Carlsbad News

Lea County, in the heart of southeastern New Mexico's bustling oil patch, was the fastest-growing county in the state last year, while two-third of the counties lost population, according to the Census Bureau.

Cris Sing, VFW Post 8703 kitchen manager, looks at the gaping hole in the ceiling caused Thursday night by high winds.

The New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division honored news coverage by the Carlsbad Current-Argus about customer service at the MVD's Carlsbad branch.

Entering into its seventh year, the Carlsbad Downtown Farmers' Market kicks off on Saturday, a month earlier than in previous years.

Ergo, "disc jockey" - a person who operates a phonograph record. That may not sound quite right, but it was once true, in the days before a single computer disc replaced several hundred vinyl discs known as records.

Debbie Bailey decorates the ceiling of the Pecos River Village Conference Center for the 2013 Class Act.

A California-based company that hoped to land a federal contract for Carlsbad's subsidized air service is protesting the government's awarding of the contract to New Mexico Air.

The second, third and fourth grade classes from Trinity Christian Academy get their picture taken with the pilots of the New Mexico Airlines Cessna 208 Grand Caravan plane from Albuquerque.

The tornado that devastated an Oklahoma City suburb Monday touched down more than 500 miles away from Carlsbad, but the effects of the natural disaster have everyone in Tornado Alley on edge.

Survivors include his wife, Pat; three daughters, Dawn M. Enyart, Warsaw, Tonya L. Hughie, Carlsbad, N.M., and Angela K. Storey, Rochester; three sons, James L. Enyart, Rochester, William F. Enyart II, Leiters Ford, and George C. Enyart, Osceola; and one sister, Patty Jo Stilter, Conover, N.C. Please feel free to submit your comments.

Police say a Carlsbad man who tried to avoid arrest by giving police a fake name was arrested after making a key mistake.

The NMSU Community Education Driver's Education class will begin June 3. Registration: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday through May 30 in room 1B.

Jack Volpato says the worst kind of politics led to his father being convicted of murder in one of New Mexico's most famous cases.

Unaware of the Eddy County's proximity to military installations, new residents to Eddy County are often surprised to see occasionally military aircraft propelling across the sky on training missions, followed with by a sonic boom.

A new poll shows an 11 percent spike in the number of New Mexicans planning to hit the road for vacations this year as compared to last year, and that's a pretty big increase.

Willy Jung and his fiancee Tiger Lily are part of a group working on a model of Old Carlsbad.

The long dispute about Carlsbad's air service is over, but a court battle between air service provider Greg Kahlstorf and the city has only just begun.

The joke was on him. A Carlsbad man who reportedly attempted to avoid arrest by giving police a fake name was arrested Wednesday.

Alamogordo Democrat Leslie Endean-Singh has announced her candidacy for the 2nd Congressional District seat now held by Republican Steve Pearce.

Jack Volpato says the worst kind of politics led to his father being convicted of murder in one of New Mexico's most famous cases.