Vote for Girls Athlete of the Week

The Artesia Daily Press has nominated three girls for Athlete of the Year Week. The girls are Cross Country runner Jema Molina, Soccer player Alani Escareno and volleyball player Brooklynne Ivans. Voting starts on Oct. 9-16.

Vote for Boys Athlete of the Week

The Artesia Daily Press has nominated three boy athletes for Athletes of the Week. Please go to the website to vote. Nominees are Trent Egeland, Damien Lopez and Edwin Villarreal. Voting begins Oct. 9- 16.

Keithley’s Korner: Ruidoso’s famed Flying J Ranch up for sale

The Flying J Ranch, the pinnacle of chuckwagon supper and western entertainment in Ruidoso since 1982, has closed operations, listed the property for sale and will not be offering nightly shows this summer, according to longtime owners James and Cindy Hobbs.

Legislative delegation: Radical policies are fueling wildfire crisis

Drive through Ruidoso or into the Sacramento Mountains today, and you’ll see the problem: forests choked with dead timber, dense overgrowth, large burn scars, and millions of acres that have become nothing more than tinderboxes. This didn’t happen by accident.