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Ravein Townsend Arrested in Betty Dare Bomb Threat Investigation

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Alamogordo Fri. Oct 24 2025

New National Center for Warrior Independence: Renewing Hope for Veterans in Southern New Mexico

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Alamogordo Fri. Oct 24 2025

Civic Leadership in Crisis: Alamogordo Chamber and MainGate United Face Call for Independent Audit and Leadership Overhaul

Accountability is not punishment—it’s the first step toward healing. Let Alamogordo lead again.”

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Civic Leadership in Crisis: Alamogordo Chamber and MainGate United Face Call for Independent Audit and Leadership Overhaul

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Leslie Blanton Neighbor

10-25-2025 6:11am

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.

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Leslie Blanton Neighbor

10-25-2025 6:17am

It looks like my comment was edited.The part about low income housing being crime infested was removed.

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tom mitchell Neighbor

10-25-2025 10:00am

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

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Alamogordo Fri. Oct 24 2025

No Game Tonight, But Alamogordo Tigers’ Playoff Hopes Still Alive—All Eyes on October 31 Showdown Against Clovis

Tigers stoll hsve hope for playoffs next week

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No Game Tonight, But Alamogordo Tigers’ Playoff Hopes Still Alive—All Eyes on October 31 Showdown Against Clovis

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Alamogordo Wed. Oct 22 2025

How MainGate United Collapsed and Lost Its Mission, Its Money, and the Public’s Trust

Should a significant change in leadership happen at the Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce immediately—before more reputational damage comes into play?

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How MainGate United Collapsed and Lost Its Mission, Its Money, and the Public’s Trust

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Leslie Blanton Neighbor

10-23-2025 10:30am

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.

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tom mitchell Neighbor

10-25-2025 9:25am

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.