Category: Local News
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Logan closed as BNSF makes repairs
Artesia residents are being informed that Logan Avenue near U.S. 285 will be closed through approximately Aug. 16 at the BNSF Company makes repairs to…
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School supply drive to aid teachers
Henry’s BBQ and Canyonstone Apartments are teaming up Thursday to help local teachers stock their classrooms for the coming year. Henry’s staff will be at…
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Border Patrol Foundation honors fallen agents
Above, Erica Aguilar, right, Family Services director for the Border Patrol Foundation, poses with her family, Chief Patrol Agent Dan M. Harris Jr. of the…
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Airlines, consumer groups ready for fight over proposed bill
As summer vacationers start to pack up and head home, Congress is considering a sweeping tally of proposals that could affect travelers, from dictating seat…
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Officials: Carlsbad sinkhole to take two years to fill
A massive sinkhole on the southern edge of Carlsbad and along a busy intersection will take officials two years to fill. The Hobbs News-Sun reports…
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Looking Back: New FLETC prepares for first trainees in 1988
Looking back 40, 30 and 20 years ago, the following are excerpts from the Artesia Daily Press from Aug. 6-12. 40 years ago Aug. 6-12,…
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Prepared for any Situation: APD conducts active-threat response drills
The Artesia Police Department, in an effort to ensure all officers are at the same level in terms of active-threat response, conducted active-threat drills July…
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Film adaptation of former Artesian’s book in pre-production
The theory of “Six Degrees of Separation” states that we are all somehow only six steps/connections away from anyone or anything in the world. I…
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Hagerman superintendent wins NMSSA award
Hagerman Municipal Schools Superintendent Ricky Williams has been named Superintendent of the Year for his outstanding leadership of the New Mexico School Superintendents’ Association, serving…
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2018 Eddy County Fair Spares
Photos from the 73rd Annual Fair