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A ‘complicated’ legacy

An aging, wooden house in a rural New Mexico town was a flashpoint in New Mexico’s difficult, decades-long entanglement with the nuclear age.

Knowing that We Know Jesus

A lot of people claim to have a personal relationship with Jesus, but there’s little evidence that they really do.

Paul Kirkwood’s prayer leads to a home in Artesia

JT Keith  Artesia Daily Press  jtkeith@elritomedia.com  https://youtu.be/gMMqqE3rkpU?si=EcK7A8ED6zuPaGpw Paul Kirkwood is grateful for a lot of things in his life. One of the biggest things is moving to Artesia...

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Vasquez visits Carlsbad Caverns

U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez’s two-day tour of Carlsbad, as he rallies against the federal government’s funding bill signed by President Donald Trump July 4, continued among the peaks of the Guadalupe Mountains and 700 feet underground at Carlsbad Caverns.

Artesia’s Brooklynne Ivans wins state title on last throw

JT Keith Artesia Daily Press jtkeith@elritomedia.com https://youtu.be/ykTqiBoFAvk The 2025 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico Class 4A-5A State Track & Field Championships, on May 17, came...

Morillon continues winning ways as she leaves for college

JT Keith  Artesia Daily Press  https://youtu.be/a07HB9Ggi5c?si=MINZobY4cIjzOC8y Makaylee Morillon, who graduated this year from Artesia High School, showed she is still in shape when it came to winning...

Eddy County announces new chief of staff

Staff reportsThe Eddy County Board of Commissioners approved the creation of a new Chief of Staff position at its July 29 meeting. Adrienne Jones...

Artesia High School hires a new tennis coach

JT Keith   Artesia Daily Press  jtkeith@elritomedia.com  Artesia High School has hired Melissa Warren as the new boys' and girls' tennis coach. Warren teaches Algebra I and II...

Oil and gas lease sales focused on Eddy County

Two sales of public land to the oil and gas industry in southeast New Mexico were planned this fall and winter as interest in the region remains high for energy companies empowered by recent policy decisions enacted under the administration of President Donald Trump.