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Founded in the 1940s and owned by El Rito Media, LLC since May 2024, Ruidoso News is a twice-weekly newspaper based in Ruidoso, New Mexico, serving Lincoln County with dedicated local news, sports, and community reporting. Known as the longest-running paper of record in the area, it underscores El Rito Media’s ongoing commitment to community journalism in small-town New Mexico

New Mexico Rep. Rebecca Dow Across our state, from Elephant Butte to Caballo and the northern stretches of the Rio Grand...
06/15/2026

New Mexico Rep. Rebecca Dow Across our state, from Elephant Butte to Caballo and the northern stretches of the Rio Grande, the reality is becoming impossible to ignore. After this irrigation season, our surface water system is effectively fully committe... https://bit.ly/4uFCQjM

Agricultural deliveries are shrinking, obligations downstream to El Paso and Mexico continue, and meaningful reserves are disappearing.

Debbie Nix For the Ruidoso News When thinking of our nation’s upcoming 250th birthday celebration one can’t help but con...
06/15/2026

Debbie Nix For the Ruidoso News When thinking of our nation’s upcoming 250th birthday celebration one can’t help but consider how we got here and what shaped our sense of community. We all remember the basics from American history class but what I perso... https://bit.ly/448Z2rH

Debbie NixFor the Ruidoso News When thinking of our nation’s upcoming 250th birthday celebration one can’t help but consider how we got here and what shaped our sense of community. We all remember the basics from American history class but what I personally hadn’t considered were the small, ev...

Benjamin Koelkebeck Ruidoso News bkoelkebeck@elritomedia.com A $20 million project will see Ruidoso repair six bridges d...
06/15/2026

Benjamin Koelkebeck Ruidoso News [email protected] A $20 million project will see Ruidoso repair six bridges damaged by flooding almost two decades ago. These six “legacy bridges” were damaged or destroyed in the 2008 flooding resulting from t... https://bit.ly/4vNm5UP

These six “legacy bridges” were damaged or destroyed in the 2008 flooding resulting from the Hurricane Dolly weather system.

Staff Reports (Albuquerque, NM) Baby Daddy Cartel, a two-year-old gelding, proved fastest by a neck in the $350,000 Moun...
06/15/2026

Staff Reports (Albuquerque, NM) Baby Daddy Cartel, a two-year-old gelding, proved fastest by a neck in the $350,000 Mountain Top Quarter Horse Futurity for New Mexico-breeds on Sunday at the Downs of Albuquerque, running the 350-yards in 16.896 seconds.... https://bit.ly/3Qh0lBK

Baby Daddy Cartel, a two-year-old gelding, proved fastest by a neck in the $350,000 Mountain Top Quarter Horse Futurity for New Mexico-breds.

May 31 - June 6 Investigations May 31 10:47 a.m. Police made a welfare check at the 25900 block of US Highway 70. 12:37 ...
06/14/2026

May 31 - June 6 Investigations May 31 10:47 a.m. Police made a welfare check at the 25900 block of US Highway 70. 12:37 p.m. Officers responded to an accident and a hit-and-run on the 100 block of Sudderth Drive. 3:09 p.m. RPD responded to a report of l... https://bit.ly/4eaTPpm

Arrests and reports from Ruidoso PD on May 31 through June 6.

Rev. Dustin McEwen This summer, I’ve encouraged our congregation at Community Methodist Church to read through the Gospe...
06/14/2026

Rev. Dustin McEwen This summer, I’ve encouraged our congregation at Community Methodist Church to read through the Gospels. There is a total of 89 chapters in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, and for 89 days straight we will be reading a chapter a day. We... https://bit.ly/3S3GlmE

Rev. Dustin McEwen's sermon from last Sunday.

Wheeler Cowperthwaite For the Ruidoso News A day after being booked into the Tierra Amarilla Detention Center and compla...
06/14/2026

Wheeler Cowperthwaite For the Ruidoso News A day after being booked into the Tierra Amarilla Detention Center and complaining of methadone withdrawal, a 44-year-old Velarde man died from indeterminate causes. Joey Rodriguez died in the jail on April 26,... https://bit.ly/43Ai1Lz

Joey Rodriguez died one day after he was booked on charges of child abuse, aggravated battery on a household member and false imprisonment.

Bruce Lesman There’s something about ribs that makes people slow down. They stop talking, they stop checking their phone...
06/14/2026

Bruce Lesman There’s something about ribs that makes people slow down. They stop talking, they stop checking their phones, and they suddenly become very serious about food. These ribs do exactly that. They’re lacquered in a glossy glaze of sweet orange,... https://bit.ly/3SqgNjD

There’s something about ribs that makes people slow down. They stop talking, they stop checking their phones and become very serious about food.

Sherry Robinson All She Wrote In January the president described New Mexico’s elections as “so corrupt it’s incredible.”...
06/13/2026

Sherry Robinson All She Wrote In January the president described New Mexico’s elections as “so corrupt it’s incredible.” He insisted he would “win by a lot” if they were cleaned up. Amy Barela, chair of the state’s Republican Party, jumped in, claiming ... https://bit.ly/4aKRfE2

For months the Republican Party under Barela has been too distracted by internal conflict to even field candidates, much less support them.

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