Eager Beavers celebrate kindergarten graduation

A Grand Heights Early Childhood Center Eager Beaver is all smiles Thursday as he receives his diploma from principal Mitzi McCaleb during a kindergarten graduation…

Reckless driving call ends in wreck

A red pickup sits in a ditch along U.S. 82 East this afternoon as Eddy County Sheriff’s Office deputies and New Mexico State Police officers…
APS approves across-the-board pay raises; state champions honored

The Artesia Public Schools Board of Education approved a pay increase across the board Monday for all APS personnel. Dr. Crit Caton, superintendent, received the…
AG warns of new messaging app scam
‘In valor, there is hope’: County holds law enforcement memorial

Local News

Oil, gas lease sales eclipse $102M in FY18

State Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn has announced the May oil and gas lease sale generated $5,487,142, bringing the Fiscal Year 2018 total to $102,222,238. That…

Crime

Public Record

ARTESIA POLICE DEPARTMENT May 8 LOUD NOISE 5:08 a.m. – Officer dispatched to the 1200 block of West Missouri Avenue in reference to a loud…

Sports

Lady Bulldog softball claims 5A crown

It was as if someone awoke a sleeping giant. What happened Friday morning at the Class 5A State Softball Tournament caught everyone off guard —…

New Mexico

Frontier flight makes emergency landing in Albuquerque

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A Frontier Airlines flight from Tulsa, Oklahoma, to San Diego was forced to make an emergency landing in New Mexico after flight attendants smelled an unknown odor.

National

The Latest: Schools to open on time, following officer death

Updated: 8:24 amPERRY HALL, Md. (AP) — The Latest on the slaying of a police officer in Baltimore County, Maryland (all times local):

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The University of Kansas fired athletic director Sheahon Zenger on Monday, with Chancellor Douglas Girod noting "progress has been elusive" in some areas other than the storied Jayhawks men's basketball program.

Entertainment

Miss Nebraska winner of Miss USA competition

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Sarah Rose Summers from Nebraska has beaten 50 other women to win the crown at this year's Miss USA competition.