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Fishing fortunes vary at NM lakes, streams. Here is where the fish are biting this week as you prepare to stop at your favorite fishing hole
Fishing fortunes vary at NM lakes, streams. Here is where the fish are biting this week as you prepare to stop at your favorite fishing hole

At Sumner Lake in eastern New Mexico, fishing for largemouth bass was fair to good using chartreuse crawdads.

Published: Friday, August 21, 2026 07:00AM

Updated: Tuesday, August 18, 2026 01:43PM


New Bulldogs, same championship standard
New Bulldogs, same championship standard

New season, new Bulldogs.

Published: Friday, August 21, 2026 05:00AM

Updated: Sunday, August 16, 2026 06:27AM


Environmental group files appeal to restore lizard protections after feds cancel them
Environmental group files appeal to restore lizard protections after feds cancel them

Despite its miniscule stature, the sagebrush lizard is at the center of a multi-year legal battle over tactics to protect the species from extinction.

Published: Thursday, August 20, 2026 02:05PM

Updated: Thursday, August 20, 2026 02:00PM


Scenes from the Artesia boys’ soccer game against Hobbs
Scenes from the Artesia boys’ soccer game against Hobbs

Artesia boys soccer team in action against Hobbs on Monday.

Published: Thursday, August 20, 2026 05:00AM

Updated: Wednesday, August 19, 2026 08:20PM


Three-pass plays: Carlsbad must stop to beat Artesia
Three-pass plays: Carlsbad must stop to beat Artesia

Three pass plays Carlsbad must defend to win.

Published: Thursday, August 20, 2026 05:00AM

Updated: Sunday, August 16, 2026 09:24AM


SENMC announces 4 finalists for VP post. Here is a look at who could be the potential second in command at the Carlsbad college
SENMC announces 4 finalists for VP post. Here is a look at who could be the potential second in command at the Carlsbad college

The finalists are Dr. Jennifer Schroeder, Chris Spaulding, Samuel Soliman, and Dr. David Campbell.

Published: Thursday, August 20, 2026 12:00AM

Updated: Tuesday, August 18, 2026 01:39PM


Energy secretary visits Hobbs to tout energy growth. Here is more on Chris Wright’s visit to Lea County
Energy secretary visits Hobbs to tout energy growth. Here is more on Chris Wright’s visit to Lea County

Levi HillHobbs News-Sun One thing was clear during U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s Tuesday, Aug. 18 visit to Lea County — he loves energy. Wright’s first stop was at the Urenco uranium enrichment facility in Eunice, followed by an oilfield location operated by Mewbourne Oil in the Hobbs area. The

Published: Wednesday, August 19, 2026 01:35PM

Updated: Wednesday, August 19, 2026 01:34PM


Artesia City Council votes to create Parks Department. Here are some details
Artesia City Council votes to create Parks Department. Here are some details

City of Artesia agrees to separate the parks department from streets.

Published: Wednesday, August 19, 2026 07:00AM

Updated: Tuesday, August 18, 2026 11:55AM


Lady ’Dogs open soccer season with shutout, settle for draw in Silver City
Lady ’Dogs open soccer season with shutout, settle for draw in Silver City

Artesia girls soccer team open season with a win.

Published: Wednesday, August 19, 2026 05:00AM

Updated: Sunday, August 16, 2026 01:50PM


Sherry Robinson: Corruption from party in power
Sherry Robinson: Corruption from party in power

Old reporters like me have seen it before. Power, influence and ego metastasize as entitlement and rationalization: “I deserve this.” Their inflated sense of self-importance shields them from the notion they might get caught. They are floating above the rubes – that is, you and me.

Published: Wednesday, August 19, 2026 12:00AM

Updated: Tuesday, August 18, 2026 01:47PM


Artesis boys’ soccer team loses to Hobbs 4-0 at home
Artesis boys’ soccer team loses to Hobbs 4-0 at home

Artesia boys soccer loses the home opener 4-0 to Hobbs.

Published: Tuesday, August 18, 2026 05:00AM

Updated: Tuesday, August 18, 2026 10:34PM


A new court, a new calling: Mondragon begins life after basketball
A new court, a new calling: Mondragon begins life after basketball

Mondragon walks into a new life.

Published: Tuesday, August 18, 2026 05:00AM

Updated: Sunday, August 16, 2026 03:40PM


Oil and gas lease auction planned in Eddy County
Oil and gas lease auction planned in Eddy County

The Bureau of Land Management announced the lease sale Aug. 5, opening a “public scoping period” when initial technical feedback on the proposed lands can be submitted until Sept. 4.

