Carlsbad Cavegirls volleyball edges Artesia in season opener

Artesia is 0-1 on the season. While Carlsbad is 1-2.

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Maybe this is why there is so much chaos in our society today. Everyone’s using their own reference point.

Culinary Confidential: The Best Southwest Street Corn Pasta can be served as a side dish or main course

Grill the corn for smoky flavor. Hatch chiles add authentic Southwest flavor. Leftovers are excellent the next day.

Happy Valley residents: ‘I wanted to see the stars.’ Residents’ northwest of Carlsbad approach oil and gas encroachment

Carlsbad Mayor Rick Lopez said the encroachment on residential areas was a symptom of Carlsbad’s fast growth during a booming time for the oil and gas industry centered in southeast New Mexico’s Permian Basin region.

Artesia Boys Athlete of the Year

Ayden Gomez is the Boys' Athlete of the Year
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The news about Democrat Deb Haaland, the stealth candidate, is more about where she’s not than where she is. Republican Gregg Hull, still trying to introduce himself to voters outside of Rio Rancho, kneecapped himself in public comments sure to alienate the disaffected Dems and Independents he needs to win.

Mario Romero: Wildfire season is year-round. Let’s plan for it

Insurance companies are offering utilities less coverage at ever-increasing premiums. Meanwhile, wildfire costs are skyrocketing across the West, and electric cooperatives are facing billions in liability. That means most electric co-op providers face an existential risk from litigation after a wildfire.

Cal Thomas: A special golden anniversary

This year marks the golden anniversary, not of a married couple, but of an organization that invests in the lives of people whom politicians largely ignore.

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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,...

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Carlsbad Cavegirls volleyball edges Artesia in season opener

Artesia is 0-1 on the season. While Carlsbad is 1-2.

Sherry Robinson: The stealth candidate and the Trojan horse for governor

The news about Democrat Deb Haaland, the stealth candidate, is more about where she’s not than where she is. Republican Gregg Hull, still trying to introduce himself to voters outside of Rio Rancho, kneecapped himself in public comments sure to alienate the disaffected Dems and Independents he needs to win.

Culinary Confidential: The Best Southwest Street Corn Pasta can be served as a side dish or main course

Grill the corn for smoky flavor. Hatch chiles add authentic Southwest flavor. Leftovers are excellent the next day.

Happy Valley residents: ‘I wanted to see the stars.’ Residents’ northwest of Carlsbad approach oil and gas encroachment

Carlsbad Mayor Rick Lopez said the encroachment on residential areas was a symptom of Carlsbad’s fast growth during a booming time for the oil and gas industry centered in southeast New Mexico’s Permian Basin region.

Artesia Boys Athlete of the Year

Ayden Gomez is the Boys' Athlete of the Year

Mario Romero: Wildfire season is year-round. Let’s plan for it

Insurance companies are offering utilities less coverage at ever-increasing premiums. Meanwhile, wildfire costs are skyrocketing across the West, and electric cooperatives are facing billions in liability. That means most electric co-op providers face an existential risk from litigation after a wildfire.

Scenes from the Eddy County rivalry football game

Scenes from the Artesia vs. Carlsbad football game.

Artesia Daily Press announces 2025 Girls’ Athlete of the Year

Girls Athlete of the Year annouunced.

David Grousnick: Shrines and how they connect people

Maybe this is why there is so much chaos in our society today. Everyone’s using their own reference point.

Cal Thomas: A special golden anniversary

This year marks the golden anniversary, not of a married couple, but of an organization that invests in the lives of people whom politicians largely ignore.

SENMC small business center supports entrepreneurs. It has possible answers if you want to start a small business

Hosted at Southeast New Mexico College and part of the New Mexico Small Business Development Center (NMSBDC) Network, the Carlsbad SBDC helps entrepreneurs at every stage of business ownership through confidential counseling, resource referrals, and access to specialized expertise.