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Dunn Solar Telescope Doomed from the Start

Oct 14, 2026

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Otero County, Science, Space, Sunspot

Voting Matters and Why We Need to See the Bigger Picture

When we elect officials, whether at the federal, state, or local level, we tend to focus on what they will do within their individual offices. But I think we should also ask another question: How willing are they to work with other government entities for the benefit of the communities… Listen ⇢
Block told voters his lawsuit was “resolved.” A judge set it for trial. Now a PAC tied to his news site is mailing his opponent’s 2008 record

ALAMOGORDO — On April 2, Rep. John Block told his constituents the lawsuit filed against him by his former domestic partner “has since been resolved amicably between the parties, and any claims otherwise are false.” On July 13, District Judge Lori L. Gibson Willard denied Block’s two motions to throw… Listen ⇢
Alamogordo City Manager Stockwell blames past design for project delays, but the same engineering firms are still on the job

ALAMOGORDO — City Manager Robert Stockwell told the City Commission this week that the city’s recent infrastructure projects ran over schedule and piled up change orders because they were “insufficiently designed” and “rushed to bid.” He said he has directed staff to hold new projects until they are “really ready… Listen ⇢
Jury Finds Alamogordo Man Guilty in 2023 Kidnapping of Former Friend

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. — Ernesto Robles faces up to 27 years in prison after an Otero County jury found him guilty of first-degree kidnapping and conspiracy to commit first-degree kidnapping, according to the Twelfth Judicial District Attorney’s Office, which announced the verdict Tuesday. He is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 13. Prosecutors… Listen ⇢
Tonight’s LEDA Vote: Leadership or Politics?

Tonight at 6:30, City Manager Robert Stockwell faces his first real test, and so does the four-member commission majority that hired him. Alamogordo has watched this before. Three city managers in a row brought professional recommendations to this commission. Three times, the majority decided insider politics mattered more. Tonight’s LEDA… Listen ⇢
Billboards revive search for Marine veteran missing since 2017

ALAMOGORDO — More than nine years after Wade Dean Taylor walked into the desert north of the Otero County Detention Center, his family is putting his face back in front of the community, this time on two digital billboards in Alamogordo. The campaign launched Oct. 1 on the Rock 97.9… Listen ⇢
Alamogordo police log: Drug task force arrests, five-car pileup and four DWI arrests mark week

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. — Alamogordo police reported drug trafficking arrests, a five-vehicle crash, and a string of weekend DWI arrests in the department’s weekly activity log for Sept. 28 through Oct. 4. The week opened Monday with officers assisting the White Mountain Drug Task Force. Two people were arrested on charges… Listen ⇢
Gary “Silver Fox” Hveem, Alamogordo’s winningest football coach, dies at 86

Alamogordo N. M. – Gary Hveem, the winningest and longest-tenured head football coach in Alamogordo High School history, died this week after battling an undisclosed illness. He was 86. Known in Alamogordo as the “Silver Fox,” Hveem spent 44 years as a teacher, coach and athletic director. He led the Tigers… Listen ⇢
Race Day in Ruidoso: The XTERRA World Championship Comes Home

RUIDOSO, N.M. — The XTERRA World Championship returns to American soil this morning, when the elite field dives into Grindstone Lake at 9:15 a.m. for the sport’s 30th-anniversary title race. By early afternoon, new world champions will have been crowned in Wingfield Park, in the middle of a village that has… Listen ⇢