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CULINARY CONFIDENTIAL: Lemon Garlic & Hatch Chile Baked Cod good for elegant and casual dining

Cod, with its delicate, flaky texture, acts as the perfect canvas for bold yet harmonious flavors.

Opening date set for new Artesia Rec Center with planned festivities and fanfare

The Rec Center will be on Bowman Drive, north of JJ Clarke Drive, and next to the Artesia Aquatic Center.

City of Carlsbad, Eddy County call for IPRA reforms as requests spike

State lawmakers passed House Memorial 2 during the 2026 legislative session, leading to formation of the state’s Inspection of Public Records Act Task Force.

Appeals court order demands that GOP chair Amy Barela step down

Thirteenth District Judge Cindy Mercer of Valencia County issued a preliminary injunction on Wednesday, May 27, blocking Barela from serving as chair amid her primary campaign for reelection to the District 2 seat on the Otero County Commission.

Mescalero man charged with kidnapping of child from Alamogordo shopping center

Virgil Chee Jr., 59, was accused of two counts of first-degree kidnapping on May 12.

Sherry Robinson: New Mexico reckons with economic impact of federal job cuts with breath taking numbers

I spent years at newspapers where we reported – and lamented – the loss of even 100 jobs in this state. These numbers are breathtaking on a lot of levels.

Looking for something to do? Here is a look at community events around Artesia

Artesia's weekly community calendar can be found here.

Victor Davis Hanson: America is not caught in a ‘Thucydides Trap’!

Thucydides, felt that the most likely cause of the Spartan-Athenian war (431-404) was Spartan fear of an increasingly powerful rival Athenian empire.

Catfish, sunfish, trout, bass highlight New Mexico’s fishing waters this week. Here is the latest fishing report

At Greene Acres Lake near Clovis, fishing for catfish was fair to good using hot dot dogs.

Cal Thomas: Fraudsters run amok as little has been done to solve it

According to Vance, taxpayers across the country were defrauded of billions of dollars by unscrupulous scammers.

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