Jeff Forrest News Today

The first in a series of bills providing relief from lost state revenue for Hobbs passed a state senate committee. Help for Carlsbad has stalled.

New Carlsbad Mayor Rick Lopez began his term during the Jan. 9 city council meeting. The retired fire chief was elected in November 2023.

Playing the first of two rivalry clashes of the season away from home, the Centralia students and spirit squad trucked a cannon the four miles south to Chehalis. According to the recap the next …

Increased revenues from the final months of the 2023 fiscal year prompted the Carlsbad City Council to approve an $84M spending budget for 2024.

Northern sections of the Bataan Street Bridge had a partial reopening June 1. The bridge could reopen completely after an inspection June 15 by NMDOT.

The City of Carlsbad approved an $81 million spending plan for 2024 despite missing $25M in lost state tax revenue from a governors veto in April.

Efforts to place a statewide ban on plastic bags continued across New Mexico as efforts fell short in the New Mexico Legislature in 2023.

Efforts to place a statewide ban on plastic bags continued across New Mexico as efforts fell short in the New Mexico Legislature in 2023.

Mike Keneally’s latest album, The Thing That Knowledge Can’t Eat, ends a seven-year hiatus from releasing albums.

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