A local man has been arrested and jailed for a string of vehicle burglaries in Roswell. Police say 21 year-old Ryan Shipman was arrested on Saturday in relation to three of seven cases that were reported to RPD since November 3rd. All but one of the crimes took place in an area bordered by West … Read more
A traffic alert for you in Roswell. A half-block section of West Fifth Street immediately off North Main Street will be closed to traffic for a portion of the day on Tuesday, Nov. 16. The closure will begin at 7 a.m. It is uncertain how long the closure will remain in place, although the street … Read more
A Roswell teenager was arrested early Thursday morning, accused of firing multiple gunshots at another person outside a pre-school in the west part of the city Wednesday morning. Eric Madrid, 17, is charged with shooting at or from a motor vehicle in the incident in which no people were hit by the shots. The target … Read more
A major power grid improvement project launched in 2014 to support southeast New Mexico’s electric reliability and economic development efforts has reached a significant milestone with the completion of a new high-voltage transmission line in southern Eddy and Lea counties. David Hudson, the president of Xcel Energy, says that Eddy and Lea Counties have seen … Read more
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