Police blotter

A look at some recent crimes committed in Artesia from the Artesia Police Department.

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.

Yard of Week

Information supplied by Artesia Clean and Beautiful.

Back to safer schools?

As President Trump prepares to head to Alaska to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to “stop the killing” in Russia and Ukraine, what is being done to stop school shootings in America as millions of children begin returning to their schools this week?

Jackie D. Martin

April 4, 1954 – August 7, 2025 In Loving Memory of Jackie…