Ruidoso News
Biweekly newspaper published in Ruidoso, New Mexico
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Ruidoso News is a biweekly newspaper in Ruidoso, New Mexico, United States. It has been published since 1946.
| Type | Biweekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | El Rito Media, LLC |
| Founder | Lloyd P. Bloodworth |
| Publisher | Richard L. Connor |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Ruidoso, New Mexico |
| Website | ruidosonews |
History
On May 16, 1946, Lloyd P. Bloodworth first published the Ruidoso News in Ruidoso, New Mexico.[1][2] In 1949, he sold the paper Louis R. Spain,[3] and bought it back a year later.[4] In 1951, Bloodworth sold the News again, this time to Ben Vaughn and Victor "Vic" Lamb.[5] Vaughn soon exited the business. In 1953, Lamb acquired a press and opened a print shop in Ruidoso.[6]
In 1968, Barney Barnett, of San Luis Obispo, California, bought the News,[7] only for ownership to revert back to Lamb less than a year later.[8] Barnett said he sold the paper because his political and social views greatly differed from those of Ruidoso residents.[9] A month later, Lamb bought a variety store in Sedona, Arizona.[10] In 1970, husband-and-wife Alton and Glorianna Lane bought the paper.[11] In 1975, brothers Ken Green and Walt Green, publishers of the Artesia Daily Press and Deming Headlight, bought the News from the Lanes.[12]
In 1988, the Green family sold the News, Headlight and El Defensor-Chieftain to Jack Kent Cooke, owner of the Washington Redskins and the Los Angeles Daily News.[13] In 1989, Cooke acquired the Valencia County News-Bulletin.[14] Cooke sold his four New Mexican papers to WorldWest in 1994.[15] The News was acquired by MediaNews Group in 2001.[16] Gannett bought the News in 2015,[17] and sold it, along with the Carlsbad Current-Argus and Alamogordo Daily News, to El Rito Media, LLC in 2024.[18][19]