The city of Carlsbad is on a weed blitz. Planning Director Jeff Patterson has sent a letter to the community, asking property owners to begin taking care of overgrown weeds on their properties. Patterson says unkept weeds can grow to an enormous size and cause serious fire safety hazards, especially when they dry out and … Read more
Four people were injured Wednesday when an ambulance transporting a patient crashed and rolled over. The crash happened on US Highway 70. State Police blocked traffic through about 6pm Wednesday evening. Chaves County Sheriff’s Deputies said only one person’s injuries were throught to be serious. No other vehicles were involved in the crash.
The Artesia Public Library is spreading the word that September is National Library Card Sign Up Month. The local ibrary is joining the American Library Association to celebrate the event by encouraging anyone without a library card to get one. All you need to sign up for a library card is a picture ID and … Read more
Artesia Polcie are asking for some help in finding a tree vandal. Over the past two years, APD says there has been more than 30-thousand dollars in damage done to the city’s First Street Greenway Project. The project has more than 350 trees that were planted as an entry point to downtown Artesia. The entire … Read more
Roswell Poclie are releasing surveillance pictures showing a person who may be involved in a shooting homicide. Last week’s shooting left 36 year old Robert Smalley dead. His body was found inside an RV camper in the 600 block of South Missouri Avenue Friday morning. The man seen in the pictures was wearing khaki shorts, … Read more
Flash floods causing about 200 people to be stranded at Calrsbad Caverns National Park. Tourists and staff at the park’s visitor center and a caravan park were ordered to shelter in place on Saturday after roads became impassable. The Eddy County Office of Emergency Management said in an update that more than 200 had been … Read more
The Roswell Police Department is investigating a shooting homicide that occurred shortly before 4 a.m. Friday morning in the 600 block of South Missouri Avenue. The victim has been identified as Robert Smiley, 36, of Roswell. Emergency responders found him deceased inside a travel trailer on a residential property. He had at least one gunshot … Read more
Eddy County leaders have approved 6 million dollars in spending for construction projects. Public Works Director Jason Burns told commissioners that the money was originally set to be used for 2023 road repairs. He requested the funding to go ahead and get started on the West Loop Road project, which is an 11-million dollar total … Read more
Starting this week, the New Mexico Department of Transportation will bein making modifications to the US 62/180 stretch near and along the Bataan Memorial Bridge in Carlsbad. The modifications are being made in anticipation of quickly restoring 2-way traffic to the southern portion of the bridge. The westbound lanes were already closed earlier this month … Read more
Federal regulations call for the WIPP plant to be closed by the end of 2024, but now are recognizing that it may be open forever. It’s the nation’s only deep geological repository for nuclear waste, and it’s locsted near Carlsbad. A debate in Clovis on Friday focused on future shipments to the Waste Isolation Pilot … Read more