By Blake Ovard Bear Country News – Ruidoso and New Mexico Established creative businesses in New Mexico can apply for a $25,000 grant, go to edd.newmexico.gov/creative-grants; more information has been released in the airplane crash near Alamogordo

By Blake Ovard Bear Country News – Ruidoso and New Mexico A $26.4 million roadway reconstruction on US 380 starts Monday; former Congressman Steve Pearce will hold a book signing Tueday at ENMU; the Ruidoso School Board