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FEMA offering temporary housing help for Ruidoso wildfire victims
RUIDOSO, N.M. (KRQE) – Some people who have suffered housing damage due to the recent wildfires near Ruidoso can get temporary housing paid for by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). FEMA will pay for a temporary stay in a hotel or motel for eligible people. The federal agency will pay the cost of a room, […]
Otero County enacts fireworks restrictions
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Otero County has enacted a restriction for some fireworks that will last past the Fourth of July holiday. The restriction lasts from Wednesday, June 26, through Tuesday, July 16, on the use of specific fireworks within unincorporated areas of Otero County, the County said. Within unincorporated areas of Otero County, […]
Youth dies in officer-involved shooting
On Tuesday, June 25, New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau was requested to investigate an officer-involved shooting involving the Otero County Sheriff's Office (OCSO). According to a press release from NMSP, around 10:45 p.m. Tuesday, an OCSO deputy was dispatched to conduct a welfare check on a male subject walking,...
17-year-old holding air soft gun shot dead by deputy, New Mexico State Police say
OTERO COUNTY, New Mexico (KVIA) -- New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau is looking into an officer-involved shooting. Around 10:45 PM June 25, 2024, an Otero County Sheriff deputy went on a welfare check along US-70 near mile marker 240. That is five miles southwest of Mescalero, New Mexico. A person had reported 17-year-old Elijah The post 17-year-old holding air soft gun shot dead by deputy, New Mexico State Police say appeared first on KVIA.
Xtra: Two Borderland residents will not be impacted by Supreme Court’s decision on January 6th riot obstruction charges
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- After the U.S. Supreme Court announced today they will be limiting obstruction charges against rioters accused of partaking in the January 6th, 2021 U.S. Capitol Attack, two borderland residents will not be impacted by this decision. Federal prosecutors utilized the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002, which closed a legal loophole by The post Xtra: Two Borderland residents will not be impacted by Supreme Court’s decision on January 6th riot obstruction charges appeared first on KVIA.
Teen holding airsoft gun dead in officer-involved shooting
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – An officer-involved shooting that took the life of a teenager is under investigation, the New Mexico State Police Department announced Thursday. On Tuesday, June 25, 2024, agents with the Investigations Bureau learned that at around 10:45 p.m., an Otero County Sheriff’s Office deputy was conducting a welfare check on a […]
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