Chaves County Detention Center called 911 after a male, Victor Sosa (1/29/84) walked into the lobby of the detention center with a medium sized cylinder object (like a scuba tank) and set it in the lobby and made a statement about the building blowing up and left the building. He drove away in a white … Read more
The Chaves County Sheriff’s Office, State Police, along with the Roswell Police Department have been involved in a Manhunt on foot of a Murder Suspect. The search ended up out on Hwy 285 North, which was shut down for a time on Monday – from One Horse Road to mile marker 139. The Chaves County … Read more
Chaves County sheriff’s deputies helped with a mutual aid call from Lincoln County on Pine Lodge Road. Deputies assisted with the search and rescue of a missing 6 year old boy that had repoetdly been swept away in floodwaters. Lincoln County Emergency Dispatch reported that the seen was betwene mile marker 27 and 38, where … Read more
ENMU Roswell is increasing the base pay for all employees at the institution – to 15 dollars per hour. The move will go into effect October 8th. ENMU Roswell President Shawn Powell said in a statement that the move will include a paytraise for 25 employees who currently earn less than 25 dollars an hour. … Read more
After a 14 month hiatus, work has resumed at the Carlsbad brine well site. New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources said during a recent video conference that preparartion on the site began in late August after the state, Eddy County and the city of Carlsbad received 18 million dollars in funding. Work was halted … Read more
The Roswell Independent School District has closed Military Heights Elementary School in order to help slow the spread of COVID-19. An official quarantine involves only two classrooms, however. On social media, the RISD said second and fifth graders would be out of class until October 5th. The entire school is closed to in-person learning today, … Read more
Street maintenance and improvements are scheduled to take place on South Washington Avenue between West McGaffey Street and Alameda Street from Thursday, Sept. 23, through Friday, Oct. 1. A contractor will be removing pavement from the surface and replacing it with fresh pavement and restriping the finished road. The work is planned between McGaffey Street … Read more
Roswell firefighters responded to the 1700 block of SE Main Street for a structure fire on Tuesday. The first crew at the scene reported smoke coming from a flooring business there. The flames were located in the shop portion of the A&A Flooring at 1713 SE Main Street. It took about an hour for the … Read more
The Carlsbad Fire Department is receiving a 30-thousand dollar grant award to pay for new emergency communicatioons equipment. The city council accepted the grant last week from the New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration. Chief Richard Lopez says the department has needed new communications equipment for years, as the current equipment is outdated and … Read more
A Roswell man criminally charged in connection with the shooting of another man last month in the east part of the city was arrested this week in the small community of San Patricio, which is about 50 miles west of Roswell in neighboring Lincoln County. Alfonso Rodriguez, 22, is accused of firing multiple gunshots Aug. … Read more