‘Strange things are afoot at the Circle K…’
Although plans for Artesia’s shuttered Circle K building at 712 W. Main St. were unknown last week, a permit was filed with the City of…
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Man responsible for AGH lockdowns arrested in Roswell
Updated: 2:12 pm The man responsible for two lockdowns Wednesday afternoon at Artesia General Hospital was arrested Wednesday evening in Roswell on unrelated warrants. Artesia Police Department officers…
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Carlsbad’s masked bank robber apprehended
Updated: 2:13 pm The masked robber who held up a pair of banks and a restaurant in Carlsbad over the course of the last two months has been…
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Hope standoff ends peacefully, suspect arrested
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Basketball Homecoming Court candidates
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Bulldog bowlers hosting tourneys
Local News
Null named new superintendent of APS
The Artesia Public Schools’ current superintendent of personnel and student services, John Ross Null, has been named the new superintendent of the district and will…
Crime
Public Record
ARTESIA POLICE DEPARTMENT Jan. 17 SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY 1:38 a.m. – Officer dispatched to the 900 block of South First Street in reference to suspicious activity.…
Sports
Lady 'Dogs have solid night from field in win over Chaparral
The Lady Bulldog basketball team got off to a bit of a slow start Tuesday against Chaparral at Bulldog Pit but came on gangbusters in…
New Mexico
Proposal could make New Mexico a 'sanctuary state'
Updated: 2:10 pmSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico, the state with the largest percentage of Hispanic residents in the nation, could be the latest to adopt sanctuary status regarding immigrants, under a Democratic plan.
National
Tennessee governor grants parole in murder-for-hire case
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam is granting parole to a man serving a life sentence in a 1994 murder-for-hire, saying the inmate has "undergone a transformation" behind bars. But a woman he shot and partially blinded in the attack says she's terrified she might encounter him again once he's out.
National Sports
UConn self-imposes penalties for violations under Ollie
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — The University of Connecticut has announced it is self-imposing penalties, including the loss of a scholarship for the 2019-20 season, for violations of NCAA rules under former basketball coach Kevin Ollie.
Business
US stocks rise again to build on four-week rally
Updated: 3:05 pmNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks in the U.S. and Europe jumped Friday as renewed hopes for progress in trade talks between the U.S. and China helped the markets finish the week with another strong gain.
Entertainment
Man accused of threat linked to R Kelly turns self in
MCDONOUGH, Ga. (AP) — A man accused of threatening a father who says singer R. Kelly kept his daughter from her family has turned himself in.