The Roswell Public Library’s annual Summer Reading Program is beginning. The first day to sign up at the library is Tuesday, May 30, and the program will run through July, with special events every week for the whole family, including movies, music, interactive projects, and performances. Watch the library Facebook page to learn about events, … Read more
Starting this week, an intersectional coalition of climate and environmental justice advocates, Indigenous and faith leaders, business owners, and local environmental organizations will hold a week of planned actions at Bureau of Land Management (BLM) New Mexico field offices in Carlsbad, Las Cruces, and Albuquerque to deliver a letter signed by nearly 200 local and … Read more
Petty Officer Third Class Mikaila Arnold, a native of Carlsbad, New Mexico, serves in the U.S. Navy as a member of a helicopter squadron forward deployed to Japan. Arnold attended Carlsbad High School and graduated in 2020 and joined the Navy three years ago. Today, Arnold serves as an aviation ordnanceman with Helicopter Maritime Strike … Read more
Environmentalists who had praised the approval of rules adopted by New Mexico nearly two years ago to crack down on oilfield spills have alleged the state isn’t doing enough to enforce the provisions. They criticized the Oil Conservation Division during a meeting Thursday, pointing to a 16% increase in spills of wastewater from the drilling … Read more
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Monday began a special inspection at the Urenco USA uranium enrichment facility in southeastern New Mexico following an incident last month. NRC officials said the April 21 incident involved the operation of a crane near a building that handles uranium hexafluoride without the required safety controls present. They said there … Read more
A Roswell man was arrested and charged with first-degree murder after he confessed Monday afternoon to killing another local man more than 14 years ago. The man then told police where he had buried the body of the victim, and police soon after discovered the victim’s remains. 37 year old Tony Ray Peralta was jailed … Read more
The city’s two splash pads are scheduled to open daily beginning May 1. They will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Murphy Family Splash Pad is at Poe Corn Park in the 600 block of East Second Street. The Carpenter Park Splash Pad is at 300 E. Buena Vista St. Use of … Read more
A 1987 cold case murder in Carlsbad has been solved. In July of 1987, Donna Sue Hyatt was found dead at her home. The investigation later determined tha Hyatt had been sexually assaulted and murdered. Before her death, witnesses told police they had seen Donna with a tall, white male, leaving a nearby store on … Read more
Fire managers on the Lincoln National Forest are planning to continue prescribed fire operations with a broadcast burn around the Sacramento Ranger District administration site. The objective of the burn is to reduce hazardous fuels around the site. The Sacramento prescribed fire is approximately 35 acres and will commence this spring when conditions meet the … Read more
A traffic alert for you, as crews have switched traffic on US 285 on the southern end of the project at Malaga, with all traffic now in the southbound lanes and one lane open in each direction. Starting today, crews will reopen Nicholas Road and CLOSE Onsurez Road at US 285. Motorists can use Duarte … Read more