Alamogordo Daily Digest Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Ty's Take
When a man from Mescalero pleads guilty to assaulting an officer, you're looking at the kind of moment that sits different in a town like ours—where the base, the range, and the reservation all occupy the same airspace and history runs deep and complicated underneath everything. We lost Tomas Bernal and Josephine Paine and Noriko Vincent this week, three more names in a community that keeps shrinking in ways we don't always talk about. The assault case will move through the system, the charges will be what they are, but what sticks is the reminder that tensions don't disappear just because we've learned to live alongside them. This is Otero County. We know the difference between knowing someone and understanding them, and we're still trying to get better at the latter.
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Mescalero man pleads guilty to assaulting an officer
A Mescalero man has pleaded guilty to assaulting a Bureau of Indian Affairs officer in an incident that led to his arrest. Dominic James Isaac Peralta faced federal charges stemming from the altercation with the officer.
Tomas R. Bernal, 86, of Alamogordo passed away after suffering a stroke, leaving behind a legacy of more than 50 years in the moving industry and decades of service to his community. Known for his skilled ranch work, rodeo career, and dedication to helping others, Bernal was remembered for his warm...
Josephine L. Paine, a retired Holloman Air Force Base civil servant, passed away on May 4 following a brief illness. Per her wishes, no public services were held; her remains were cremated with ashes to be interred in her family plot in Bent, New Mexico.
Noriko "Sue" Vincent, 93, of Alamogordo died peacefully surrounded by family after a brief hospitalization on April 29. The Japan-born widow of a retired Air Force officer was a lifetime member of the Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary who cherished her family and had lived in Alamogordo for...
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