Artesia General Hospital, a leading healthcare provider in Eddy County is pleased to announce the addition of Dr, Luther “Dusty” Weathers as a new in-house cardiologist at the hospital. Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine with a subspecialty in cardiovascular diseases, and with over 32 years of experience, Dr.

Our beloved Honesty LaRae Ortega Sefura has passed away August 2, 2024. She was born July 5, 2000.

EXHIBITOR TOWN/CLUB SPECIAL PLACING SALE PRICE BUYERS Caden Golden Artesia FFA Grand Champion Market Cattle $30,000.00 GC Market Cattle, Fenns Country Market Braden Fuentes Artesia FFA Grand Champion Market Lamb $13,000.00 First American Bank, Ag Invitational, Santo Petroleum, Devil Dusters, Frank Yates Jr. Foundation, Jim & Paula Townsend, Century 21 Black Gold, Kaufman Family, Bryce Bain, Ramirez Family Livestock Brooklynne Ivans Cottonwood 4-H Grand Champion Market Swine $13,000.00 Oxy Petroleum Lupito Carrasco Loving FFA Grand Champion Broiler Chickens $8,000.00 Stephanie Wood Meagan McKibben Loving 4-H Grand Champion Fryer Rabbits $8,000.00 Randy & Naomi Smith, Jim & Randy Ingram Creed Hughes Cottonwood 4-H Grand Champion Meat Goat $18,000.00 Dexter Livestock Commission, Rio Pecos Chiropractic, Carlsbad Heating & Cooling, Balzano Vineyards & Winery, Carlsbad Radio, Blue House, B & B Welding, 2B Hacienda, David & Jennifer Long, B&R Trucking, Guadalupe Mountain Fencing, Guadalupe Mountain Feeds, Triple T’s Lining Makayla Monk Artesia FFA Grand Champion Dairy Heifer $15,000.00 DBS Commodities, Select Milk Producers, Quality Milk Sales, Sideline Dairy, Amigo Machinery, Judah Oil, Nutrien Ag Solutions, Ag Invitational, Hocker & Sons Izabella Guell Artesia 4-H Grand Champion Baker Rabbit $5,000.00 Abo Empire Jace Deans Artesia FFA Grand Champion Yearling $20,750.00 Yearling Prospect Buyer Pool Brooklynne Ivans Cottonwood 4-H Grand Champion Cake $5,000.00 First American Bank, Ag Invitational, Wilbanks Trucking Services, J&J Home Care, JS Ward & Sons Mason Golden Artesia FFA Reserve Grand Champion Market Cattle $13,500.00 Diamond G Racing, Double D Animal Nutrtion, Triple T’s Lining Stetson Quintanilla Loving 4-H Reserve Grand Champion Market Swine $6,000.00 Colin Smith, Southern Eddy County Youth Program, CNB Bank, Gemma Ferguson, Forrest Tire, PVT Samuel Fodge Artesia FFA Reserve Grand Champion Yearling $18,600.00 Yearling Prospect Buyer Pool Jules Cortese Artesi

The intent of this letter is two-fold. One is to communicate to pet owners that not just anyone wants their unwanted animal. I live in a rural area and sometimes find stray dogs on my property that have been dropped off and abandoned by their owners. There seems to be a notion of ‘city folk’ that people on farms, ranches, or simple homesteads can benefit from stray dogs causing damage to their homes and property. Every city and county has a procedure to follow when animals are no longer wanted; please, stop dropping your animals off in the country for others to handle your problems.

Did you catch former President Donald Trump’s appearance before the National Association of Black Journalists July 31 in Chicago? It was mesmerizing, and not in a good way. The former president’s task was easy: Go in and talk about how his second term as president could help the country’s black population and criticize Kamala Harris’ record.

Looking back 40, 30 and 20 years ago, the following are excerpts from the Artesia Daily Press. 40 years ago August 4-10, 1984 Corporate pilot here earned multiple awards as AF flier.

FOOTBALL RESERVED SEATS sales will begin on Monday, August 5, 2024, and will continue through Friday, August 16, 2024. Tickets may be purchased at the Bulldog Pit from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Please enter through the West doors. Only reserve seat holders from the previous year will be allowed to purchase their same reserve seats the first two weeks of sales. Beginning on Monday, August 19th, all remaining reserve seat tickets will go on sale to the general public on a first-come-first-served basis. There will be four home games this year.

August 5 ACCIDENT 8:10 a.m. - Officer dispatched to the 100 block of N.

Golden Brothers sweep steer show at the 79th Annual Eddy County Fair. Anessa said “Caden’s last year in the county fair was hard to think about all week and accepting it was even harder.Winning the steer show is one thing but having brothers go grand and reserve is nothing less than amazing and a blessing. They have put in countless hours and given up so much to accomplish this goal.” Mason is a Freshman at AJHS. Left to right is Owen, Casey, Mason, Caden, Anessa.

By Avery Taylor Artesia Daily Press On Tuesday evenings this summer, Artesia MainStreet has been hosting its Oil Patch Market events. The next two are on July 30 and August 6.

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Artesia Daily Press The City of Artesia is preparing for the overflow of planes and people from the Roswell Air Races starting in 2025. The commission approved the 2024-2025 budget during the July 23, 2024, Artesia City Council meeting, which included $4.2 million for local airport improvements.