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Artesia native and resident Dennis Garcia is a retired Artesia Public Schools (APS) educator and administrator and is running for school board in District 1 against incumbent David Conklin.

Weeks before this year’s election, staff at the Eddy County Clerk’s Office were hard at work testing and certifying the machines used by voters to choose their elected leaders for the next four years.

Early voting starts today for the 2025 General Election, with candidates for several local offices vying for the posts.

According to Jim Eckles in his book “Trinity,” a few small instrumentation bunkers were also constructed closer to ground zero.

A look at community events around Artesia.

Here is a look at community events around Artesia.

After 14 years of residing at 2204 W Bullock, Randy and Melanie Dipple have finally gotten their yard about where they want it.

The book of Ecclesiastes speaks of both good times and bad.

The final night of the Red Dirt Black Gold Festival in downtown Artesia was officially rained out.

In addition to providing a creative and celebratory community event, the Residency Program will offer NDI New Mexico’s highly effective teaching methodology that incorporates dance instruction with live musical accompaniment and emphasizes social-emotional skills such as teamwork, self-confidence, and self-discipline that are critical to children’s long-term development. 

The National Championship Air Races concluded Sunday in Roswell after five days of airplane races and demonstrations, despite weather delays over the weekend and the exclusion of two of the main classes of aircraft from the competition.

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