March 17, 2026
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Noem surveys Ruidoso damage
Noem’s visit included a walking tour of Robin Road and Two Rivers Park to assess the damage from the July 8 flooding of the Rio Ruidoso.
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Baby box planned in Artesia
A space for infants to be safely surrendered by their parents could be coming to Artesia after Artesia General Hospital signed an agreement with a contractor that will be tasked with designing and installing Eddy County’s second “baby box.”
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Is Holtec pulling out of New Mexico?
Grave concerns for the viability of a project to store nuclear fuel at a site near Carlsbad were shared by the company proposing to do so in a letter to local officials in southeast New Mexico.
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Artesia prepping for Air Races
A large influx of visitors to Artesia and throughout southeast New Mexico is expected for this year’s National Championship Air Races in Roswell after the races were moved from their usual host city, Reno, Nevada.
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A ‘complicated’ legacy
An aging, wooden house in a rural New Mexico town was a flashpoint in New Mexico’s difficult, decades-long entanglement with the nuclear age.
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Vasquez visits Carlsbad Caverns
U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez’s two-day tour of Carlsbad, as he rallies against the federal government’s funding bill signed by President Donald Trump July 4, continued among the peaks of the Guadalupe Mountains and 700 feet underground at Carlsbad Caverns.
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Oil and gas lease sales focused on Eddy County
Two sales of public land to the oil and gas industry in southeast New Mexico were planned this fall and winter as interest in the region remains high for energy companies empowered by recent policy decisions enacted under the administration of President Donald Trump.
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Police blotter
A look at some recent crimes committed in Artesia from the Artesia Police Department.
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Vasquez warns of food insecurity amid GOP cuts
Seniors from throughout Eddy County rely on meals served at the Alejandro Ruiz Senior Center on Pate Street – meals that U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez worried could be at risk amid a continual funding battle in Congress.
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