News Staff The city of Roswell is trying to attract sports tourism to the city. The Roswell city council general services committee, this wek, lookined into an inventory of the cioty’s sports facilities. No action was taken on the plan, but the concern is that the city does not have available facilities to host large sporting events … Read more
The Roswell Museum is pleased to announce the opening of the special group exhibition Future Shock: (Re)Visions of Tomorrow. The exhibition will be on view from June 25 through Oct. 30. Inspired by science fiction, the exhibition features 16 national and international artists exploring humanity’s shared future and our connection to space, science and technology. … Read more
A 4 wheeler crash in Eddy COunty has claimed the life of a Dumas man. The crash happened Sunday evening near the Hackberry Lake Recreation Area. 33 year old Angel Vargas was driving the machine along a trail whe, for some reason, he lost control and crashed. Vargas, who was not wearing a helmet, was … Read more
A Roswell man has been arrested and jailed for a dangerous carjacking and kidnapping on Monday. The ordeal ended with a violent crash in Tatum after 27 year old Joel Omar Contreras led police on a high speed pursuit. Contreras is now being held with no bond. The carjacking took place atr the Allsup’s parking … Read more
Five Artesia boys were arrested recently after polcie say they were shooting Orbeez guns in a city park. The pellet guns have caught national attention due to a TikTok challenge that encourages random shootings. Artesia poclie said the boys were aged 10 to 12, along with a 16 year old who were all shooting the … Read more
Artesia General Hospital is adding a new Fuji Scenaria View 128 CT scanner, which is now available for patient imaging immediately. Construiction is underway for a state of the art suite that will house the new equipment and offer the latest in CT technologies to patients. Until the building is finished in October, the new … Read more
Eddy County Clerk Darlene Rosprim on Wednesday, certified the results of the count’s elections, despite some questions about voting accuracy. Rosprim assured everyone that there have been multiple checks and balances by her office to make sure all votes are legal and certified. County manager Allen Davis also expressed confidence in the voting system and … Read more
We begin today in Alamagordo, where a police officer was involved in a deadly crash Wednesday, It happened on Highway 70, also known as North White Sands Boulevard. State Polcie said the Alamagordo Officer and a citizen’s vehicle collided, killing the driver of the citizen’s vehicle. A passenger in that car was also seriously hurt. … Read more
Forecasters are giving us some glimmer of hope that rain could be on the way soon, as monsoon season officially begins. New Mexico has faced back to back years of La Nina weather patterns, so that has contributed to historic droughts. Unfortunately, it’s looking more and more like a La Nina pattern will settle in … Read more
North Garden Avenue will be closed to traffic from East Second Street to Cherry Street June 13-17 as pavement work takes place. Signs will direct motorists to detour routes, including access to local residences. Nearby businesses along Garden Avenue will be able to be accessed by reaching Garden from East College Boulevard.