RISD schools reopen for in-person classes
Four schools in the Roswell Independent School District that closed due to COVID-19 are all open again this week. That’s despite the district not...
State reports more than 2,000 COVID-19 cases in 3 days
The New Mexico Department of Health reported more than 2,000 new cases of COVID-19 in the state in its case update for Saturday, Sunday...
RISD could reopen 4 schools next week
A change in protocols from the New Mexico Public Education Department could mean that three Roswell schools will likely return to in-person instruction earlier...
County reports 104 COVID-19 cases Thursday
Chaves County reported 104 new cases of COVID-19 in Thursday’s update from the New Mexico Department of Health, but that was not the highest...
Smaller school districts keeping students in classrooms
Smaller public schools in Chaves County are having more success in keeping COVID-19 from disrupting in-person learning.
While Roswell Independent School District has closed four...
Half of county’s adults at least partially vaccinated
Half of Chaves County residents age 18 and older have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while statewide that number is...
New Mexico reinstates indoor mask mandate
New Mexico is reimplementing a statewide requirement that facemarks be worn indoors in all public settings, no matter a person’s vaccination status, in an...
RHS closes to in-person classes, activities can continue
Roswell High School has become the fourth school in the Roswell Independent School District to close since Friday, but that school’s extracurricular activities will...
RISD closes 2 more schools due to COVID
Two more schools in the Roswell Independent School District are closed due to high numbers of COVID-19 cases, Superintendent Brian Luck said Monday afternoon.
Valley...
State gives guidelines for 3rd COVID-19 shot
As COVID-19 case reports continue to rise, the New Mexico Department of Health issued guidelines Monday for who should get a third shot of...
Southeast region continues high COVID-19 case counts
The New Mexico Department of Health reported 798 cases of COVID-19 in the state Friday.
Chaves County reported 53 cases, the fourth-highest total among the...
RISD closes Goddard High, switches to remote learning for next week
Goddard High School will be closed for in-person classes next week and the building will undergo deep cleaning after it had four rapid responses...
RISD schools on state’s COVID-19 watchlist
With only seven classroom days gone by, the Roswell Independent School District has had five schools with two COVID-19 rapid responses each, placing them...
Late COVID-19 test reports increase Lea County’s total
The New Mexico Department of Health reported almost 1,300 new cases of COVID-19 in its daily case update Thursday, but noted that about a...
Lab predicts 1,000 cases per day in southeast New Mexico
Modeling by the Los Alamos National Laboratory for the increase of COVID-19 cases predicts more than 1,000 cases per day in southeast New Mexico...
State reports 688 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday
The New Mexico Department of Health reported 688 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday.
In the NMDOH daily case update, Chaves County reported 15 new cases...
State reports 1,300 new COVID-19 cases in 3 days
The state reported 1,309 new cases of COVID-19 in three days, according to Monday’s case update from the New Mexico Department of Health, a...
Six COVID deaths, 569 new cases in New Mexico
State officials urge business vaccination policies; release names of new vaccine prize winners
The number of deaths of New Mexico residents related to COVID-19 increased by six on...
Vaccination rates increasing for ages 12-17 in New Mexico
More than half of eligible young New Mexicans have now received at least one dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine and almost 40% have completed...
Delta variant low in region despite rising case numbers
The New Mexico Department of Health reported 609 new cases of COVID-19 in the state Wednesday, including 20 in Chaves County.
Other counties in the...
County reports 17 new COVID cases
Seventeen new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Chaves County on Tuesday, according to the New Mexico Department of Health.
Twenty-five counties and three correctional...
COVID-19 cases rise in state, county
State and local COVID-19 cases continue to increase as indicated by Monday’s three-day total of new cases, and a Chaves County man was among...
ENMU-Roswell announces new mask requirement
Effective Aug. 2, ENMU-Roswell began requiring masks to be worn indoors by all individuals, vaccinated and unvaccinated, according to a press release issued by...
County reports 20 new COVID-19 cases Friday
The New Mexico Department of Health reported 331 new cases of COVID-19 in the state Friday including 20 in Chaves County.
Bernalillo County reported 93...
State reports 401 new cases of COVID-19
More than 400 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the state Thursday by the New Mexico Department of Health. The report of 401...
Delta variant causing concern in New Mexico
New Mexico has done a good job of holding back the spread of the coronavirus, but that could be changing as the Delta variant...
Chaves County records another 9 COVID cases
Chaves County had nine new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, the New Mexico Department of Health has announced.
Those nine were part of New Mexico’s daily total...
COVID cases increase from a week ago
The New Mexico Department of Health reported 632 new cases of COVID-19 in its Monday case update, 68% more than a week ago.
Twenty-one cases...
County reports 7 new COVID-19 cases Friday
Seven new cases of COVID-19 in Chaves County were among the 244 reported in the state Friday by the New Mexico Department of Health.
The...
10 new COVID cases reported locally
Local woman wins $250,000 vaccination prize
The New Mexico Department of Health released the names of its most recent vaccination prize-drawing winners on Thursday, the...