Eddy County Finance Director Roberta Smith recently told county leaders that the county’s finances are in good shape. In fact, Smith said that Eddy County appears to be on the path to a 45 million dollar budget surplus at the end of the fiscal year on June 30th. The county has surpassed budgeted cpollections in … Read more
Chaves County residents are being invited to participate in a march to commemorate the Bataan Death March. The event is planned for March 26th. People can participate in any form they wish, by either walking, running, biking, or rucking. You can register at bataanmarch.com. Official registration is not required to participate. FOr more details, email … Read more
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
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
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 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
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 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 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
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