News Staff The Artesia Public Schools Board of Education has called a special meeting for this Friday. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. at 301 Bulldog Boulevard in Artesia. The public agenda for the meeting says the board will immediately go into executive session to discuss limited personnel matters of superintendent candidates and review applicant submissions, … Read more
The annual Roswell Father-Daughter Dance is scheduled for February 12th this year. The event will run from 6-to-9pm at the Recreation and Quatic Center. Tickets are available for 10-dollars for adults and one daughter… and 3-dollars per additional daughter. Make special memories at this year’s Father-Daughter Dance! You don’t have to be a father, just … Read more
A Hobbs mother has been captured after police say she was seen on surveillance video throwing her newborn baby in a trash dumpster behind a business – and then leaving the scene. The discovery was made behind buildings in the 1400 block of North Thorp in Hobbs Friday night. 18 year old Alexis Avila has … Read more
On Friday, the New Mexico Department of Health renewed public health orders related to COVID-19, including a requirement to wear masks in public spaces and vaccination requirements for some workers. Those orders are attached. The public health orders come as case numbers reach highs not seen since 2020 and as hospitals around the state continue … Read more
The New Mexico Department of Health (DOH) announced on Wednesday that it is implementing revised federal guidance surrounding isolation and quarantine for COVID-19, effective on Thursday, January 6, 2022. For anyone who tests positive for COVID regardless of vaccination status (Isolation): Stay home for 5 days. You DO NOT need to get an additional PCR … Read more
The public is invited to the local premiere of One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Big Adventure at the Robert H. Goddard Planetarium, located at the Roswell Museum. The first screening will kick off with a festive opening night on Friday, Jan. 7, to include free popcorn, a photo booth and giveaways. Doors open at … Read more
The Artesia Polcie Department is inviting the public to the city ‘s public library on January 14th for Nerf Wars. The Artesia Police Department will be there on Friday, January 14th, to participate in a Nerf Battle with any Artesia students, grades 6 through 12. Newrf guns will be provided by the library staff. Anyone … Read more
Good news for the city of Roswell, as Joe Bauman Stadium has been chosen to be the New Mexico site for Major League Baseball’s list of baseball road trip locations. The stadium in southern Roswell is located on East Poe Street. It’s named for the late minor-league slugger who played there and hit 72 home … Read more
New Department of Veterans Services (DVS) Carlsbad-based Veterans Service Officer Dagmar Youngberg will resume her outreach visits to Artesia at the United Veterans Hall, at 402 West Hermosa Drive. Youngberg will make her visits on the first and third Thursdays of each month. Through the spring of 2022, the dates are: January 6 & 20, … Read more
New details on that tragic shooting SUnday night in Roswell that left a teenager dead. RPD says the case remains under investigation, but that officers responded to the Saddle Creek Apartments in the 1900 block of South Sunset Avenue, where they found 18 year-old David Gonzalez lying in the parking lot. Gonzalez had been shot … Read more