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For one hour on Tuesday, July 8, 13-year-old Emerson Fulcher experienced fear and terror.

Here's a look at some of the crimes reported in Artesia.

ALBUQUERQUE – As an independent businessman, Artesia native Peyton Yates looms large.

U.S. Sens. Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan were given a tour of the worst-affected areas, from the Upper Canyon to Ruidoso Downs Racetrack.

Brittany Dye looked out at the gathering of children as she turned the page in her book “Muddy Paws.”

Ruidoso Downs Racetrack will run the 2025 All American Futurity, Derby and Oaks at Albuquerque Downs on Labor Day again this year.

The Artesia City Council is considering a proposal to create a new management position.

Amid two lawsuits and a series of complaints by former officers and employees alleging a “hostile work environment” at the Carlsbad Police Department, city officials plan to hire an attorney from outside the city’s administration to lead an investigation.

RUIDOSO DOWNS – What was joy in May during the re-opening of Ruidoso Downs Racetrack has turned to sorrow and uncertainty in the wake of Tuesday’s even more devastating flood.

Ruidoso Police Chief Steve Minner said all three were reported missing from the Riverside RV Park on Sudderth Dr.

A rocket launched from southern New Mexico on June 13 was used to help develop the technology for launching atomic weapons as the federal government rebuilds its nuclear arsenal.

Services will be held July 4, 2025 at 4pm for Donny Joe Lairson at the Lairson family cemetery in Lake­wood, NM. Donny passed away...