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If the Ruidoso Downs horse racing meet continues at a different state track, the 2025 All American Futurity is in play to happen.

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham will hold a news conference on Thursday morning, July 10, to deliver an update on statewide flood ...

The popular summer retreat is no stranger to tragedy. It has spent a year rebuilding following destructive wildfires last ...

Here are some answers KOB 4 can provide regarding the most common questions about the deadly flooding in Ruidoso.

El Paso Mayor Renard Johnson expressed condolences following the Tuesday, July 8, flash flood in Ruidoso that killed three ...

The Village of Ruidoso is recovering from a historic and catastrophic flash flood event that happened on July 8, 2025. The ...

After recently opening for the horse racing season, floodwaters overflowed onto Ruidoso Downs Race Track. The damage was extensive on Tuesday afternoon, July 8. Ruidoso Mayor Lynn Crawford said the ...

A New Mexico mountain village prepared Wednesday for another round of monsoon rains as crews scrambled to dig out from a ...