Published: Tuesday, August 18, 2026 12:00AM

Updated: Friday, August 14, 2026 09:38AM


Future Artesia Bulldogs get Friday night experience
Future Artesia Bulldogs get Friday night experience

“I just heard a lot of positive things,” Maupin said. “I am really proud of our guys who ran the camp. We want to give them a little taste of being down in Bulldog Bowl, and we even turned on the lights so they kind of get that sense of

Published: Tuesday, August 18, 2026 12:00AM

Updated: Friday, August 14, 2026 09:54AM


Artesia Recreation Center Opens with Ribbon-Cutting and Community Event
Artesia Recreation Center Opens with Ribbon-Cutting and Community Event

The groundbreaking for the new Artesia Recreation Center took place Oct. 29, 2024, and the center is now officially open, nearly two years later.

Published: Monday, August 17, 2026 02:38PM

Updated: Monday, August 17, 2026 02:39PM


Coach Maupin weighs in as Bulldogs open 2026 season
Coach Maupin weighs in as Bulldogs open 2026 season

Coach Maupin speaks about keys to Carlsbad game.

Published: Monday, August 17, 2026 05:06AM

Updated: Sunday, August 16, 2026 05:10PM


Sherry Robinson: Revealing Epstein’s sorry sojourn in New Mexico
Sherry Robinson: Revealing Epstein’s sorry sojourn in New Mexico

Epstein bought 10,000 acres in southern Santa Fe County from the family of former Gov. Bruce King in 1993. The parcel sits on a lonesome stretch of NM 41 between Galisteo and Stanley. He didn’t raise public eyebrows until 1995.

Published: Monday, August 17, 2026 12:00AM

Updated: Friday, August 14, 2026 09:53AM


Julius Acosta returns home to lead Artesia cross country program
Julius Acosta returns home to lead Artesia cross country program

There is nothing like coming home. When the Artesia cross country job opened after coach Nicholas Rivera left to become head cross-country coach at Lubbock Christian University, Julius Acosta knew he had to apply.

Published: Monday, August 17, 2026 12:00AM

Updated: Friday, August 14, 2026 09:49AM


Who has been arrested and what crimes have been committed in Artesia? Here is a look from the case and crime files of the Artesia Police Department
Who has been arrested and what crimes have been committed in Artesia? Here is a look from the case and crime files of the Artesia Police Department

Those arrested are innocent until proven guilty.

Published: Sunday, August 16, 2026 07:00AM

Updated: Wednesday, August 12, 2026 11:57AM


Ivans delivers when it matters most
Ivans delivers when it matters most

Ivans leaves as two-time champion.

Published: Sunday, August 16, 2026 06:32AM


Nuclear waste parked at Los Alamos could face wildfire risk, advocates say at event near Santa Fe
Nuclear waste parked at Los Alamos could face wildfire risk, advocates say at event near Santa Fe

This story was originally published by Source New Mexico at sourcenm.com. A group of New Mexico advocates unveiled a billboard near Santa Fe on Tuesday that urges the federal Department of Energy to quickly move dozens of barrels full of radioactive waste away from wildfire danger to relative safety underground.

Published: Sunday, August 16, 2026 12:00AM

Updated: Friday, August 14, 2026 09:39AM


Rick Smith: Excuses
Rick Smith: Excuses

“Excuses, excuses. You’ll hear them every day. Now the devil he’ll supply them. If from church you stay away. When people come to know the Lord, the devil always loses. So to keep them folks away from church. He offers them excuses.”

Published: Sunday, August 16, 2026 12:00AM

Updated: Friday, August 14, 2026 09:42AM


Shot putter Brooklyne Ivans reflects on state championship
Shot putter Brooklyne Ivans reflects on state championship

Ivans knew it would be the last time she wore Artesia colors. That made winning as a senior mean more than the title she won as a junior.

Published: Sunday, August 16, 2026 12:00AM

Updated: Friday, August 14, 2026 09:43AM


Los Alamos nuke waste a concern at WIPP as residents raise issues at a town hall in Hobbs
Los Alamos nuke waste a concern at WIPP as residents raise issues at a town hall in Hobbs

Santa Fe County resident Cynthia Weehler raised the issue during a Wednesday, Aug. 5, town hall held by the U.S. Department of Energy in Hobbs to give a public update on operations at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.

Published: Sunday, August 16, 2026 12:00AM

Updated: Wednesday, August 12, 2026 12:00PM


Future Bulldogs get Friday night feel at youth camp
Future Bulldogs get Friday night feel at youth camp

Artesia footballl kids camp brings excitment.

Published: Saturday, August 15, 2026 05:00AM

Updated: Saturday, August 15, 2026 03:46AM