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Bomb threat evacuates Downs Walmart
Walmart shoppers got more than they bargained for Sunday afternoon as the store and premises was evacuated due to a bomb threat. Ruidoso Downs Police confirmed the evacuation of the Ruidoso Downs W...
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Policy committee meeting for southern New Mexico-El Paso joint land use study scheduled
Members of the public are invited to attend the May 1 policy committee meeting
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<b>Todd Fuqua/Ruidoso Free Press</b> Bears R Us owners Agueda and Uriel Mendoza give a tour of the wreckage that was their Ruidoso Downs business before an April 14 fire. The couple is now faced with rebuilding things from scratch just before the summer tourist season.
Burned Downs business already bouncing back
Walking over the sheet of ash and debris that’s all that’s left of their business and livelihood, Uriel and Agueda Mendoza are in shock over what has happened, but are determined to rebuild.
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<b>Eugene Heathman/Ruidoso Free Press</b> The Lincoln County paranormal team prepares to investigate supernatural activity in a historic jail house in Cimarron, N.M. during a recent excursion to the St. James Hotel, famous for its abundant paranormal activity.
There’s ghosts in them thar hills
On April 13, The Lincoln County Paranormal and Historical Society continued an ongoing series of paranormal investigations of the historic town of White Oaks.
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<b>Sue Hutchison/Ruidoso Free Press</b> Kim Starnes, Ruidoso Downs resident formerly from West, Texas, works at Taco Bell and has an interest in providing assistance for those in West who have been affected by the recent fertilizer plant explosion.
Help for West, Texas
Ruidoso Downs resident Kim Starnes remembers the years she and her son Brad lived in the little town of West, Texas.
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Local hero assists with Paradise Canyon rollover
Full time student and handyman, Casey Kacena, played a local super hero this past Wednesday afternoon, after he witnessed a roll-over car accident in the 600 block of Paradise Canyon.
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Museum managers spar with Downs council, threaten exodus
“Without them, there’s only part time staff, I’d have to shut it down,” Williams said. “They were the managers. I’m in charge and would have to shut it down.”
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Emergency responders descend on Ruidoso
Firefighters, emergency medical personnel and nationally recognized presenters will come to Ruidoso this weekend for the Region III Annual EMS Convention.
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<b>Eugene Heathman/Ruidoso Free Press</b> An XSA, LLC student participating in an advanced life-saving course performs an injury assessment in a simulated real life emergency trauma care exercise on instructor Chris Stoehner.
Responding to trauma with efficiency and proper training
With the 18th annual Region III Annual EMS Convention coming to Ruidoso, recent events involving mass critical trauma care situations have brought traditional civilian emergency response methods to...
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Living and seeing ‘Service Above Self’
Susan Brints from the Metropolitan Lubbock Rotary Club reports on her stay during their district conference in Ruidoso which happened during the Little Bear Fire.
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