News Staff Tragedy in Roswell, where police are investigating a deadly rollover car crash. It happened Thursday near the 1600 block of West 8th Street, right next to the Nancy Lopez Golf Course at Spring River. Police say a pickup truck driven by 40 year old Joshua Moses Medina was headed east, but lost control and went … Read more
The 6th Safe Haven Baby Box in New Mexico will be blessed today in Roswell. The baby box is located on the front of the Roswell Fire Department building at 200 S. Richardson Street. Last month, Safe Haven Baby Boxes had two anonymous surrenders at Baby Box locations. Safe Haven Baby Boxes was formed by … Read more
Roswell, N.M. — The City of Roswell has resumed offering recycling opportunities for its citizens with a new pilot program operated by the Solid Waste Department at the municipal landfill. The program, which is free of charge to citizens, was initiated at the direction of the mayor and City Council in response to many citizen … Read more
A Hobbs man is identified as the victim of a deadly crash near the state line. New Mexico State Poclie say the crash happened around 5:30 in the morning Thursday on Nadine Road, just south of Hobbs. 38 year old Carlos Camacho-Rosas was reporteldy headed west when his vehicle veered off the roadway and flipped … Read more
There appears to be a new challenger working to represent New Mexico in the US Senate, but she’s no stranger to politics. Nella Domenici, the daughter of the last Republican to represent our state, has filed a statement of organization with the federal election commission. Her father, Pete Dominici,served as the US Senator from our … Read more
A man has been formally charged with a December 20th fatal shooting in Roswell. A statement from police says Oscar Antonio Vargas is charged with second degree murder and a gun crime for the death of Larry Turner. Vargas was arrested in El Paso, Texas, for a probation violation connected to a previous conviction in … Read more
South Park Cemetery staff in Roswell will soon be removing all Christmas flowers and decorations that were left at gravesites. People who would like to retrieve those items from gravesites should do so by Sunday, Feb. 4. Cemetery staff members plan to begin clearing and disposing of the Christmas items Monday, Feb. 5. Christmas items … Read more
The Artesia Daily Press is reporting that EOG Resources is closing it’s Artesia office. Several employees confirmed the closure on Friday. 55 employees will reportedly be affected. Later, EOG issued a statement that said it was consolidating it’s Artesia and Midland, Texas, offices into one division, which will be located in Midland. the statement from … Read more
If Eddy County officials get their wish, the county will soon embark on building a brand new courthouse. The current Eddy County Courthouse in Carlsbad is 110 years old this year. The county is asking state lawmakers to approve 20 million dollars for the courthouse project. This will be the second year in a row … Read more
The Artesia city council is expected to take up a vote Tuesday on whether or not to give payraises to themselves. There have been two public hearings on the subject. The payraises would be significant. The mayor’s salary would more than double, from 96-hundred dollars a year to 25-thousand. The mayor pro tem would earn … Read more