The Artesia Bulldogs were crowned state champions on Saturday. The school’s five year drought of state championships is finally over. The Bulldogs defeated Piedra Vista in Farmington by a score of 27-to-17 to earn the 5A title and the 31st championship overall in school history. It was also redemption for Ruidoso on Saturday, who defeated … Read more
Eddy County leaders are working to get first responders to your doorstep quicker, if you ever need them. The county is planning to use about 470-thousand dollars to upgrade it’s emergency alert system, in hopes of creating a faster response time for emergency units. The money was left over from a previous upgrade to the … Read more
The City of Roswell recently received the New Mexico Hospitality Association’s Top HAT award for Outstanding Event, recognizing this summer’s UFO Festival marking the 75th anniversary of the Roswell Incident. The Nov. 10 Top HAT (Hospitality and Tourism) Awards Gala in Albuquerque celebrated those who have performed exceptional work to elevate the travel, tourism and … Read more
The Eddy County Commissioners have put their stamp of approval on last week’s election results. The official canvass, as it’s called, gives Democrat candidate Stephanie Garcia Richard a seat on the Public Lands Commission, over Independent candidate Larry Marker. A day before the canvass, Marker questioned the integrity of the election and voting machines to … Read more
Thick black smoke drifted above Eddy County from a massive oilfield fire that broke out near Malaga and Loving. Eddy County Fire and Rescue posted pictures of the fire on the Facebook page, saying the flames broke out in a tank battery. Fire crews remained on scene for more than 13 hours fighting the blaze.
Rather than see whether the city council would affirm Roswell Mayor Timothy Jenning’s suspension of city manager Joe Neeb, Neeb submitted a resignation letter on Thursday. Both items were on the public agenda for Thursday council meeting, but were abruptly removed after councilors received a copy of Neeb’s letter. The city nor the mayor have … Read more
Police in Carlsbad are on the hunt for the person who stole an expensive race car. The car, valued at more than 15-thousand dollars, was taken Halloween night, along with a trailer used to store the car, in the 900 block of West Greene Street. The car is described as having a chartreuse and green … Read more
Pavement-maintenance work will take place on South Grand Avenue between East Ballard Street and East Hobbs Street from Monday, Nov. 14, through Wednesday, Nov. 16. All or parts of that section of South Grand will be closed during working hours each day as the project progresses from East Ballard north to East Hobbs.
Members of the Roswell Police Department SWAT Team competed in October in the Texas Tactical Police Officers Association’s SWAT Competition in Conroe, Texas. RPD was the only department from New Mexico participating in the Oct. 6-9 competition that featured 30 teams. The team-oriented competition consisted of eight events during the four days with most events … Read more
Xcel Energy is touting boosts to the New Mexico electric distribution grid. A statement from the company this week says it has invested more than 76 million dollars in projects to upgrade and build feeder lines and substations – and has completed voltage upgrades in several locations in the New Mexico service area. That’s on … Read more