Juvenile Injured In Shooting Near Roswell School

A shooting investigation underway in Roswell, in the 1300 block of South Washington, right across from Valley View Elementary School. Media reports indicate a juvenile male was found with a gunshot wound to his leg. We’re still trying to determine if the shooting was accidental in nature, or intentional, or if any suspects have been … Read more

RPD Looking For Missing Woman And Infant Child

Roswell Police continue looking for a missing woman and her infant daughter. The woman is 32 year old Agnes Silva. The child is 8 month old Alaya Granado, both of Roswell. They were reported missing to RPD on February 1st. You can see pictures of both on the Roswell PD Facebook page. It is unknown … Read more

Golf Course Community Meeting Planned

Golfers and other citizens of Roswell are encouraged to attend a community meeting to share ideas for the future of the city’s Nancy Lopez Golf Course at Spring River. The public meeting will take place Monday, Feb. 7, at 6 p.m. To ensure there is enough room to accommodate all those who would like to … Read more

Eddy County To Get $750K In CDBG FUnding

Eddy County has been awarded 750-thousand dollars in communicty development block grant funding. The money comes out of an overall 10.5 million dolar kitty being doled out around the state. The funding will be used for water, wastewater, streets & drainage, and public facilities projects. An additional $1.6 million will be used for economic development … Read more

Portion Of Hobson Road To Close In Roswell

Hobson Road between South Main Street and Y.O. Road in south Roswell will be closed to traffic for several days this week as repairs are made to a railroad crossing. The impacted section of Hobson Road will be closed Tuesday, Feb. 1, through Friday, Feb. 4, unless Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway completes the work … Read more

Chaves County Deputies Investigating “Brutal” Assault

Chaves County deputies are investigating what Sheriff Mike Harrington describes as a “brutal” beating. Harrington posted on Facebook that deputies were trying to locate a woman, approximately 20 to 30 years old, Hispanic or Native American, who was down in the Midway area at some point on Sunday morning. The person of interest was wearing … Read more

South Park Cemetery Staff To Remove Christmas Decorations

South Park Cemetery staff will soon be removing all Christmas flowers (including all poinsettias) and decorations that were left at gravesites. People who placed items on gravesites and would like to retrieve those items should do so by Friday, Feb. 11. After that, cemetery staff will begin clearing away and disposing of the Christmas items. … Read more

Task Force Uncovers New Clues on Multiple Artesia Business Burglaries

Eddy County law enforcement – really trying to target violent crimes taking place in and around Artesia. The Violent Crime Suppression Unit hosted a multi-agency law enforcement Acessorial Impact Operation over one day last week, when police made five arrests on state warrants. Additionally, police discovered new information rgearding several burglary cases around Artesia that … Read more

Artesia Police Make Business Burglary Arrest

Artesia Police have made an arrest in a bu rglary case at CT Donuts, located at 1301 West Centre Street. Artesia Poclie say a safe containing more than 55-hundred dollars and a handgun were stolen from the business. Video footage of the suspect was observed that matched the desription of a suspect that had damaged … Read more

Eddy County Sheriff Granted Six New Positions

Meanwhile, the county has approved the hiring of six new sheriff’s deputies. Sheriff Mark Cage requested the new positions as part of an overall plan to hire a total of 12 new deputies over the next four years. The six new positions now will cost about 142-thousand dollars for the remainder of this fiscal year. … Read more