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Oil and gas lease sales focused on Eddy County

The Permian Basin, shared by New Mexico and West Texas, is the busiest oil and gas field in the U.S., producing about half of U.S. production which was expected to grow to 13.4 million barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2025.

Rebecca Trueblood

Memorial services for Rebecca Susana Trueblood are scheduled for Thursday, July 31st, 2025, at Westside Church of Christ in Artesia. The officiant will be...

Summer rains don’t hurt fishing

Fishing for some of New Mexico’s favorite species have been unhampered by the summer monsoons as conditions are reported fair to good across parts of the state.

DONNIE JOE LAIRSON

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

LARRY DON RIORDAN

Larry Don Riordan passed away in his home on July 3rd at the age of 79 in Granbury, Texas. Larry was born in Hobbs...

Artesia girls’ basketball to host camp

The camp will have two sessions, with the kindergarten through fifth graders participating from 10 a.m. to noon and the sixth through ninth graders from 1-4 p.m.

Sports Calendar

Here is a look at some summer activities in Artesia.

Haggling for a husband

But don’t you wonder what happened when the man got home and found that his wife got him back for a discount?

Baseball team starts home season

Artesia is home for three days for the first time this season.

Mini Cooper is fun to drive

Few people connect the Mini Cooper with its BMW bones making it a blast to drive in its Go Kart mode.

Judy Fulton

In the gentle embrace of her cherished Artesia home, Judy Ellen Fulton (née Mauldin), aged 70, slipped peacefully into her heavenly rest on March...

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