‘Safety is top priority’: Navajo responds to EPA report on high benzene emissions
The release last week of Environmental Protection Agency data indicating Navajo Refining Co. is among 10 refineries in the U.S. emitting high levels of benzene has been an obvious cause for concern in the city of Artesia.
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Carlsbad man killed in ATV wreck
EDDY COUNTY — A Carlsbad man was killed Sunday in an ATV wreck near Loco Hills. The New Mexico State Police were dispatched around 5:45…
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Council receives construction project updates from NMDOT
The Artesia City Council heard a presentation Tuesday from the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) on five construction projects in the Artesia area.
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Navajo refinery emitting high levels of cancer-causing chemical
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Artesia woman arrested on child abuse charges after boy tests positive for meth
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APD updates on recent shootings; Quay Avenue incident now a homicide investigation
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Artesians shocked as naked man spotted jogging along Main
Local News
New video board goes up at Bulldog Bowl
Work was underway today at Bulldog Bowl on the installation of the football stadium's new video board and scoreboard. The video board, seen above, will…
Crime
Public Record
ARTESIA POLICE DEPARTMENT Feb. 18 SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY 1:32 a.m. – Officer dispatched to South 18th Street and West Sears Avenue in reference to suspicious activity.…
Sports
Four-peat!
The Artesia High School Bulldog bowling team poses with their trophy, banner, and medals Saturday in Albuquerque after winning their fourth consecutive New Mexico High…
New Mexico
Groups demand cattle be corralled to protect mouse habitat
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Environmentalists are accusing U.S. land managers of failing to keep livestock and wild horses out of streams and other wetlands in Arizona's White Mountains, resulting in damage to habitat required by a rare species of mouse found only in the Southwest.
National
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Business
Virus cases balloon in S. Korea as outbreak shifts, spreads
Updated: 6:20 amSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Schools were shuttered, churches told worshipers to stay away and some mass gatherings were banned as cases of a new virus swelled Friday in South Korea, the newest front in a widening global outbreak.
Entertainment
'Black in Space' looks at final frontier of civil rights
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — In 1959, Ronald Erwin McNair walked into a South Carolina library. The 9-year-old aspiring astronaut wanted to check out a calculus book, but a librarian threatened to call the police if he didn't leave. McNair was black.