Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (middle) is joined by area leaders for a public safety town hall in Alamogordo on Jan. 8, 2025.
Alamogordo resident Christopher Douglas recalls being able to ride his bike everywhere while growing up in the southern New Mexico city. There was no thought of danger or risk like he has experienced in more recent years.
“This was a wonderful community and now, I want to get out. That’s what’s happening in New Mexico,” Douglas said during a town hall Wednesday evening in Alamogordo, the latest in a series of public safety town halls around the state held by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who attended along with local and state officials…