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🌱 Alamogordo's downtown and bypass move closer to investment tax breaks

Alamogordo, New Mexico Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hello again Alamogordo! We’re bringing you the latest town highlights. Don’t miss out, keep going! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Alamogordo's downtown and bypass move closer to investment tax breaks
  • Remembering Rita Anne Lackey, Alamogordo artist, teacher and missionary
  • Chaparral weighs a new future as growth strains basic services

Also on today's calendar: Story Time and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 69 and low of 41 degrees.
  • Thursday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 69, low: 39.
  • Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 68 and low of 48 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Three Otero County Tracts Nominated for Opportunity Zone Status (town.news) — Alamogordo's downtown and U.S. 54 Bypass corridor have cleared a state hurdle toward federal tax incentives intended to attract investment. New Mexico nominated both areas and a Tularosa tract for Opportunity Zone status for 2027–2036, but Treasury approval is still required. The nominations come as housing construction and redevelopment planning advance along the bypass.
   

2. In Memory of Rita Anne Lackey (town.news) — Rita Anne Lackey, an Alamogordo resident who taught art and served as a missionary, died at home November 3 at 79. A 1965 Alamogordo High School graduate, she later taught Sunday school at La Luz Bible Church, where a memorial service is scheduled for December 5 at 2 p.m.
   

3. Burgeoning borderland community of Chaparral outgrows ‘colonia' status (santafenewmexican.com) — Chaparral residents are weighing whether becoming a town or changing county boundaries could improve services in their growing community, which straddles Otero and Doña Ana counties. A proposed public safety facility could ease emergency-response gaps, while a state-funded study examines governance options amid concerns about taxes and distant services in Alamogordo.
   

4. Lawmakers' paycheck arrives without ethics rules; think tank maps the missing guardrails (town.news) — New Mexico lawmakers will begin receiving salaries in 2029, but voters' approval of legislative pay did not add ethics requirements. Think New Mexico is proposing conflict-of-interest rules, a lobbying waiting period and stronger donor disclosure, echoing concerns Alamogordo Town News raised before the election about pay without accompanying safeguards.
   

5. IAM Veterans Roadshow Brings VA Claim Assistance Directly to Veterans (goiam.org) — Alamogordo was among five stops where an IAM Union roadshow offered veterans help navigating VA disability claims. The union says its team assisted 63 veterans across New Mexico and El Paso over five days, reaching members supporting installations including Holloman Air Force Base. It did not give a separate count for Alamogordo.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Alamogordo

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

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Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.