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Eddy County proposed tighter rules for overgrown properties officials said are causing fire hazards in rural areas.

Arrests and crimes provided by the Artesia Police Department. Those arrested are innocent until proven guilty.

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday morning signed medical malpractice reform and three other bills aimed at boosting health care affordability, prohibiting certain facility fees and supporting hospitals that honor Medicaid into law.

Tim Keithley published his first newspaper column in 1979.

A $2.9 million housing project supported by the city of Artesia took another step during a city council meeting.

Nine-year-old Leighton Franks said she’ll “probably” keep volunteering for the rest of her life.

Over four decades ago, Josefina Valencia saw a need for a facility to help children in her neighborhood of Juarez, Mexico. What began as a mission simply to feed and clothe those in her own area blossomed into what would become Bethel Orphanage.

A new pipeline will help dispose of byproduct fluid from a series of oil and gas wells extracting fossil fuels within Carlsbad’s city limits.

Christopher Wayne Hays was working at an oilfield location in Malaga when he suddenly collapsed.

A grouse native to the plains of southeastern New Mexico lost its federal protections after outcry from industry supporters and decades of debate.

Former New Mexico Congressman Steve Pearce was approved by a U.S. Senate committee to become director of the federal Bureau of Land Management.

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