A 12-person jury convicted Kelli Smith of the same child abuse charges handed down to her daughter last year, after the women were accused in the 2021 death of 12-year-old Brent Sullivan from a fentanyl overdose.

Artesia High School head football coach Jeremy Maupin knows Friday’s season opener against Carlsbad is the first step of many in a return to the postseason.“It’s another game for us,” he said.

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Demolition work started last week at the Eddy County Fairgrounds in Artesia for a new livestock barn and multi-use building, fair officials said.A long-standing cattle barn with wash basins and restrooms were in the process of being torn down making way for a new indoor multi-use facility with an estimated cost of $25 million presented earlier this year to the Eddy County Board of County Commissioners.The Eddy County Fair Board estimated work on the new facility would start in September and should be complete by 2026.Eddy County 4-H Extension Agent Wayne Shockey said the new building would be a benefit for animals, parents, youths and others invested in the livestock shows.During this year’s Eddy County Fair which ran July 23 through July 27 sweltering temperatures greeted participants as preparations took place in open air livestock pens and portable air conditioners tried to keep animals and people comfortable.Shockey said the new facility would have indoor air conditioning.“I’m excited to see that coming,” he said.Shockey said enrollment in Eddy County’s 4-H programs was “pretty steady” during this years fair.

This lush and plush oasis is the proud work of Tommy Taylor at 1515 Northgate Place.

 Artesia—The City of Artesia is holding the third public meeting for the Artesia Comprehensive Plan on Thursday, August 22, 2024, from 5:30 to 7:00 PM at the Artesia Recreation Center at 612 N.

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Around Houston Medical Center are six billboards inviting its employees to come to New Mexico, where they will be “Free to Provide.” The message is repeated in full page ads in the Sunday editions of dailies in San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston.New Mexico’s governor and state Health Department are taking advantage of turmoil in the Texas medical community caused by changes in abortion laws to recruit healthcare workers.Our shortage of practitioners is well known; some rural hospitals have closed their obstetrics wards.

The Artesia City Council passed an ordinance that will regulate the consumption of alcoholic beverages on city-owned property at the Artesia City Council meeting on Tuesday, August 13th. The current ordinance does not allow alcohol consumption on City property under any circumstance whereas the new ordinance will allow it when authorized by a resolution. “So basically, what this is— if a person is holding an event and wants to use a piece of City property, like Jaycee Park, Heritage Park, or the Balloons and Tunes events on Eagle Draw, the current ordinance does not allow us to have alcohol sales on City Property,” said Byron Landfair, Infrastructure Director.