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Local lawmakers sound off on upcoming legislative session
New Mexico lawmakers will convene today for the start of the 2021 legislative session, one in which the COVID-19 pandemic will likely loom large....
ENMU-R observes MLK Day with virtual celebration
With public gatherings restricted under the state’s public health order, Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell commemorated Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday in a...
COVID-19 Situation
Low numbers of COVID-19 cases reported since Saturday
New Mexico and Chaves County reported low numbers of new cases of COVID-19 since Saturday. One local death related to COVID-19 was reported among...
2 COVID deaths, 50 cases in area
Two more women in Chaves County and another 34 people in New Mexico have died as a result of COVID-19 or with COVID complications,...
Local Sports
Goddard wins one for the ages
Sports Editor’s note: Covering this story and writing about the young ladies that helped make the Goddard volleyball team into the Team of the...
Rockets go back-to-back in 1987
Sports Editor’s note: Covering this story and writing about the young ladies that helped make the Goddard volleyball team into the Team of the...
Police Blotter
Wall damaged by gunfire on West Brasher Road
The following public records are from the Roswell Police Department and can be viewed at rpdp2c.org. All people arrested or cited are presumed innocent.
Police...
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Letter: Today’s young people already coping with too much
I believe that the information in this letter is important and needs to be shared with the community. Very recently, a schoolteacher friend received...
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Local lawmakers sound off on upcoming legislative session
New Mexico lawmakers will convene today for the start of the 2021 legislative session, one in which the COVID-19 pandemic will likely loom large....
ENMU-R observes MLK Day with virtual celebration
With public gatherings restricted under the state’s public health order, Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell commemorated Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday in a...
Concerns over rules slow down City Council meeting
In a six-hour meeting, the Roswell City Council discussed and passed 14 items, many of them unanimously, including almost $2 million in spending, a...
Visitors enjoy new ‘exhibit’ during zoo’s reopening
City of Roswell Director of Parks Jim Burress and his wife, Vicki, pose at the new “human exhibit” at the Spring River Zoo during...
Christmas flowers, decorations to be removed from gravesites
South Park Cemetery staff will soon be removing all Christmas flowers (including all poinsettias) and decorations that were left at gravesites, according to a...
Letter: Today’s young people already coping with too much
I believe that the information in this letter is important and needs to be shared with the community. Very recently, a schoolteacher friend received...
Friends: Teaching with food — becoming a cultural anthropologist, part 1
By Veronika Ederer
Special to the Daily Record
Studying cultural anthropology in Germany is not always an easy task — maybe that’s also true in the...
Historically Speaking: The amigo of ‘Billy the Kid’
By Janice Dunnahoo
Special to the Daily Record
I love to share the old stories about our local history, especially if those old stories are about...
From the Vault: Native American art
By Aubrey Hobart
Curator of Collections and Exhibitions
Roswell Museum and Art Center
When someone mentions Native American art, what do you think of first? Beadwork? Baskets?...
Reflections on MLK’s life and legacy
Martin Luther King Jr. was kicked, beaten and jailed for the color of his skin. His response to the horrors happening to him was...
Goddard wins one for the ages
Sports Editor’s note: Covering this story and writing about the young ladies that helped make the Goddard volleyball team into the Team of the...
Zoo holds grand reopening for visitors
The Spring River Zoo has reopened to visitors for weekend hours after 10 months of closure due to the pandemic.
Since March, the zoo has...