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New Mexico highway reopens following rock slide

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Traffic is flowing along a southern New Mexico highway after a rock slide. On Friday, large boulders fell near the tunnel on U.S. 82, which connects Alamogordo to Cloudcroft, forcing the road to close for several days.


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The New Mexico Department of Transportation has removed those rocks and resurfaced it, reopening the road Monday evening.