Roswell Opens Refurbished Visitors Center Downtown
The city unveils a renovated Visitors Center in the historic Conoco Building at West Fifth and North Main as part of a retooled tourism push. Juana Jennings outlines digital campaigns and targeted ads to attract outdoor, road trip, and weekend getaway visitors, with traditional media planned around events like Christmas Railway and spring break. The project, funded by Building Maintenance and tax revenues, moves staff from 912 N Main St to a larger tech friendly facility to boost promotion of Roswell and southeast New Mexico attractions.
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Juanita Jennings
Jennings
West Fifth
North Main Streets
City Ledgers
Convention and Civic Center
N. Main St
Parties pledge new thinking to solve water fight
Southern New Mexico farmers water policy experts and lawyers are crafting possible solutions to end the Rio Grande dispute with Texas. A court battle looms before the U S Supreme Court with high stakes for future Rio Grande Valley water. New Mexico officials and irrigation interests briefed lawmakers as settlement talks continue under a confidentiality order. The approach includes aquifer management never used before, aiming to avoid permanent fallowing of farmland.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Texas
Rio Grande
U.S. Supreme Court
Rio Grande Valley
Las Cruces
Samantha Barncastle
Elephant Butte
U.s.-Mexico
Mesilla
Bosque State Park
Roswell Art ist in Residence Studio Listed on National Register
The Roswell Art ist in Residence compound at Berrendo Road near Roswell has been recognized as historically significant and added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 7. Conceived and funded by oilman and artist Donald B Anderson, the site began on a 40 acre farm bought in the late 1940s. The old farmhouse housed the artist residence, with details continued on HISTORIC Page A2.
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Roswell Studios
National Register of Historic Places
Berrendo Road
Roswell
Donald B. Anderson
Anderson
First GOP senator opposes tax bill signals early problems
Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson became the first Republican to oppose his party's tax bill, signaling early trouble for GOP leaders. House passage seemed likely Thursday as dissidents expected to be steamrolled, with Republicans eager to deliver a major early victory for President Trump.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Ron Johnson
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