no election fraud as a...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The group conducting an audit of the 2020 election results in Otero County presented their initial findings Monday night, with one member calling it a potential crime scene. “We found something that is truly alarming and we need to have that discussion that is the purpose of this meeting tonight,” said David Clements […]

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Otero County residents are calling out the U.S Forest Service, saying the department’s risky behavior could start the next wildfire. The Lincoln National Forest is currently under a Stage 2 Fire Restriction which means welding is not allowed. Last Thursday forest officials were caught doing just that and residents in Wills Canyon […]

On Wednesday, the Otero County Commission held a special meeting at the Flickinger Center in Alamogordo to discuss and send a letter to the Lincoln National Forest (LNF) after it “lowered the number of livestock that the [Sacramento Grazing Association, or SGA] are allowed to graze upon their lawful grazing allotment to a number that will not sustain their livelihood and likely lead to bankruptcy,” according to the letter.

Former Otero County Magistrate Judge Steve Guthrie resigned as Otero County Magistrate Judge on April 25. Guthrie permanently resigned from his position as magistrate judge as part of a stipulation to prevent further disciplinary proceedings as ordered by the New Mexico State Supreme Court following a judicial misconduct hearing. Guthrie...

According to a report by Nick Moseder, he claims that researcher Dan Sundin has found that “31 of 47 precincts in Otero County were completely missing ALL of their Election Day results” from 2020. More concerning is that Dominion voting machines were configured with the wrong software, creating a “software mismatch.”

Otero County Magistrate Judge Steve Guthrie agreed to resign the Division I seat April 25, ending further disciplinary proceedings related to a judicial inquiry by the New Mexico Supreme Court which began in 2021. Guthrie's resignation became effective April 25, according to New Mexico Supreme Court documents when the court...

The Otero County Commission plans to discuss an ordinance which, if approved, would regulate cannabis growth, sales and usage in Otero County. The public hearing is scheduled for 6 p.m. on May 5 at the Sgt. Willie Estrada Memorial Civic Center on First Street in Alamogordo. The proposed county cannabis...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Otero County man pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of domestic assault. Lance Cojo, 36, admitted to one count of assault resulting in substantial bodily injury and one count of assault by strangling. According to the plea agreement, Cojo admitted that on December 31, 2021, he assaulted a woman by stomping […]

An Otero County jury convicted Christopher Huble of first-degree murder after he shot a man with an AK-47 who Huble believed was dating his ex-girlfriend. Scott Key, 12th Judicial District Attorney, reported the verdict delivered after a three-day trial from April 18 to 20 in which Huble's testimony, Key said, frequently contradicted his past recorded statements.

UPDATE: 5:30 p.m. Friday, April 22 Firefighters contained a wildfire near Cloudcroft within hours of it igniting Friday. The James Fire started at about 11:20 a.m. on private property west of 16 Springs Road on the eastern side of Cloudcroft near the Twin Forks community.  ...

OTERO COUNTY, N.M. — The Otero County Sheriff's Office has ordered evacuations on Highway 82 between Mile Marker 22 and Mile Marker 25 due to a brush fire. Those who have been evacuated may report to the Mayhill Community Center. The fire started on private property and has spread...

SUNLAND PARK, NM (KTSM) – The Sunland Park Fire Department has special trucks meant to fight brush fires and as the dry conditions in El Paso, Dona Ana and Otero continue, they’re expecting a fiery season. The National Weather Service El Paso said the Borderland is under “abnormally dry” conditions which can be dangerous for […]