Far too long Christians have surrendered the celebration of Christmas and Resurrection Day (Easter) to secular society. 

During the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, Texas and Oklahoma farmers who lost everything headed west. Before they joined the great exodus to California chronicled by John Steinbeck in “Grapes of Wrath,” they were hoping to find work picking cotton in New Mexico or harvesting beets in Colorado.

The program retraces the steps of Mary and Joseph from their arrival in Bethlehem on what the Christian world now celebrates as Christmas Eve through the Nativity.

Information taken from Artesia Police Department arrest and crime records. Suspects are innocent until proven guilty.

The holiday season calls for elegant small bites—festive, flavorful, and perfect for entertaining.

A look at community activities in and around Artesia.

After serving in World War II, DiRisio moved to Alamogordo to work as an electronics technician at WSMR, a position he held for 30 years.

Today New Mexicans, who buy gasoline as a needed fuel to get the kids to school, go to work, or to get their loved ones to a doctor, pay 17 cents per gallon on gasoline purchased.

The Artesia City Council voted at its Tuesday, Nov. 25, meeting to approve a three-year contract that will pay Sports Facilities Management (SLM) $18,000 per month or $216,000 per year for management of the center, which is under construction near the Artesia Aquatic Center on Bowman Drive.

In southern New Mexico, trout fishing was incredibly good in Lincoln County using PowerBait, multicolored Kastmasters and worms.

NMOGA President Missi Currier said 451 wells were plugged by industry, compared to 49 by the New Mexico Oil Conservation Division -- the state’s main energy industry compliance arm that plugs wells using public funds when they are abandoned.

Our military takes an oath to uphold the Constitution. They don’t take an oath to a dictator.