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Eddy County warns public of phone scam

CARLSBAD -- Eddy County is warning the public to be on their guard following a fraudulent phone call that resulted in a resident being scammed. On June 4, a caller with a 615 area code -- associated with the Nashville, Tenn., area -- placed a call to the family member of an Eddy County Detention Center (ECDC) detainee one day after the detainee had been booked into the jail.

City council to meet Tuesday

ARTESIA -- The Artesia City Council will hold a regular meeting Tuesday with one public hearing on the agenda. The hearing will precede consideration of an ordinance that would vacate 50 feet of public right-of-way in the Charlie H.

John Madrid

A funeral Mass is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, June 15, at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church for John G.

Public Record

ARTESIA POLICE DEPARTMENT June 7 SUSPICIOUS PERSON 12:32 a.m. - Officer dispatched to Sonic in reference to a suspicious person.

The shadows turned from the sun

At 5:30 a.m., it was still dark when we — five cops, two city council members, and one city manager — took off from City Hall on bikes. Within a few minutes, the sun started creeping over the mountains, showing us the muted colors of the old adobes in the nearby neighborhood.

The Bookworm Sez

c.2024, Pegasus Books $32 • 408 pages It was like squashing a cockroach, they said. Put your toe down in one spot, rotate your hips and your ankle, shimmy them shoulders, and snap your fingers to the beat.