Three deaths during Independence Day weekend in SE New Mexico
Police in Chaves and Eddy counties investigate three fatalities from July 4 weekend. In Roswell a 35-year-old man, Wade Whitman, was shot at the Town and Country RV Park. In Artesia a 28-year-old man died from a chest wound, and a second man is in critical but stable condition. A body was found in the Pecos River in Carlsbad. Police seek tips from The Carlsbad Current-Argus and Crimestoppers calls.
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Chaves
Eddy Counties
Roswell
Artesia
Pecos River
Carlsbad
Todd Wildermuth
Wade Whitman
Town and Country
West Brasher Road
Lindell Smith
Yucca Street
Smith
Artesia General Hospital
Lubbock, Texas
APD
Argus
Jared Tucker
Roswell to gain a film studio with 20000 foot soundstage
Thadd Turner announced plans to buy 120 acres north of Roswell and the former FedEx building to construct a destination film studio featuring a 20000 foot soundstage. Local officials and ENMUR support the project as a major economic boost and a chance to partner with film students. Turner, a California native, recently moved to Roswell with his wife and son and will develop western and Middle East themed sets.
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Roswell
Thadd Turner
Turner
FedEx
Natasha Mackey
Mackey
New Mexico
ENMUR
California
Santa Fe
Middle East
Iraq
Afghanistan
Woman Missing After Independence Day Party Found
Roswell police investigated the disappearance of Alicia Cabrera after a July Fourth family gathering in Dexter. She was later found hours later in her vehicle at the Roswell Boys and Girls Club parking lot, with officers noting a male driver may have been involved.
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Roswell
Roswell Boys and Girls Club
Roswell Police
Todd Wildermuth
Alicia Cabrera
Dexter
Wildermuth
North Mimosa Drive
RPD
Cruz Zavala
Cabrera
Zavala
Berrendo Creek Bridge Project On Schedule In New Phase
Construction on the Berrendo Creek Bridge shifts to the north bound side of Main Street while south bound lanes carry traffic in both directions during demolition. State DOT District 2 official Manon A. Arnett says the $1 million project remains on schedule and on track after completing south bridge work in time for Fourth of July traffic.
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Berrendo Creek
Main Street
Manon A. Arnett
State Department of Trans‘portation District 2
Pope Francis Mass draws massive crowd in Guayaquil
Pope Francis celebrated the first public Mass of his South American tour in Guayaquil drawing a crowd officials later estimated at several hundred thousand. He praised families as the bedrock of society and urged better support for them amid intense heat and humidity.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Pope Francis
Francis
Ture
Vicente Huilatoma
Samanes Park
Vatican
Gabriel Almeida
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Christina
Berrendo
Timothy P. Howsare Photo
Arnett
Ora
South America
HuBert “Buster” E. Wade
Josephine O. Young
Kenneth Emmerson
Roy Harlan Prescott
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