Category: Local News
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Public invited to celebrate 50 years of service with longtime librarian Swafford
“I think you were destined to be in a library,” Artesia Public Library supervisor Erin Loveland tells Peggy Jo Swafford. It’s a Friday morning at…
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Council to hold eight public hearings in first meeting of 2019
The Artesia City Council will hit the ground running at its first meeting of 2019, with a whopping eight public hearings on the agenda. Following…
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Foster retires from CVE after 15-plus years
On Jan. 2, a retirement celebration was held in honor of Della Foster. Foster retired from Central Valley Electric Cooperative after more than 15 years…
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Name voting open for Spring River’s two new longhorns
The Spring River Park and Zoo’s new longhorn cattle duo is close to getting official names. The choices of what to call the two longhorns…
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Water leak at Eighth, Mahone affecting pressure in area
The City of Artesia is informing residents that a water leak in the area of Eighth Street and Mahone Drive will lead to a reduction…
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Snow fleeting but picturesque
Following flurries at various points during the day Friday that didn’t quite stick, Artesians were treated to a post-Christmas blast of winter weather Friday evening…
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‘We love you, Miss Hannigan’
Sadly, I’ve had occasion to write many things I didn’t want to in this column space since I took over as editor of the Daily…
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Concho donates to veterans’ transport
Concho Resources General Manager Paul Porter, left, and Concho senior staff electrical engineer Jack Callaway, right, present Magil Duran, center, president of the SENM Veterans…
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Ta-ta, 2018: Keep your chicken coops and, yes, the Floss, too
Keep your backyard chicken coops, dear 2018, and your vampire facials, too. And the stiff-arm Floss dance? Stomp it out in the new year. Here’s…
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Chavarria named SNMCAC Volunteer of the Year
Belinda Lopez, right, Artesia director of the Southeast New Mexico Community Action Corporation (SNMCAC), embraces Eva Chavarria last week at the Artesia MealSite after the…