News Staff The Roswell Museum and Art Center (RMAC), southeast New Mexico’s leading cultural institution, is introducing a new identity and logo, as the Roswell Museum. The last significant change to the museum’s visual identity was in 2006. The name change to the Roswell Museum was implemented to clarify the institution’s diverse range of exhibitions and programming … Read more
Everyone is invited to attend a ceremony in Roswell celebrating the completion of the fish pond project. The celebration will be from 3-to-4pm on Friday at Spring River Zoo. This ceremony is recognizing the work that went into this project and those involved. It will still be a while before the zoo is ready to … Read more
Eddy County Treasurer, Laurie Pruitt, announced that the Property Tax Auction scheduled for November 17, 2021 has been postponed by the State of New Mexico and has not been rescheduled. Also, please be aware if anyone contacts you saying that your property is going to be sold, do not give them any money or sign … Read more
The Roswell Museum and Art Center and the RMAC Foundation, in partnership with the Pecos Valley Potters Guild, invite the public to step into a world of creative wonder this holiday season at the inaugural Holiday Artisan Market. Held at the Roswell Museum and Art Center, this opportunity to shop for distinctive, one-of-a-kind gifts will … Read more
A local man has been arrested and jailed for a string of vehicle burglaries in Roswell. Police say 21 year-old Ryan Shipman was arrested on Saturday in relation to three of seven cases that were reported to RPD since November 3rd. All but one of the crimes took place in an area bordered by West … Read more
A traffic alert for you in Roswell. A half-block section of West Fifth Street immediately off North Main Street will be closed to traffic for a portion of the day on Tuesday, Nov. 16. The closure will begin at 7 a.m. It is uncertain how long the closure will remain in place, although the street … Read more
A Roswell teenager was arrested early Thursday morning, accused of firing multiple gunshots at another person outside a pre-school in the west part of the city Wednesday morning. Eric Madrid, 17, is charged with shooting at or from a motor vehicle in the incident in which no people were hit by the shots. The target … Read more
A major power grid improvement project launched in 2014 to support southeast New Mexico’s electric reliability and economic development efforts has reached a significant milestone with the completion of a new high-voltage transmission line in southern Eddy and Lea counties. David Hudson, the president of Xcel Energy, says that Eddy and Lea Counties have seen … Read more
The New Mexico Department of Health will provide COVID-19 shots at no cost to children ages 5-11 at the following southeast New Mexico locations: Hobbs Public Health Office, 1923 N. Dal Paso St. B : Walk-ins this Wednesday, November 10, then each Thursday after that, 1pm-4pm Lovington Public Health Office, 302 N. 5th Street vaccinating … Read more
The City of Carlsbad is out with data from the summertime, showing 2,557 people visited the Water Park on Memorial Day Weekend. IN the month of June, more than 13,700 people visited the water park. That would have been even more if it were for storms that closed the park at the end of June. … Read more