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The state is urging New Mexicans to take charge of their healthcare coverage by making informed choices during this year’s Medicare fall open enrollment.

A mill levy partially funding Artesia General Hospital was approved by voters in the Tuesday, Nov. 4, general election.

Downtown Artesia was party central Saturday night.

Century Bank announced Tuesday an initiative to aid furloughed employees affected by the current government shutdown.

Owners Steve and Pam Wilson, along with their crew and sponsors team from Xcel Energy, set up their hot air balloon "The Empty Nest" at Roselawn Elementary Friday morning.

The Republican is the first announced challenger who would like to unseat current Democrat incumbent Teresa Leger Fernandez.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will pay about half of November benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, though benefits could take months to flow to recipients, the department said Monday in a brief to a federal court in Rhode Island.

Following months of speculation, New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver announced on Thursday she will seek the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor in the June 2, 2026 primary election.

Incumbents win another term for hospital board and school board.

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.