The Otero County Commission did not approve the 2022 Primary election canvass at its special meeting Monday, June 13. The decision came after discussions at this and other Otero County Commission ...

A quarantine intended to stem the weevil’s spread was extended to include Otero County, along with Eddy, Lea and Chaves counties further east, according to the New Mexico Department of ...

New Mexico's secretary of state asked the state ... That would ensure that the nearly 7,400 ballots that were cast in Otero County are recorded as legal votes. The deadline for county ...

THE STATE WILL BE PUSHING OUT An area in Otero County was being evacuated as fire agencies respond to a vegetation fire in southern New Mexico. The "Go" evacuation order has been lifted for those ...

Earlier this year in New Mexico, Otero County commissioners at first declined to certify the county's primary election, citing baseless claims about the security of voting machines. The state ...

A husband shot his wife and buried her in a shallow grave in the New Mexico desert, then he set up camp there to keep people ...

Forensic DNA technology has generated a facial image that New Mexico investigators hope leads to the identification of man found dead three years ago in a cold case in Otero County. The photo-like ...

(January 14, 2025): The Otero County Sheriff's Office says that Diaz was placed on administrative leave last June. A spokesperson said that Diaz fully cooperated with the independent New Mexico ...

Hospitalization data is a daily average of Covid-19 patients in hospital service areas that intersect with Otero County, an area which may be larger than Otero County itself. The number of daily ...