Carlsbad News

Carlsbad Community Theater will present the comedy "Moon Over Buffalo" at 7:30 p.m. today .

Forget about getting a seasonal flu vaccine or the H1N1 vaccine. There is none available in Carlsbad, health care providers and pharmacists have advised Pharmacists at Southwest Pharmacy and Advanced Medications, Walgreens, Albertsons and La Tienda said they are out of seasonal flu vaccine and the state has yet to receive its order of the H1N1 ...

When Lou Ogaard heard about the Carlsbad brine well puzzle, it piqued his interest.

Carlsbad Battered Families Shelter has a new director and assistant director. Christina Post became the new director of the center the end of October.

Girl Scouts will be collecting food today at La Tienda, 1301 S. Canal St., for their Thanksgiving food drive.

Leather creaks as cowboys lean on fences, chat quietly, and lope their horses to warm them up.

The sinkhole , which could swallow several businesses, was formed by decades of oil companies pumping fresh water into a salt layer, then extracting the brine water.

A local man faces multiple charges after allegedly leading police on a high-speed chase through more than 5 miles of city streets - accelerating to 80 mph, blowing through stop signs and swerving into oncoming traffic, according to court documents.

The Carlsbad High School choirs will perform their fall concert at 7 p.m. today in the P.R. Leyva Middle School Auditorium, 800 W. Church St.

An early-morning truck spills closed an intersection in downtown Carlsbad and kept emergency workers busy Wednesday.

The bright yellow signs on U.S. 285 are the first indication that things aren't right in Carlsbad.

The Loving Municipal Schools Board of Education will hold a special board meeting at 5 p.m. today in the board meeting room at the high school.

This image shows the interpretations of four different seismologists regarding the I&W brine well.

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

New Mexico State University-Carlsbad is one of three venues chosen to host the free showing of the winning films of the 2009 New Mexico Filmmakers Showcase.

A local walk to raise awareness and money to help end world hunger will take place the first Saturday in November.

A mobile home at Boyd Mobile Home park erupted in flame this afternoon. A woman resident was taken to the hospital suffering from smoke inhalation after reportedly re-entering the home for her possessions, Ron Steven of the Carlsbad Fire Department said.

Preschool story time at Living Desert Zoo and Gardens today is cancelled because the Carlsbad schools are not in session.

Changes are officially underway at Carlsbad Medical Center in preparation for a $15 million renovation project.

Armed with trash bags, gloves and bright green T-shirts, more than 100 volunteers showed up for the 8th annual Trek for Trash community litter cleanup.