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By Misty Cryer For the second year in a row, Colette Christian was awarded a $50,000 scholarship by Partners in Heart Health at the recent scholar reception. This scholarship is different than most because it isn’t limited to tuition and books. It can be used to help with the cost of living, making it more possible for returning students to pursue higher education in healthcare. Colette was born and raised in Carlsbad. She said she moved away to go to college in Texas, later

By Misty Cryer Southeast New Mexico Community Action Corporation (SNMCAC) has a Senior Citizen Program that provides services to individuals who are 60 years old or older. The services include a nutrition program and respite centers based in Carlsbad and Artesia, also serving other communities in the county, along with transportation services. “We do congregate meals, and then we do home-delivered meals,” said Rita Archuleta, Senior Citizen Program Director and CSBG Coordinat

By Misty Cryer Eddy County has a specialized, multidisciplinary team that handles domestic violence cases under one roof, bridging the gap between law enforcement and advocacy. The Domestic Violence Enhanced Response Team (DVERT) is designed to allow the citizens of Eddy County to have specialized follow-up, advanced investigations, and victim advocacy, with coordinated services for domestic violence cases. While the concept of a domestic violence response team is not complet

By Sarah Jones, Library Director, Carlsbad Public Library In today’s fast-paced world, taking time to care for our mental wellness is more important than ever. While there are many ways to support a healthy mind, one of the most accessible and rewarding tools is also one of the simplest: reading. Books offer more than entertainment or information—they provide comfort, connection, and a meaningful way to recharge. Reading can be a powerful form of stress relief. Even just a fe

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