Carlsbad
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Eddy County seeks $300M for infrastructure projects from 2023 to 2027
Eddy County sought $300 million for infrastructure projects. Four road projects included in Eddy County’s Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan (ICIP) would cost $200 million. Those projects would be executed from 2023 through 2027, read a document submitted…
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Southeast New Mexico College looking for board of trustees candidates
Southeast New Mexico College (SENMC) is looking for candidates for the college’s board of trustees as it transitions from New Mexico State University (NMSU) Carlsbad to an independent college. The board of trustees will be made…
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Hatch green chiles sold in Carlsbad, despite COVID-19 labor shortage
Green chile peppers arrived in Carlsbad a couple weeks early this year, meaning locals got their fix for the spicy delicacy as early as mid-July. Heavy rains in the early summer weather meant the iconic…
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Eddy County records 146th overall COVID-19 death Thursday
The New Mexico Department of Health (DOH) confirmed Eddy County’s 146th overall COVID-19 death Thursday. The man was in his 30s, and was hospitalized with underlying medical conditions before his death, read a DOH news…
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WIPP grows shipments of nuclear waste as COVID-19 appears to recede
Mitigating the spread of COVID-19 meant slowing shipments of nuclear waste to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant repository near Carlsbad, as staffing was lowered to avoid infections of the virus. At the peak of the…