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Volleyball Highlights for Alamogordo and Cloudcroft this past week.
The Alamogordo Lady Tigers delivered a dominant performance at home, sweeping Deming in straight sets (25-20, 25-14, 25-14) to improve their season record to 6-7. The team showed strong cohesion and aggressive net play, setting the tone early and never letting up. They’ll look to carry that momentum into Tuesday’s matchup against Centennial.
Meanwhile, the Tularosa Lady Cats faced a tough challenge on the road, falling to Santa Teresa in four sets (25-9, 17-25, 25-17, 25-17). Despite a strong second-set comeback, the Cats couldn’t sustain the rhythm, dropping to 9-5 on the season. They’ll regroup before heading to Cloudcroft next Thursday.
8-Man Football Recap
It was a rough night for Otero County’s 8-man football squads. The Cloudcroft Bears were overpowered by Escalante, falling 62-12. The loss drops the Bears to 1-5 overall and 0-2 in district play, as they continue to search for consistency on both sides of the ball.
The Mescalero Apache Chiefs also struggled, suffering a 52-0 shutout at the hands of Lordsburg. Now 1-5 and winless in district (0-4), the Chiefs will aim to bounce back when they host Melrose next Friday.
Tiger Spotlight
Jaxon Byars of Tiger Soccer has been named Tiger Athlete of the Week for October 3, 2025. Sponsored by Tularosa Basin Telephone Company/Tularosa Communications, Inc. and The Winners’ Circle, Byars earns the honor for his standout contributions on the pitch, exemplifying leadership and tenacity.

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Absolutely. I would say those are conservative numbers at 1 in 40. The quickest way to become wealthy in America is to enter politics. I would say Miss McDonald is 1 in a 109. The family fun center fiasco is a true memorial to what nepotism and back room dealing will get you.
PBS was relevant.
NPR and PBS were definitely relevant - which is precisely why the trump regime has scuttled them...we have truly entered the era of alternative "truth".
Everything in Alamogordo feels fake to me, as if it is some kind of staging ground or network, not an organic community. Since the Manhattan Project, the military has used the town that way, but then there was a hard separation between the base and the town, and maybe that’s where things went sideways.
It looks like my comment was edited.The part about low income housing being crime infested was removed.
this is a situation which is replicated in countless small communities across our nation; where a single business/mine/factory/industry, or in this case, military base, is the economic engine that powers the entire community. this creates a nervous sort of dependency, and subservient approach within the local gover
The corruption which causes reputational damage is too widespread already and is going to overflow into the public eye soon enough. There is nothing anyone, or any group can do to stop it all from coming out. It is not limited to Chamber of Commerce or MainGate, IMO. Its tentacles are choking this city.
this is not an unusual situation involving chambers of commerce - merging government with business interests is nearly as problematic as merging government with churches. either situation places minority stakeholders in positions to manipulate the public's interests.