Four airlines proposing to run flights out of the Cavern City Air Terminal said they could bring back flights to Dallas as city officials consider awarding a new air service contract this fall.

U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, announced May 15 bipartisan legislation, also sponsored by fellow New Mexico Democrat U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, aimed at curbing the outbreak.

A trial will proceed against an Artesia man who was charged with several felonies after police said he sexually assaulted two teenage girls last summer after serving them alcohol.