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The Artesia Daily Press is letting you decide on the best local sports star each week.

A year after the 50-year-old’s death from an overdose of fentanyl and alcohol, Lana Merrifield said New Mexico State Police detectives have assured her they will not let the case go cold.

Carlsbad Mayor Rick Lopez and Artesia Mayor Jeff Youtsey had a friendly competition Saturday at the Carlsbad Miniature Golf Course.

The Artesia Public Library has lots of family activities in the coming months.

Heavy production is already ongoing.

Construction of Eddy County’s new jail complex got underway Tuesday, April 21, with a groundbreaking ceremony one official called “a milestone event.”

New Mexico Supreme Court justices batted down arguments that State Rep. Rebecca Dow should be disqualified from running in the June 2 Republican primary.

Those arrested are innocent until proven guilty.

Chief Justice Julie Vargas handed down the verdict after an hour-long recess Tuesday morning, following an hour of debate.

An employee at Christus Health was charged March 30 with making a bomb threat to her employer in 2024

Hull was elected to his third term as mayor of Sandoval County’s biggest city in 2022 and is one of two candidates vying for front-runner status in the June 2 primary.

A New Mexico District Court, presided over by Judge David Finger, has dismissed the Foundation’s legal challenge to the Construction Industries Division (CID) regulation requiring EV charging infrastructure in all new commercial and residential construction across the state.