Eddy County News

The City Council and Eddy County Commission joined together Thursday in a special joint meeting to take the unusual step of pre-emptively declaring a state of emergency in regard to the possible brine well collapse on the south edge of the city.

The bright yellow signs on U.S. 285 are the first indication that things aren't right in Carlsbad, N.M. Motorists are warned that: "U.S. 285 south subject to sinkhole 1,000 feet ahead." But there's little other evidence of a giant cavern.

The Living Desert Zoo & Gardens State Park is hosting an America Recycles Day event Sunday, Nov.

With some trepidation, the Eddy County Commission approved a grant application on Tuesday that seeks state funding for a new ambulance for Care Plus, a private, for-profit ambulance company in Carlsbad.

Eddy County Treasurer's Office Clerk Carolyn Stroble accepts a 2009 property payment from a property owner.

Children of all ages, encouraged by parents, siblings and friends, converged on the Eddy County Courthouse grounds Friday afternoon for the 13th annual Carlsbad MainStreet Downtown Fall Festival.

Workers lay the liner as part of the effluent project. A public open house of the project, including tours, is scheduled for Sunday.

Jose Francisco Adams, 29, of the 1400 block of Ortega, charged with contempt of court/failure to pay fines.

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.

A New Mexico State University-Carlsbad student has been arrested for allegedly claiming there was a bomb in the Clara Belle Williams English Building on NMSU's main campus.

The Fifth Judicial District Pro Bono Committee is celebrating New Mexico Pro Bono Week Monday, Oct.

Local governments generally cringe when the federal government comes knocking and says it wants something.

Doral Energy Corp. plans to acquire a 40% working interest in the Cave Pool Unit in Eddy County, New Mexico, from Blugrass Energy Inc.

Carlsbad Community Theater has opened its 2009-10 season with the comedy "Blithe Spirit" by Noel Coward.

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.

Community members turned out in force at Tuesday's city council meeting armed with pictures of loved ones buried in the Sunset Gardens Memorial Park cemetery.

City Councilors will vote Tuesday on the long-debated final purchase of the Sunset Gardens Cemetery, facing the possibility that the city may be on its own for future operating costs.

Mosaic Potash employees selected the Kids' Safehouse of Eddy County for their Day of Caring community work project, a traditional United Way annual volunteer event.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 200 AM MDT * AT 1151 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM TRAINING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY.

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