Alamogordo Daily Digest Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Ty's Take
Wade Taylor's face is going to be hard to miss around town now, staring out from those new billboards while his family keeps looking for answers. It's been long enough that people stop noticing missing person posters, the way our eyes slide past them on utility poles. Billboards don't let you slide past. They make you look, and that's exactly the point when somebody matters this much to somebody else. Meanwhile, out at Trinity Site this month, folks will walk the ground where the first atomic bomb changed the world, and you can't help thinking about all the invisible things that happened in this county, some of them solved and some still waiting. This is the ground we live on, marked by the unforgettable and the unsolved both.
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Billboards Renew Search for Missing Alamogordo Marine Wade Taylor
Wade Dean Taylor, a Marine Corps veteran, disappeared nearly a decade ago after walking into the Chihuahuan desert near Alamogordo on May 6, 2017. His family has placed two new billboards around Alamogordo offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to his location or the conviction of those...
Trinity Site Opens to Public for Annual October Open House
Trinity Site, the location of the first U.S. nuclear bomb test in 1945, opens its doors to the public once yearly on the third Saturday in October for an annual open house. The historic New Mexico site marks 81 years since that momentous event in nuclear history.
Otero County Approves Fitness Incentives of Up to $820 for Union Deputies
The Otero County Commission approved a new police union contract during its October 8 meeting that offers voluntary fitness incentive payments to union members. Participating officers can earn up to $820 by completing biannual physical fitness evaluations.
Victor Hanson: Genocide hypocrites
This opinion piece examines contradictions in how different groups respond to conflicts and violence on a global scale. The column draws from recent events in the Middle East to illustrate its central argument about perceived double standards.
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