Mayor, firefighters’ brave late morning heat for mural painting Friday. Here is a photographic update

The mural is a community-driven art project of Artesia Clean and Beautiful, an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful and New Mexico Clean and Beautiful.

Top News

Community

News

Notably, the proposal would establish a “Super Emitter Program” that would define such a facility as one emitting at least 50 kilograms per hour in a single event. The proposal also includes language allowing the use of third-party data taken from satellite readings or other sources outside of state agencies in identifying such emissions.

Culinary Confidential: The Ultimate Southwest Mashed Potato Bar

Mashed potatoes are one of the ultimate comfort foods, but they become something truly special when transformed into an interactive Mashed Potato Bar. Perfect for entertaining, this build-your-own feast lets guests customize their potatoes with colorful toppings, savory gravies, and bold Southwest flavors.

State targets methane ‘super emitters’ with new goals to reduce emissions

The proposal also includes language allowing the use of third-party data taken from satellite readings or other sources outside of state agencies in identifying such emissions.

New Mexico is targeting methane ‘super emitters’ in the Permian Basin oilfield

Notably, the proposal would establish a “Super Emitter Program” that would define such a facility as one emitting at least 50 kilograms per hour in a single event. The proposal also includes language allowing the use of third-party data taken from satellite readings or other sources outside of state agencies in identifying such emissions.
Artesia
scattered clouds
81.1 ° F
83.8 °
81.1 °
45%
11mph
25%
Wed
100 °
Thu
98 °
Fri
99 °
Sat
97 °
Sun
94 °

Sports

Lifestyle

Opinion

Hoping to balance the one-sided propaganda about socialism coming from the media and candidates running for offices as socialists, Fox News has conducted interviews with people who once lived under these systems. The testimonies are a powerful rebuke to those who believe socialism is the answer to every problem.

Sherry Robinson: CYFD wrong to send kid across border alone

We see again and again that the state Children Youth and Families Department doesn’t just have staffing and program issues, its decision makers come up short on common sense and common decency.

Paul Gessing: The Rail Runner harmful boondoggle

Recently, a reporter asked what the actual cost of the train is to average New Mexicans.

Obituaries

Warren Louis (W.L.) Gray passed away quietly at his home in Kyle, TX on June 28, 2026 at the age of 91.

Dub married his high school sweetheart, Dewana Lou Berry, one week after her graduation in 1955.

Vega M. Nilsson

Vega M. Nilsson, a long-time resident of Artesia, New Mexico passed away at home on December 29, 2025, at the age of 87. Vega was born in Brooklyn, New York to Fredrik and Hilda Nilsson,...

Stay tuned

Subscribe to our newsletter and never miss the latest news!

Sports

Latest news

Scenes from Artesia kids’ football camp

Future Bulldogs attend football camp on Friday.

Cal Thomas: Testimonies from under socialism as young people fall in love with the ideology

Hoping to balance the one-sided propaganda about socialism coming from the media and candidates running for offices as socialists, Fox News has conducted interviews with people who once lived under these systems. The testimonies are a powerful rebuke to those who believe socialism is the answer to every problem.

Culinary Confidential: The Ultimate Southwest Mashed Potato Bar

Mashed potatoes are one of the ultimate comfort foods, but they become something truly special when transformed into an interactive Mashed Potato Bar. Perfect for entertaining, this build-your-own feast lets guests customize their potatoes with colorful toppings, savory gravies, and bold Southwest flavors.

State targets methane ‘super emitters’ with new goals to reduce emissions

The proposal also includes language allowing the use of third-party data taken from satellite readings or other sources outside of state agencies in identifying such emissions.

New Mexico is targeting methane ‘super emitters’ in the Permian Basin oilfield

Notably, the proposal would establish a “Super Emitter Program” that would define such a facility as one emitting at least 50 kilograms per hour in a single event. The proposal also includes language allowing the use of third-party data taken from satellite readings or other sources outside of state agencies in identifying such emissions.

La Feliz Montana Ranch offers top-quality yearlings at New Mexico Sale

Originally from Bandara, Texas and a graduate of Texas A&M University, Petty and her husband, Brian, primarily work at the ranch full time. She is present for most all of the La Feliz Montana Ranch breedings, births, and early development. She works daily in her veterinarian office located onsite, which is unique for most quarter horse training operations.

David Grousnick: Times when we need a sign

Consider Rabbi Feldman, who had been having trouble with his congregation. It seemed they could agree upon nothing, and controversy filled the air until the Sabbath itself became an area of conflict, and unhappiness filled the synagogue.

Nuclear waste at Los Alamos National Laboratory is raising concerns at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. Here’s the latest debate

Santa Fe County resident Cynthia Weehler raised the issue during a Wednesday, Aug. 5, town hall held by the U.S. Department of Energy in Hobbs to give a public update on operations at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.

Ruidoso Downs Racetrack presents: New Mexico-Bred Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred Sale

Public invited to attend noon auction with 300 available horses A total of 300 quarter horses and thoroughbreds consigned by breeders across the state will...

Hondo’s Mike Logan at the New Mexico Horse Sale

Originally from Odessa, Texas, Mike Logan has been involved in breeding and raising quarter horses for fifty years. Mike Logan has bought, sold and raised enough horses to know something about how to get them prepped for sale day.

The story of a now-famous New Mexico stallion to never see the winner’s circle

Murray and his wife, Janis, are the “MJ” in MJ Farms. The couple arrived in New Mexico around the turn of the century after having raised horses in Utah because the money and opportunity in horse racing was better here.

Carlsbad girl’s Make-A-Wish journey leads to meeting MLB legend

Victoria Garcia, 12, has faced enough agonizing health challenges to crush the spirit of a life-toughened grown-up much less a 12-year-old. But the young Carlsbad resident battles on, coping with every obstacle life hands her.