Artesia boys soccer team in action against Hobbs on Monday.

Three pass plays Carlsbad must defend to win.

The finalists are Dr. Jennifer Schroeder, Chris Spaulding, Samuel Soliman, and Dr. David Campbell.

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City of Artesia agrees to separate the parks department from streets.

Artesia girls soccer team open season with a win.

Old reporters like me have seen it before. Power, influence and ego metastasize as entitlement and rationalization: “I deserve this.” Their inflated sense of self-importance shields them from the notion they might get caught. They are floating above the rubes – that is, you and me.

Artesia boys soccer loses the home opener 4-0 to Hobbs.

Mondragon walks into a new life.

The Bureau of Land Management announced the lease sale Aug. 5, opening a “public scoping period” when initial technical feedback on the proposed lands can be submitted until Sept. 4.

“I just heard a lot of positive things,” Maupin said. “I am really proud of our guys who ran the camp. We want to give them a little taste of being down in Bulldog Bowl, and we even turned on the lights so they kind of get that sense of what it means to play football on a Friday night. It was great. We loved it.”

The groundbreaking for the new Artesia Recreation Center took place Oct. 29, 2024, and the center is now officially open, nearly two years later.