April 3, 2026
Opinion: A Newsom nihilist nomination?
Newsom recently boasted that he extended Medi-Cal health insurance to thousands more illegal aliens.
With realignment and classification, District 5A landscape to change
The realignment and classification for the 2026-27 and 2027-28 school years, which were voted on and confirmed Thursday, Dec. 4, by the NMAA Board of Directors, feature some significant alterations, particularly pertaining to football.
Christmas season comes early to downtown Artesia
Sitting smack in the middle of the festivities surrounding “Light Up Artesia,” singer Tayler Gothard had a unique view of the unofficial start of the holiday season in the city’s downtown business district.
The Candle of Joy during the Advent Season
This Sunday is the third Sunday of Advent and we will be lighting the pink candle, the Candle of Joy!
Miller, Padilla repeat as All-State players
The New Mexico High Coaches Association named Artesia volleyball players Kirklyn Miller and Kailee Padilla to its first-team All-State squad.
Eddy County repeals business license ordinance
Eddy County will no longer require businesses to obtain a county-issued business license.
Christmas to the glory of God
Far too long Christians have surrendered the celebration of Christmas and Resurrection Day (Easter) to secular society.
Policing fraud in New Mexico’s SNAP program
During the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, Texas and Oklahoma farmers who lost everything headed west. Before they joined the great exodus to California chronicled by John Steinbeck in “Grapes of Wrath,” they were hoping to find work picking cotton in New Mexico or harvesting beets in Colorado.
First Baptist Church offers tour of Bethlehem
The program retraces the steps of Mary and Joseph from their arrival in Bethlehem on what the Christian world now celebrates as Christmas Eve through the Nativity.
Artesia Police Blotter
Information taken from Artesia Police Department arrest and crime records. Suspects are innocent until proven guilty.