Bits & Pieces By Don Eskins Sutphin- Bindel going the extra mile Having migrated to Missouri in 2013, it has been nice to be able keep up...

By Valarie Waddle Human relationships and a sense of belonging are among the most important factors in resilience and self-worth in...

By Michael Bromka Hope Center of Carlsbad is a Christian-themed mostly volunteer hive of action.  Funding comes from United Way, City of...

By Michael Bromka In his mid-teens, bicycle repairman Ted Whaley was a champion boxer in Brooklyn's Police Athletic League.  At eighteen...

Miranda, Stroble When asked what defines the group of 32 senior band students to band director Ken Young his quick response is, “Within...

By Miranda Stroble When asked what defines the 7 graduating seniors from the choir programs at Carlsbad High School and the Carlsbad...

By Miranda Stroble The senior theater students have been a part of some fantastic productions during their time at Carlsbad High School....

By Michele Robertson We are a short time away from the biggest event in a high school senior’s educational path, graduation. Students...

By Michele Robertson As the sun shone on the Pecos River, I walked past families playing and picnicking, dogs frolicking in the river,...

As an investor, you constantly want to see your portfolio move just one way – up. But that’s not possible, because the financial markets...

By Miranda Stroble Local restaurants are making a comeback, and it is time for our community to come back to supporting them. Many of our...

By Valarie Waddle Those of us who have celebrated “social distance” birthdays in the last month are likely doing so for the first time....

By Michele Robertson Carlsbad residents may not know that one of the country’s most famous sculptors has four works on display at our...

By Teri Burns Carlsbad has taken a hard economic hit of late with both the coronavirus shut down and the drop in oil prices. Both...

By Michael Bromka Oasis Food Bank has the apt poetical official name of Abundant Harvest Food Pantry --one ministry of Oasis Church,...

By Teri Burns Carlsbad residents with a taste for craft beer are still in luck. While the governor’s stay-at-home orders and required...

By Michele Robertson Closure is an important step in the grieving process, and in our current situation it is harder to get through that...

By Kyle Marksteiner In my other job, working for the City of Carlsbad, we have naturally been fielding quite a few calls from people...

I just wanted to thank Carlsbad Police Department for this! They sent an escort for our son’s “birthday parade”. We had to postpone his...

Jonah's House Food Pantry at 512 W. Stevens St. looks like just another house.  For nearly a third of a century, they've been helping...