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Turnout has been described as light to steady in some polling places.

A 29-year-old Carlsbad man was found dead at the Eddy County Detention Center on the morning of Oct. 9, hours after he was incarcerated and after jail staff said the man had a “medical emergency.”

It was initially unclear if anyone was hurt, the cause of the explosion and level of damage to the facility.

As one of the world’s largest energy producers planned to vastly increase its output in the Permian Basin and southeast New Mexico, ExxonMobil Production Manager Scott Buechler told a gathering in Carlsbad the company is also focusing on protecting the environment.

A deputy with the Eddy County Sheriff’s Office was arrested for drunken driving near the intersection of South Canal and Bronson Streets.

Don Zaharia, founder and CEO of Aero Design Services (ADS), spoke to a group of local government representatives and others from the community on Oct. 17 about his plans for adding new operations at Roswell Air Center.

A shuttered movie theater in downtown Artesia could be getting revitalized after the City Council accepted donation of the theater from its corporate owner.

Simranjit Khurana, 31, was pulled over and arrested by another deputy, Cayden Bird, at about 2 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, according to court records.

The suit demands damages for Rommel’s death, the amount to be determined at trial.

Information taken from Artesia Police Department crime records. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty.

The report indicates a continuing trend in an overall decrease in educator vacancies in New Mexico.

Karen Kincaid Brady is set to become the executive director of the New Mexico Museum of Space History.