Artesia News

This undated image provided by the National Cave and Karst Research Institute shows a collapsed brine well near Artesia, N.M. State officials say a brine well in Carlsbad, N.M., has similar characteristics to this well that collapsed in July 2008.

Representatives from the New Mexico Department of Veterans' Services will be taking an active part in Veterans Day ceremonies and activities throughout New Mexico on Wednesday.

An automated fuel station on 2nd Street in Roswell is unattended and without surveillance cameras to track whoever was using a gas card stolen from a trucking company.

Action, re-action: It's a fine old physics principle stated clearly three centuries ago by Sir Isaac Newton a ' and it also has political application.

This brine well collapsedA near Artesia, N.M., in July 2008 and has similar characteristics to a well that could do the same in Carlsbad.

An Artesia man faces two misdemeanor charges after shooting a neighbor's dog in his yard in what he said was self-defense, according to a police press release.

Farmers from Eastern New Mexico showed up at a city Public Utilities Committee meeting Wednesday to voice both objections and support for a privately owned pipeline that would deliver water from Fort Sumner to the City Different.

Police are seeking information regarding the burglary of an animal clinic in Artesia.

The High Rolls Volunteer Fire Department recently acquired a new fire engine designed for structure fires, as well as forest fires in areas adjacent to homes and populated areas.

Carlsbad Family Fellowship, 2107 W. Church St., will hold its annual Harvest Fest from 6-8 p.m. today .

Operation Christmas Child, a subsidiary of Samaritan's Purse, brings joy to millions of needy boys and girls all over the world during the Christmas season.

A reunion planning meeting for the CHS class of 1960 will be held at 2:30 p.m. today at Pizza Inn, 1210 W. Pierce St.

A local businessman faces criminal charges after an incident early Wednesday in which he allegedly bit his wife and threatened to crash their vehicle with her inside.

The Carlsbad Medical Center launched its second annual "Get Fit" running and walking race Saturday to encourage residents to do a little preventative maintenance on their bodies.

Healthy Food Options to be Offered to Trainees. Pottstown, PA, October 16, 2009 -- Performance Food Centers announces the opening of the Fed Xchange Internet Cafe, a juice bar located at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Academy in Artesia, New Mexico.

The Drug Enforcement Agency and Pecos Valley Drug Task Force arrested Scott Gutierrez, 38, of Robin Road in Artesia, Tuesday for distributing methamphetamine, a task force press release said.

I'm hoping to find relatives of my grandmother, Beulah Essie Idonia Brooks Webb who died in 1998 in Artesia, NM.

The 2008-09 Lincoln County Fair Queen Haley Montes, of Hondo, earned the right to wear a new crown.

Junior Kyra Bussen scored about 12 minutes into the second half Tuesday night and Clovis High's girls went on to a 2-0 victory over Artesia.

An Artesia woman faces aggravated battery charges after allegedly stabbing her boyfriend several times during an altercation in July.