Alamogordo Daily Digest Sunday, October 18, 2026
Ty's Take
El Rito Media's haul of 43 awards up in Santa Fe last week is the kind of thing that gets overlooked in a town this size, but it shouldn't. These papers, including our own, won for reporting on everything from schools to courts to the kind of municipal neglect that takes real digging to expose. Meanwhile, the story about the man charged with draining a dead woman's accounts reminds us why that reporting matters in the first place. Small-town journalism doesn't pay like the big metros, and the staffing gets tighter every year, but the work of holding people accountable doesn't get any less important just because Alamogordo isn't on the national radar. And sure, there's a dog named Guero waiting at the shelter who probably doesn't care much about journalism or fraud or any of it, just wants someone to take him home. That's the job too, I guess.
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El Rito Media Newspapers Win 43 Awards at New Mexico Press Association Banquet
El Rito Media's five newspapers earned 43 awards at the New Mexico Press Association's annual banquet held Saturday, Oct. 17 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Alburquerque. The ceremony recognized outstanding news, sports, features, and photography from across the state.
Man charged with using dead woman’s bank account
An Alamogordo man faces four fraud charges after allegedly depositing checks from a deceased woman's closed bank account. Edward MacIntyre, 32, is wanted on a warrant for the scheme involving the account of a woman who died in 2020.
Guero, a 55-pound, 5-year-old pit mix with a striking golden and caramel coat, is this week's featured pet available for adoption. The handsome dog has proven himself a friendly and well-mannered companion looking for a permanent home.
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