ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) - The city manager of Alamogordo has resigned, making the fourth departure of a high ranking official this year.

The Alamogordo Daily News reports City Manager Mark Roath tendered his resignation Friday to the mayor.

Mayor Susie Galea says Roath is unable to move his family to Alamogordo. She says he is leaving the city on good terms after three years of service.

Galea says she is concerned about the number of personnel who have left.

Besides Roath, the assistant city manager and city finance director also resigned.

The city's public works director was fired.

Galea says those positions cannot be filled until a new city manager is in place.

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - Spending across the New Mexico State University system will drop around 2 percent next year and the system will see a new grading structure.

Our news partners at the Las Cruces Sun-News reports that NMSU regents approved Friday a $626 million budget, and also approved a new "fractional grading scale," which provides for plus and minus grades between C-plus and A-minus.

The budget will be buoyed by a student tuition increase and an increase in state-issued dollars in the coming year.

Tuition-and-fees revenue also will increase by about $6.5 million next year throughout the entire university system.

Regents previously signed off on a slight pay increase for faculty and staff, changes included in the 2012-13 budget that will be sent to the state for approval.

The Miller Moth infestation invaded parts of New Mexico in late April. Now the hot temperatures are bringing out another critter – cockroaches.

James Lawrence pulled out his leaf blower early this year. But it was not for leaves; it was for cockroaches.

Lawrence said the insects go so bad, that he could not do it on his own.

He called a local pest control company and had his home sprayed last Saturday. He said after the spraying, his driveway and sidewalks were littered with dead and dying cockroaches. That is when the leaf blower got some action.

Jason Steinke works at Bob Reed Pest Control, the company that sprayed Lawrence's home. Steinke said climate does have an effect on the quantity of cockroaches.

"Lack of moisture, excessive moisture, extreme heat and extreme cold- all that has a lot of effect on the insect population," he said.