Several leaders said they'd like to see the logging industry return to the area in force, and a local sawmill to reopen.

RUIDOSO DOWNS — Right about now, the Ruidoso Downs Race Track & Casino should be alive with the hustle and bustle of 1,000 workers preparing for the racing season’s grand Labor Day weekend finale.

Sharing their hardships, the Ruidoso Downs Race Track gave lawmakers a first-hand explanation of how the Salt and South Fork fires and related flash floods have caused millions in damage and weeks ...

Like many businesses in Ruidoso, Grindstone Stables, a popular horseback riding destination, is trying to get back on its feet. The stables, set against a beautiful backdrop of pine trees and ...

(Ruidoso Downs, NM) The All American Select Sale at Ruidoso Downs produced an all-time record of $26.1 million in sales for consigners who participated… ...

However, the devastating fire and floods forced Ruidoso Downs to move the whole ... best jockeys in the world,” said Racing for the Downs at Albuquerque President Don Cook, President.

SANTA FE, N.M. — The New Mexico Tourism Department is hoping to give Ruidoso a tourism boost after the destructive wildfires and flooding this summer. The department is committing $125,000 in ...

RUIDOSO, N.M. (KRQE) – The state has awarded millions of dollars in loans to Ruidoso and Lincoln County as they recover from ...

Politicians, businessmen and cartel operatives have all benefited from the hundreds of millions of dollars New Mexico’s horse ...

(Photo by Danielle Prokop / Source NM) A state agency has awarded $70 million in zero-interest loans to local governments in ...

EVERY BREEDER, TRAINER AND JOCKEY WANTS TO WIN, AND IT’S RUIDOSO DOWNS SIGNATURE EVENT. THIS IS THE KENTUCKY DERBY OF QUARTER HORSE RACING, PROBABLY ONE OF THE THE THE BIGGEST RACES. THOUSANDS ...

as well as the subsequent burn scar flooding that caused heavy damage at the Ruidoso Downs Race Track & Casino, a tourism driver in the cluster of mountain communities. Several said they blame ...