Alamogordo Daily News
Newspaper in Alamogordo, New Mexico
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Alamogordo Daily News, founded in 1898, is a daily newspaper published in Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States.
Front page of Alamogordo Daily News on May 16, 2008 | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | El Rito Media, LLC |
| Founder | J.H. Lightfoot |
| Publisher | Richard L. Connor |
General manager | Frank Leto |
| Founded | 1896 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 518 E. 24th Street Alamogordo, New Mexico |
| OCLC number | 10674593 |
| Website | alamogordonews |
The paper was an evening paper until September 1, 2006, published weekday evenings and Sunday mornings. It then switched to a morning paper, published daily except Mondays.[1] In March 2024, the newspaper announced it would switch from carrier to postal delivery.[2]
History
In August 1896, the Tularosa Chief was first published in Tularosa, New Mexico.[3] It was founded by J.H. Lightfoot.[4] In November 1897, the paper relocated to La Luz and was renamed to the Sacramento Chief.[5][6] It relocated again to Alamogordo a year later.[7] In 1899, the Alamogordo Printing Company acquired the paper and renamed it to the Alamogordo News.[8][9]: 75 W.S. Shepherd soon acquired the paper.[7]
In December 1912, the Alamogordo News and Otero County Advertiser merged to form the Alamogordo News-Advertiser. Charles. P. Downs was editor.[10] In January 1914, Clarence W. Morgan took charge of the paper and renamed it to the Otero County News.[11] The name was later changed back to the Alamogordo News. In 1922, the paper absorbed the Alamogordo Cloudcrofter.[12] It continued as a weekly until the 1950s when it went daily.[13]: 9
In March 1953, C.W. Morgan died.[14] That December, the Morgan family sold the paper to Billie Holder and Rolland Jacquart.[15] Three years later Holder bought out Jacquart.[16] Aubrey Dunn Sr. was soon hired as the paper's business manager and eventually became co-owner. He served for 15 years in the New Mexico Senate but abruptly resigned in 1979 to focus on the paper.[17]
After Holder and Dunn, the News was acquired by several chains, including Donrey Media Group in 1983,[18] Community Newspaper Holdings in 1998,[19] MediaNews Group in 2001,[20] Gannett in 2015,[21] and El Rito Media, LLC in 2024.[22][23]
See also
- Aubrey Dunn, Sr., New Mexico state senator and partial owner of Alamogordo Daily News
- Atari video game burial, which was first reported on by the Alamogordo Daily News