Article: SALVAGING AN ELECTION COUNT EXTENDED TO NOV. 16 AFTER HALF OF OTERO COUNTY RESIDENTS GET WRONG BALLOT.(Local)

Article: Otero County must wait 10 days after Election Day ...
The Gazette;  November 17, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Election Day arrived 10 days late in Otero County on Friday when votes for the Nov. 6 ... before Election Day, which left all of Otero County's school and municipal elections open ... ballots would be inconsequential. In Otero County, it's 46 percent of the electorate ...

Article: MAIL BALLOT FIASCO IN OTERO COUNTY.(Commentary / ...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  November 7, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... major mixup by her mail-ballot contractor in Omaha, Neb. It sent ballots for the Fowler School District to Swink voters, and the Swink School District ballots to Fowler. The ballots for the Manzanola and Rocky Ford school districts also got ...

Article: Otero County, Colo., Seeks Applicants for Land ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  November 15, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Tribune Business News Nov. 15--The Otero County commissioners are looking for applicants ... to farms and ranchers. The existing Otero County Land Trust is a nonprofit entity created ... different vested interests in the future of Otero County and the community. People who know ...

Article: SEN. DOMENICI HOPEFUL FOR FED FLOOD RECOVERY AID, DESPITE FEMA ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 24, 2006 ;     639 words ... ... assistance related to flash flooding in Otero County in June. Domenici said he remains hopeful ... designation for areas of Alamogordo and Otero County damaged by flash floods on June 22 ... needed. There have been later floods in Otero County and we have all seen Hatch and other ...

Article: GOV. RICHARDSON APPROVES ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR FLOODING IN ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 16, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... funding for help with flood clean up in Otero County. This order frees up to an additional ... eligible applicants and projects in Otero County associated with flood damage from the ... to help the people of Alamogordo and Otero County rebuild as quickly as possible," said ...

Article: Census Shows Population Holds Steady, Ranching Is King in ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... year for Rocky Ford and other cities in Otero County, Colo., according to the 2000 Census ... population, to 4,909 from 6,744. So Otero County's overall population held steady at ... estimated the number of people employed in Otero County was 10,623, with the majority of ...

Article: MALDEF, ACLU and Otero County Sheriff's Department ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 9, 2008 ;     618 words ... ... announced a landmark settlement with the Otero County Sheriff's Department that addresses ... and detentions without justification. Otero County also agreed to pay the families who ... their procedures means that Latinos in Otero County will be protected by local police from ...