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Classes are officially underway in Artesia.

Ongoing capital projects such as those to rebuild the Eddy County jail and its administrative complex were driving up the county’s expenses for the next fiscal year, commissioners were told during their meeting July 29 as they approved a $148 million operating budget for Fiscal Year 2026.

Here are the latest from the crime files of the Artesia Police Department.

Ruidoso village officials are urging residents to vacate the Upper Canyon area for two weeks or more as major repairs are made to water and sewer infrastructure damaged by flooding throughout July.

Eddy County Emergency Manager Jennifer Armendariz reported that 7.47 inches of rainfall fell between June 1 and July 11 at Carlsbad Caverns, while 4.42 inches fell at the Carlsbad Airport and 3.77 inches in Artesia.

Mark Bollinger, manager of the Department of Energy’s Carlsbad Field Office which oversees WIPP’s operations, said during a Wednesday public forum held in Hobbs that the site was continuing to increase shipments to about 17 per week, potentially continuing disposal until 2080.

Ruidoso Mayor Lynn Crawford said there will be 72 one, two and three-bedroom units when the project is completed.

 After 29 years at 2001 W Hermosa, Cheto and Sandy Moreno continue to have one of the most beautiful and colorful yards and a feast for pollinators and hummingbirds.

This agreement means that all permanent Eddy County residents are automatically enrolled in the Trans Aero Medevac membership program.

In June, Chris Smith, a father living with his partner and their two-year-old daughter, made headlines after proposing to an artificial intelligence voice-based chatbot named “Sol” that he created using ChatGPT.