RUIDOSO, N.M. (KRQE) — Excitement is buzzing in Ruidoso as a highly-anticipated competition, the XTERRA, will be in town. And while the village is still recovering from this summer's flash flooding, the mayor says it couldn't come at a better time.

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"There is a light at the end of the tunnel, and it's not a train," said Mayor Lynn Crawford. "The hopelessness that people are starting to feel is starting to dissipate." Festivities for the off-

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