KIDX News, July 6, 2026

By Blake Ovard

KIDX News – Ruidoso and New Mexico

Nearly five years after federal agents raided her home, former New Mexico House Majority Leader Sheryl Williams Stapleton is set to face trial; Election officials in Chaves, Eddy, and Lea Counties have completed recounts confirming LeAnne Gandy as the winner of the Republican primary for House District 66; Chaves County continues to struggle finding enough emergency dispatchers; The New Mexico Forestry Division is opening fall seedling orders Monday .

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