Artesia fell to Aztec 3-1 in 8 innings while Carlsbad fell to Cibola 9-6 in their semi-final game.

Aztec will face 7-time defending champion Piedra Vista for the 4A title while Cibola will face Las Cruces for the 5A title.

The Loving Lady Falcons won the A-AA title by winning two from previously unbeaten Cobre 8-5 and 6-3. Cobre had defeated Loving on Thursday 5-1.

In baseball: Rio Rancho upset Carlsbad 7-3 to advance to the title game Saturday vs. Sandia.

In 4A, Piedra Vista will face St. Pius X and in 2A after beating Loving 6-5, Texico lost to Cobre 11-1.

Former First Lady Laura Bush was the keynote speaker Thursday night at the Chase Foundation Scholarship Awards Dinner at the Artesia Country Club.During her speech she gave an update on how she and her husband former President George W. Bush are dealing with private life and she also gave an update on George and Barbara Bush.She also talked about the importance of getting an education and she shared some of her experiences as an educator

To view the discussion from KNME TV go to the You Tube link at the bottom of the page.  

State Engineer Scott Verhines will issue a Metering Order for the Fort Sumner Underground Water Basin this month. The Order requires that meters are installed on all irrigation, municipal and industrial wells before January 1, 2014.Metering irrigation, municipal and industrial wells provides a practical, measurable action to protect against illegal use of water, using more water than is permitted through a water right, and the opportunity to identify water lost to leaks. This important water management step also provides data on how much groundwater is being pumped from the aquifer. These meters will serve the public by allowing the State Engineer to conjunctively mange the groundwater of the Fort Sumner Underground Water basin that is hydrologically connected to the surface waters of the Lower Pecos River Stream System in order to maximize the beneficial use of the available water supply in the Lower Pecos River.

U.S. Congressman Steve Pearce announced that the House Committee on Appropriations approved the Department of Energy to reprogram funds within its Environmental Management account.The committee’s approval is the last hurdle needed to allow the Department of Energy to continue with its cleanup of waste at Los Alamos National Laboratories (LANL).After the Los Conchas fire in 2011, which came within four miles of the LANL waste storage facility, a cleanup process began to move 3,706 cubic meters of above-ground transuranic (TRU) waste from LANL to the Waste Isolation Pilot Project (WIPP) in Carlsbad.

 Every day the Roswell Police Department (RPD) receives a multitude of phone calls regarding various issues. For the past three months the Desk Officer (Officer who works in the Office) at the RPD has received approximately 10 – 15 phone calls regarding individuals falsifying themselves as law enforcement Officers. The fictitious Officers are attempting to collect debts in various cities in New Mexico. The most recent call was from a man in who lives in a small New Mexico town. The man stated he received a call, which appeared as 575-624-6770 (the number which belongs to RPD), and the individual on the other line falsely introduced himself as Roswell Police Department Officer trying to collect a debt. In this case, as in all previous instances, the caller has a foreign accent and is extremely aggressive in the demands made for account information, such as checking account-credit card account information.The caller or callers has even threatened New Mexico residents if compliance is not made the resident will be arrested by local authorities.The Roswell Police Department wants to reassure citizens that the Police Department will never call to collect a debt, nor ask for credit card information.An Officer will never arrest a person for a debt which has not been paid, unless a bench warrant has been issued by the Court. It is recommended to not give out personal information,such as bank account, or credit card information.No city or town is exempt from the scam.

The Carlsbad Police Department in cooperation with Crimestoppers of Eddy County is requesting your assistance in solving a report of Residential Burglary and Larceny. Sometime during the afternoon of Wednesday April 17,an unknown suspect or suspects entered a residence through a window at 604 W. Bonbright.Once inside, the residence was ransacked and money jars were taken.The total loss is estimated at approximately $500.00.If you have any information on this crime, you are asked to call the hotline in Carlsbad at 887-1888. All tips are anonymous and confidential and may result in a reward of up to $1,000.00.

Supt. Pat Parsons offers a recap now in the podcast section on the left hand side of the page.  

Michael Whatley of the Consumer Energy Alliance tries to answer that question now in the podcast section on the left hand side of the page.