NMSP investigating officer-involved shooting in Artesia (updated 10/18)
Updated: 2:56 pm The New Mexico State Police are currently investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred Monday afternoon in Artesia. The incident began at the Sunwest Villa townhome…
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Fake $100 bills circulating in Artesia
The Artesia Police Department is warning local business owners about the circulation of counterfeit $100 bills in Artesia. Cmdr. Lindell Smith reports several fake $100…
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Things getting spooky around Artesia
Things are beginning to get spooky around Artesia with the approach of All Hallow’s Eve. Above and below, gruesome scenes and ghoulish greeters adorn the…
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Looking Back: Two Artesia men pass the state bar in 1978
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Quebe Sisters to bring fiddle talents to OPAC Thursday
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Roswell man charged with using interstate communications to threaten another
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Renewed Wellness in a renewed house
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Museum to hold Living Treasures presentation Oct. 14
Local News
Senior Center welcomes autumn
The Artesia Senior Center welcomed the arrival of autumn and the holiday season with a craft sale Saturday. Above, Molly Simmons, left, and Susan Dickens…
Crime
Public Record
ARTESIA POLICE DEPARTMENT Oct. 9 SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY 1:48 a.m. – Officer dispatched to Wal-Mart in reference to suspicious activity. 2:08 a.m. – Officer dispatched to…
Sports
Bulldogs top Ruidoso 56-13
The Bulldog football team didn’t have any elaborate goals for their final game of the 2018 pre-district season. What they wanted was simple: four full…
New Mexico
Competition lacking as candidate's firm oversaw health pool
Updated: 8:39 pmSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A consulting group once co-owned by Congresswoman and gubernatorial candidate Michelle Lujan Grisham received contracts to supervise a statewide health insurance pool through a public bidding process but had no competition, according to a review of records requested by The Associated Press.
National
Red Sox finish off Astros in 5 games, head to World Series
Updated: 10:16 pmHOUSTON (AP) — David Price put his postseason woes behind him, pitching the Boston Red Sox back into another World Series with a 4-1 victory over the defending champion Houston Astros on Thursday night.
National Sports
93 women accuse former USC doctor of sex abuse
Updated: 9:59 pmLOS ANGELES (AP) — Nearly 100 women who contend that they were sexually harassed or abused by a former University of Southern California gynecologist are suing the school, contending it ignored decades of complaints.
Business
NTSB hasn't fully examined limo in NY crash that killed 20
Updated: 7:03 pmWASHINGTON (AP) — Federal safety investigators have been unable to conduct a full examination of the limousine involved in a crash that killed 20 people nearly two weeks ago in upstate New York because local prosecutors are probing it as part of their case against the limo company's operator.
Entertainment
2 workers acquitted in Kansas boy's waterslide death
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Two Kansas water park workers were acquitted Thursday of impeding an investigation into the 2016 death of a 10-year-old boy who was decapitated while on a ride that had been billed as the world's tallest waterslide.