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By Michael Bromka Carlsbad City Historian Jameson Lucas was more than a decent docent, leading Carlsbad’s LVSG on a museum tour of John Van Hamersveld’s bedazzling artwork. For legally blind members of the Low Vision Support Group, hearing Lucas’s engaging descriptions and cultural contexts conveyed worthy enthusiasm. Vast colorful illustrations, album covers, posters, and canvases ranged from movies and music to the artist’s love of surfing. One LVSG septuagenarian recalled

By Dr. Kevin Beardmore Earlier this year, Robert Serrano, a Brown University Professor of Economics, gave a take-home, closed-book midterm exam in an advanced course. Out of 86 undergraduates taking the test, nearly half scored a perfect 100. Dozens of students made a similar argument in their response, the same overly complex one that ChatGPT made when prompted with the exam question, even though a much simpler proof would have sufficed. The professor, a game theorist, confr

By Hattie Quinn Also to be broadcast on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, as part of “Mid-Week Matters” on KCCC 930AM Salado Isolation Mining Contractors (SIMCO) invited regional business leaders from Southeast New Mexico and West Texas to gather in Carlsbad from July 28 through July 30 for the third annual Southeast New Mexico Business Forum, built this year around the theme of construction and fabrication. The event was billed, according to SIMCO’s event materials, as “an opportun

By Misty Cryer Back in 2023, Dr. Amanda Ryan shared news of the construction of a facility to house her private practice, Advanced Heart and Vascular Center of New Mexico (AHVNM), and a state-of-the-art outpatient cardiovascular surgical center owned by her and local philanthropists, Clay and Linda Wilson. Around the same time, Partners in Heart Health, a foundation that promotes the fight against cardiovascular disease in the community, helps patients afford cardiovascular c

By R. Gabriel Villalobos Edward Sanchez Jr. has spent two decades working in behavioral health, but his most personal work began when he started writing about his own experiences. Sanchez is the founder and executive director of Sanchez Behavioral Health and Recovery Services. He has published a series of books on autism, drawing from his professional expertise and his own late-in-life autism diagnosis. The autism series consists of three volumes written for different audienc

By Sarah Jones, Library Director, Carlsbad Public Library Our community is rich with stories—some well-known, others tucked away in archives, photographs, and personal memories waiting to be rediscovered. This month, we are proud to shine a spotlight on the local history resources available at your library, whe re preserving the past and connecting it to the present is part of our everyday mission. Local history collections are more than just old documents; they are a window

By Kyle Marksteiner Last September, I attended a United Way conference in Albuquerque and brought both of my suits—the blue one and the gray one. It was a two-day conference, and I wanted to represent Eddy County well. When I got home, I noticed that one pair of pants was badly ripped in a deeply personal area. I wish there were some interesting story there, but I believe it was just a case of being old and somewhat large. Let’s just hope that said rip took place after the pu

By Rhonda Jones Recently, in conversations with two good friends, I found out that both had stage three kidney disease. I was amazed, but I also have a good friend who is in stage five of her kidney disease and has been waiting several years for a transplant. She spends 11 hours a day on kidney dialysis. Kidney disease seems to be rampant right now, and I wondered why and what could be done to treat it. Of course, my thought is always a plant-exclusive eating plan, but would

By Misty Cryer For generations, the Eddy County Fair has been more than a week of entertainment and awards; it has been a place where traditions are passed from one generation to the next. The rumble of an old tractor engine has a way of carrying people back in time. The sight and sound of restored machines lined up in the parade and at the fairgrounds is more than a display of polished steel and faded paint for many; it is a reminder of family farms, hard work, and time spen

By Misty Cryer A local women’s organization—almost a century old—held its annual planning event recently. An interesting tidbit shared by Angie Barrios-Testa, President of American Association of University Women-Carlsbad, is that the Carlsbad branch was organized in 1928—98 years ago—five years before the state organization was established. The AAUW-Carlsbad is a branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), a national nonprofit organization. The local branc

By Rhonda Jones Let’s face it. Most of us are sugaraholics. Sure, you may not admit it, but it is hard to turn down a sugary treat. The problem with these treats is that they primarily contain highly processed white sugar that has little to no nutritional value and can really become addictive when mixed with chocolate. I have to confess that I love sweet stuff, especially chocolate, so I am always looking for a way to have my cake and eat it too. Of course, a plant-exclusive

by Christina Mann, Wildlife Biologist I dropped by a friend’s property on Riverside Dr. They were outside this early morning, but they were not alone. Besides some relatives, my friend was being mobbed by Canada Geese; and gleefully exclaimed that almost 30 goslings had hatched out this year. I was both dumbstruck and disgusted. This home-grown feeding program was not only technically illegal, it had the potential for harm to all creatures involved. Juvenile geese were comin