News Staff 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
The city of Roswell has a new Recreation Department Director. Colette Hall began her new duties at the beginning of the month and brings 25 years of experience in municipal recreation experience with her. Hall is a native of Lubbock, Texas and spent much of her career in the Dallas Fort Worth area. She retired … Read more
Members of the Roswell Police Department SWAT Team competed in October in the Texas Tactical Police Officers Association’s SWAT competition in Conroe, Texas. Participating in the Oct. 7-10 event were 33 teams from Texas, Florida, Louisiana and Wisconsin, along with RPD being the only department from New Mexico, and the second smallest department, competing in … Read more
DOn’t forget… City administration offices and certain other city facilities will be closed Thursday, Nov. 11, in observance of Veterans Day. Some city services will have an adjusted schedule for that Thursday or that week. In addition to city offices, the Roswell Public Library and Roswell Museum and Art Center will be closed Veterans Day. … Read more
State environmental regulators have cleared the way for work to continue on a multimillion-dollar ventilation shaft at the federal government’s underground nuclear waste repository in southern New Mexico. Ventilation has been an issue since 2014, when a radiation release contaminated parts of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant and forced an expensive, nearly three-year closure, delayed … Read more
The Eddy County Sheriff’s Office is currently hiring both certified and uncertified individuals for the position of Deputy Sheriff. If you have questions about the requirements, benefits or the hiring process, please contact our ECSO Recruiter Deputy Gracie Gonzales @ 575-887-7551. You can find additional information at www.eddycounty.org
Youth and adult ceramics classes for the winter term will start in January at the Roswell Museum and Art Center. Registration is now available through the museum’s website at roswellmuseum.org. Students may also register by phone at 575-624-6744 or in person at the museum during hours of operation, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Youth … Read more
A ceremony is planned for Friday to honor everyone involved in the planning and construction of the Roswell Recreation and Aquatic Center. A plaque will be unveiled recognizing those who played a role. The Friday ceremony will take place at 2pm at the center at 1042 West College Boulevard in Roswell.
A Los Lunas woman has pleaded no contest to careless driving and failing to obey a traffic signal after a that killed her sister last June in Roswell. Inez Crawley was in court Tuesday, pleading guilty to the lesser charges after she was first charged with vehicular homicide. A judge sentenced Crawley to 90 days … Read more