Category: Local News
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Arts council to host kids’ theatre camp, ‘Missoula style’
ARTESIA — The Artesia Arts Council is excited to announce this year’s upcoming “Theatre Camp, Missoula Style!” will run Aug. 5-10. Theatre camp is a…
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Pride of the Pecos Valley named Honor Band
The Artesia High School band gathered last week to receive congratulations from Artesia Public Schools Superintendent John Ross Null for being named the 2020 All-State…
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Artesia man arrested on sexual abuse of a minor, incest charges
ARTESIA — An Artesia man has been arrested on multiple counts of criminal sexual penetration of a minor and incest. Artesia Police Department officers were…
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ECSO makes arrest in local homicide
ARTESIA — Eddy County Sheriff Mark Cage reports the Eddy County Sheriff’s Office (ECSO) has made an arrest in connection with a homicide that occurred…
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They’re back…
U.S. Navy pilots are once again utilizing the “perfect” weather conditions in Artesia to conduct their primary flight-training exercises. The planes in the sky over…
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AHS Student Council sponsors blood drive
As of noon today, Artesia High School students had donated 30 of the more than 50 pints of blood they pledged to Vitalant during a…
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Artesia schools inform staff of flu, strep precautions, urge parents to keep sick kids home
The Artesia Public Schools are urging staff and parents to take precautions regarding a recent influx of influenza and strep throat, particularly within the district’s…
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N.M. proposal calls for hike in oil, gas royalties
Royalty rates for the most productive oil and natural gas wells on state trust land would increase under a measure introduced in the New Mexico…
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We’ll take… all of those
Girls Scouts of the Desert Southwest-Artesia received its fourth shipment of the “cookie season” this morning, and Girl Scouts are ready to begin supplying Artesia…
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Revenue from oil boom could be used for N.M. roads
New Mexico’s governor and a key committee of the Democratic-controlled Legislature want to use a large portion of the state’s budget surplus to improve highway…