City considers concealed carry for employees on city property
City Council weighs Resolution 17-50 to let city employees carry concealed weapons on municipal property after a 2-1 committee vote. Council member Jason Perry led the discussion citing the Clovis library shooting as a wake-up call and noting similar moves in nearby counties. The full council will decide on Oct. 12.
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Clovis Library
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Perry
Roswell
Chaves County
Alamogordo
Artesia
Daily Press
Eddy County
Hundreds of bass moved into Berrendo River in Open Gate
Ramiro Ramirez of Fenn Farm helps deliver about 420 large mouth bass to the Berrendo River as part of an Open Gate public fishing spot project. The handoff involved New Mexico Game and Fish, Wildcat Environmental Services and local landowners to restock the river after policy changes and tame trespassing.
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Ramiro Ramirez
Fenn Farm
Berrendo
New Mexico Game and Fish Department
Mr. Fish Transport and
Wildcat Environmental Services
Red Bridge Road
East 19Th Street
Jason Wiebenga
Jason Rector
Bill Fenn
Carl Dunham
Chaves County
Wildcat Environmental
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Nity
Arkansas
Will Billiot
Fenn Farms
Nathan Virden
Wiebenga
Sheriff seeks man tied to dairy shooting near Lake Arthur
Chaves County Sheriff’s Office asks for public help locating 43-year-old Fermin Reyes of Artesia in connection with a dairy shooting that left a 36-year-old man injured near West Pearson and 76 Austin roads. Investigators want to interview Reyes.
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Sheriff’s Office
Chaves County
Iff
Britt Snyder
West Pearson
Austin Roads
Fermin Reyes
Artesia
Artesia officials seek source of tainted water mystery
City leaders held a town hall after a boil water alert on Sept 16 due to E coli. Mayor Phil Burch said the source may never be found as Crews clean the system nightly and Hobbs lab tests continue. Officials stressed decades of good water despite the potential glitch in the Artesia district.
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Phil Burch
Artesia Recreation Center
Hobbs
Burch
Byron Landfair
Terry Hill
Kevin Hope
Kirk Roberts
JT Jackson
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