Torres, 45 and an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, will remain in custody pending trial, which has not yet been scheduled.

In the Oct. 7 coaches’ poll, the Artesia Bulldogs are ranked No. 1 in District 5A with 110 points and 11 first-place votes, followed by District 2-5A rivals Roswell at No. 2 and Lovington at No. 3. There is still a lot of football left in the next three weeks, and each team will face off against the others to determine who will win the district and advance to the playoffs.

Artesia junior Estrella Gutierrez, a defender on the Artesia girls soccer team, played a lot of soccer this summer.

Perhaps the Artesia Bulldogs football team should start every game with a turnover.

Zias provide a bright future for Bulldog football, as the White team wins JT Keith Artesia Daily Press jtkeith@elritomedia.com Nothing introduces the Zia Intermediate football team, comprised of seventh graders, to big-time football like letting them play a game against each other at the Bulldog Bowl.

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday signed most of the legislation passed during this week’s special session of the New Mexico Legislature, according to a news release from her office.

Our success as a species is often attributed to our use of tools, our facility with language, and our mastery of fire.

In whirlwind fashion, Trump has inserted himself into the middle of numerous border wars.

Early voting starts today for the 2025 General Election, with candidates for several local offices vying for the posts.

The special session, the first of 2025, was called by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to address a sweeping list of topics including the state’s efforts to account for federal funding cuts enacted July 4 when President Donald Trump signed a spending bill known by supporters as the “One Big Beautiful Bill.”

The investigation by the Bureau of Land Management began in June 2025, when special agents received a tip that the men were using a vacuum truck to pump oil out of the lines owned by Plains All American Pipeline, storing it at a facility in Carlsbad and driving it to Texas for sale.