Hidalgo County, New Mexico

County Indigent Program

An “indigent person,” for purposes of reimbursement under the NM Indigent Hospital and County Health Care Act, is defined as a person “who can normally support himself and his dependents on present income and liquid assets available to him but, taking into consideration this income and those assets and his requirement for other necessities of life for himself and his dependents, is unable to pay the cost of the ambulance transportation or medical care administered or both.” N.M. Stat. Ann. § 27-5-4(C).

A person who qualifies to receive indigent funding can contact the County Manager's office for details and conditions.

Hidalgo County Indigent Policy

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County Road Department

Clarence Rudiger, Supervisor

1243 State Hwy 338
Animas, NM 88020
575.548.2672 

E-Mail

Mr. Rudiger is a lifelong resident of the area, with family roots in Hachita and Animas from 1938. He has worked for the Road Department for 18 years and has been the Supervisor for the past five. A rancher in Hidalgo County, he has two sons (one in Animas and the other in Las Cruces).

County Roads

Hidalgo County is broken into three sections: A, B, and C, which involve 529.5 miles of county-maintained roads. 

The A Section has 49 roads, with a total of 181.9 miles.

The B Section has 13 roads and 23.9 miles.

The C Section has 125 roads, totaling 323.7 miles.

The Department employes four operators: J.T. Lasher, Robert Talley, Barry Stone, and Tyrell Peterson.

Hidalgo County owns five blades, two loaders, one bulldozer, two dump trucks, and one equipment hauling truck and trailer.  At least some of this equipment runs most days of the year maintaining roads.

Maintenance

Eddie Aguilera

300 Shakespeare
Lordsburg, NM 88045 
575.542.9428

County Transfer Station

Tommy Dimas, Supervisor

150 Transfer Station Rd.
Lordsburg, NM 88045
575.542.9800

E-Mail 

Tommy Dimas has lived in Lordsburg for about 44 years, 15 of those working for Hidalgo County. He has a 32 year old son who lives in Las Vegas, Nevada.

NOTE: When taking trash to transfer stations: Garbage needs to be bagged; cardboard boxes broken down to keep cost of transporting down; and scrap metal cut to fit in trailer to be transported.  

Hours Of Operation:

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Rural Addressor

Dave Carbine

County Courthouse
300 Shakespeare
Lordsburg, NM 88020

575.542.3433
E-Mail

The county addressor makes sure that all streets and roads in the county have place names, signs, and are entered according to 911 calling standards.

Notes from the Addressor:

Contact us if you see a road sign down or damaged. We will address the issue as quickly as possible.

Numbered signs for residences and businesses are provided by the state free of charge. Contact the department to order yours.

The new federal mandate is that all street signs are reflective.