News Staff Artesia assistant boys basketball coach Charlie Campbell has been named the 2025 New Mexico Boys Assistant Coach of the year. The honor comes from the New Mexico High School Coaches Association. Campbell was selected by the association’s 10-member board of directors after being nominated by Alamagordo head football coach AJ Cisco. Campbell is an Artesia … Read more
Artesia General Hospital has announced the appointment of Adriana Rodriguez as the leader of the wound care and hyperbaric medicine center. AGH cited Rodriguez’s background in family practice and emergency medicine – and her commitment to providing compassionate and comprehensive care to patients with chronic and non-healing wunds in Artesia and surrounding communities.
A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Tuesday for the new Eddy County Shooting Range expansion. The facility now has indoor plumbing! The association says the range is a great place to hone your shooting skills in any category of sportsmanship.
Artesia General Hospital is now serving as a provider for Continuing Medical Education for healthcare professionals. AGH received accreditation for the NMMS programming that will run through May of 2027. The Daily Press reports the designation enables AGH to offer locally accredited educational activities for physicians, nurses, technicians, and allied health professionals, further supporting clinical … Read more
A list published this week by the federal government claims Eddy County is harboring illegal immigrants. The list was published by the US Department of Homeland Security, identifying hundreds of counties and cities across the nation as sanctuary jurisdictions. Eddy County is on the list… as is Chaves, Otero and Lincoln Counties…. and the cities … Read more
Prosecutors in the murder case of Otero County SHeriff’s Deputy Jacob Diz Austin are asking to have the case moved out of Alamagordo. The change, according to the DA’s office, was requested by 17 year old Elija Hadley’s family. Diaz Austin is accused of killing the teen in June of 2024, despite the fact that … Read more
Eddy County leaders are spelling out their building priorities over the next five years. The county’s infrastructure capital improvement plan was presented last week, which is designed to guide the priorities through 2031. At the top of th elist of improvements included… money for a new jail, county offices, and ongoing renovations at the historic … Read more
Fire crews were busy over the holiday weekend with a wildfire at Fort Stanton that spread to 350 acres. The Camp Fire began Sunday and has been raging on Bonito Loop and Black Pershing Road on land managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and the state of New Mexico, according to the New … Read more
New flights could bring a big boost to southeast New Mexico. Three airlines are bidding for a contract with the Carlsbad City Council. The contract is with Advance Air right now, but that ends by the end of this year. Advance was chosen in 2023 for an 11 million dollar, two-year contract. But now Boutique … Read more
Also in Roswell, the city’s deputy police chief has annoucned he will run for Chaves County Sheriff. Michael Taylor has spent the past 25 years with RPD. His entrance into the contest means there will have to be a primary election between him and current Undersheriff Charles Yslas. That Republican primary contest will be in … Read more