Ongoing capital projects such as those to rebuild the Eddy County jail and its administrative complex were driving up the county’s expenses for the next fiscal year, commissioners were told during their meeting July 29 as they approved a $148 million operating budget for Fiscal Year 2026.

Hayley Williams and I share some crucial things, I have discovered.

Here are the latest from the crime files of the Artesia Police Department.

In his senior year at Artesia High, Mecham played a variety of positions on the Bulldogs’ basketball team.

After his mother called him and told him that his dad had passed, he went to Lubbock, Texas, to pick up his sisters, Vicki McKay and Angela Martel.

Ruidoso village officials are urging residents to vacate the Upper Canyon area for two weeks or more as major repairs are made to water and sewer infrastructure damaged by flooding throughout July.

Specifically, New Mexico desperately needs social workers who devote themselves to guiding the most vulnerable communities through hardships.

Eddy County Emergency Manager Jennifer Armendariz reported that 7.47 inches of rainfall fell between June 1 and July 11 at Carlsbad Caverns, while 4.42 inches fell at the Carlsbad Airport and 3.77 inches in Artesia.

She was born with her left arm missing at the elbow, but she refuses to let that stop her.

The 1950s and 1960s marked a significant era in the history of White Sands Missile Range.

Artesia Chamber of Commerce celebrates new businesses.

Benito Brizeno was born on March 21, 1928, to Florencio and Jesusita Cardenas Brizeno in Artesia, NM. Benito 97 passed away on July 30, 2025,...