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A car seat clininc is scheduled for Artesia on February 19th at Fire Station 2. Hours are 10am to 2pm. The event is free and will take about 30 minutes to ensure your child’s car seat is installed properly.

Carlsbad Caverns National Park has a new leader. Carmen Chapin was presented as the new director by National Park Serrvice Regional DIrector Mike Reynolds. She began her new duties on January 6th. Chapin will oversee 46-thousand acres of land, 119 known caves and an annual operating budget of more than 5.4 million dollars, according to … Read more

A new proposed ordinance in Carlsbad is targeting underage drinking of alcohol. If passed, the ordinance would those that provide alcohol to minors responsible. The Carlsbad Community Anti-Drug/Gang COalition is pushing the proposed Social Host Ordinance. That was the topic of discussion at a recent roundtable with city officials and Carlsbad Police. The ordinance has … Read more

Loving Elementary School is reverting back to remote learning for a few days. Superintendent Lee White said roughly 25 percent of the school’s staff were out due to quarantine requirements, while 20 percent of students were dsisplaying symptoms of COVID-19. White said that the district simply does not have enough available substitutes to cover all … Read more

Eastern New Mexico University invited New Mexico congresswoman Sen. Gay Kernan and community college presidents to ENMU-Portales this week to commemorate the signing of Senate Bill 77 – also known as the 2+2 pilot project – into law. The goal of the Pilot Project is to help students from two-year colleges throughout southeastern New Mexico … Read more

A Houston based oil and gas company has purchased natural gas processing plants in the Permian Basin. Enterprise Products announced the acquisition of Navitas Midstream Partners on Monday for 3.2 billion dollars. The deal includes about 1750 miles of pipelines and up to a billion cubic feet per day of natural gas processing capacity. This … Read more

The Eddy County SHeriff’s Violent Crime Suppression Unit conducted a one-day operation targeting known violent suspects. During the effort, Sheriff Mark Cage says deputies focused on the Carlsbad area and made seven state warrant arrests, one federal warrant arrest, and two people were charged with multiple felony crimes. You can see a list of those … Read more

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