Ruidoso midtown shut down due to bomb threat

RUIDOSO, N.M. — The Ruidoso Police Department closed one of the main roads in town while investigating reports of a bomb threat Sunday afternoon.

As of 3 p.m., Sudderth Drive was closed in midtown from Country Club to Center Street. However, in an update at 5:15 p.m., RPD had searched the majority of buildings in the affected area and did not find any explosives. Police were beginning to allow people to retrieve their cars that had been parked in the affected area.

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