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Review: Heart-rending tale of life in Mumbai slums

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:07:36 +0000

"Behind the Beautiful Forevers" (Random House), by Katherine Boo: This book should come with a warning — reading it may be hazardous to your rosy view that global capitalism will set the world's billions free from poverty.

City seeks bids for new animal shelter

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:48:49 +0000

By TYLER GREEN Daily Press Staff Writer The City of Artesia is seeking bids for the construction of a new animal shelter to be located on property at the Public Safety Complex. Architect Dean Cruse of Durham and Associates Architects Inc. out of Carlsbad presented plans for the animal shelter during the City Council meeting [...]

APS Board appoints Caton as new superintendent

admin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:50:24 +0000

By TYLER GREEN Daily Press Staff Writer Following nearly an hour of discussion in an executive session, the Artesia Public Schools Board of Education appointed Dr. Crit Caton as the new APS superintendent. “You have made an outstanding selection,” commented retiring APS Superintendent Mike Phipps. “I think Dr. Caton is very capable of leading this [...]

Pearce meets with veterans at Ocotillo

admin — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 02:58:18 +0000

By TYLER GREEN Daily Press Staff Writer Congressman Steve Pearce, along with staff from the Albuquerque Veterans Affairs Hospital, met with area veterans Thursday afternoon at the Ocotillo Performing Arts Center to announce improvements in VA care and address recipients’ concerns. “After hearing concerns from area veterans related to the VA hospital system, I hosted [...]

County cuts ribbon on new detention center

admin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:23:03 +0000

By TYLER GREEN Daily Press Staff Writer Eddy County Commissioners, City of Carlsbad officials and detention personnel gathered this morning for a ribbon cutting ceremony at the newly renovated Eddy County Detention Center (ECDC) and newly constructed Juvenile Detention Center (JDC) in Carlsbad. The construction of the new JDC enabled the old juvenile center to [...]

Snow offers no relief for drought conditions

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:43:46 +0000

By TYLER GREEN Daily Press Staff Writer While areas of Eddy County received heavy amounts of snowfall last week, the accumulated moisture was not enough to make a dent in the severe to exceptional drought conditions the County has been suffering through. The county received around 1.25 inches of accumulated moisture in the past 30 [...]

Local traffic stop leads to arrest of Kansas fugitive

admin — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:28:56 +0000

By JEFFREY HEIDENREICH Daily Press Staff Writer A 29-year-old man has been arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Dario Diaz, of Artesia, was arrested, Thursday, during a traffic stop that occurred in the 900 block of Bullock Court. … For the rest of the story, subscribe in print and [...]

Yucca Healthcare works to fight obesity

admin — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:24:39 +0000

By TYLER GREEN Daily Press Staff Writer Obesity and weight loss are big issues in America. According to the Center for Disease Control, 33 percent of adults and 17 percent of children and adolescents are obese, having a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or greater. And, the CDC estimates, as obesity rates rise, the [...]

Council approves tax increase, pending vote

admin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:19:11 +0000

Mayor ‘looks forward to more progress’ in final meeting of 2011 By JEFFREY HEIDENREICH Daily Press Staff Writer The Artesia City Council met, Tuesday night, and voted to approve an ordinance to adopt a new capital outlay municipal gross receipts tax, pending public vote. The ordinance would raise the current gross receipts tax one quarter [...]

Local man arrested as suspected gun thief

admin — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:52:22 +0000

By JEFFREY HEIDENREICH Daily Press Staff Writer An Artesia man was arrested, Monday evening, near the 2600 block of W. Grand Avenue on charges of larceny of a firearm. Eric Grado, 34, was arrested after offices responded to a residence in the area in reference to a residential burglary. According to the report, a resident [...]