This week’s Mid-Week Matters covers a stretch of triple-digit heat through next week, a busy slate of weekend events, and the countdown to KCCC’s 60th birthday.

The show carries an invitation: KCCC 930 AM turns 60 this year, and the station wants listener memories for the Anniversary Oral History Project, with sessions at the Carlsbad Public Library August 8 and 11. Also on the calendar: SENMC’s Second Annual Safety Conference, a free event August 21 with hard-hat tours and a safety simulation lab.

Eddy County Quickies rounds out the show with a pistachio butter recall, WIPP’s resumed transuranic waste shipments, and an update on the Otis Community Center rebuild. This month’s Local Spotlight looks at SIMCO’s third annual Southeast New Mexico Business Forum in Carlsbad.

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This week’s Mid-Week Matters covers Eddy County’s ongoing heat wave, a busy slate of weekend events from casting calls to golf scrambles, and the push toward the new school year in Carlsbad, Loving, and Artesia.

The Eddy County Health Council hosts a Roadrunner Foodbank food distribution Thursday, July 30, at 3:00 PM at the SENMC Workforce Training Center, 505 Alta Vista Rd. at Lea Street.

The show also carries an invitation: KCCC 930 AM turns 60 this year, and the station wants to hear listener memories for an Anniversary Oral History Project, with sessions at the Carlsbad Public Library running through mid-August.

Eddy County News Quickies rounds out the show with news on regional land and energy decisions, a new statewide Courts HelpLine for people representing themselves in legal matters, and local civic updates.

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This week’s In Memoriam segment honors those who lived or died in Carlsbad, New Mexico, with abridged obituary readings from West Funeral Home, LLC.

West Funeral Home In Memoriam: Consuelo “Connie” D’Oporto, Margie Salazar, Donald “Don” John Barnett, Jesus Vasquez, Margarita F. Villa.

These recitations reflect the information available at the time of recording and may not be the most current. For detailed, unabridged obituaries, visit westfuneralhomellc.com.

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This week’s In Memoriam segment honors those who lived or died in Carlsbad, New Mexico, with an abridged obituary reading from Denton-Wood Funeral Home.

Denton-Wood Funeral In Memoriam: Patricia Ann Anguish.

These recitations reflect the information available at the time of recording and may not be the most current. For detailed, unabridged obituaries, visit Dentonwood.com.

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In this episode of Community Forum, host Hattie Quinn sits down with teammates Joe Garza and David Baber of the new Eddy County Drone Soccer League.

Garza and Baber walk through what it took to get the league off the ground — a marathon training video, fourteen hand-built drones, and hours spent learning to fly them, complete with two very different piloting styles the team now calls "Joe mode" and "David mode." Hattie describes drone soccer as something like a combination of BattleBots and Quidditch.

Joe Garza and David Baber in the learning process, March 2026.

The teams looks ahead to the league’s first all-team scrimmage this October, the volunteer coaches, referees, and scorekeepers still needed to make it happen, and a few of Southeast New Mexico College’s other programs, including a free commercial driver’s license course for Eddy County residents.

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This week: triple-digit heat, the Eddy County Fair, and news from around the community.

This week’s Mid-Week Matters, hosted by Endymion, brings Eddy County the latest on a scorching heat wave, the 81st Annual Eddy County Fair, and happenings from around the community.

Temperatures climb into the triple digits through the weekend and hold there into next week, with no rain in the forecast. The Eddy County Fair continues through Saturday with carnival rides, livestock shows, and bull riding, alongside a full slate of library programs and civic meetings across Carlsbad and Artesia.

In the Eddy County Quickies, New Mexico regulators raise bonding requirements for oil and gas wells, and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant targets a return to underground waste shipments after two hoist failures sidelined operations since May. (Sources: POLITICO; ExchangeMonitor)

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In this episode of Community Forum on KCCC 930 AM, owner Jonathan Chandler sits down with Ann Halford, known throughout Eddy County as the $2-Bill Lady, for a conversation on love, compassion, and community.

At 97, Ann reflects on the family history that shaped her, the decades-long tradition of handing out $2 bills that grew out of a Reader’s Digest article, and the two mission trips to Swaziland that left, in her words, “a big piece of her heart” in Africa.

Ann shares what she hopes her small acts of kindness leave behind, saying,

“It’s not about me. It’s about what can I do to help to ease other people’s lives.”

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Every life leaves an imprint on the people and places it touches. On this episode of In Memoriam, the community pauses to honor residents who lived or died in Carlsbad, NM, through abridged obituaries provided by Denton-Wood Funeral Home. These tributes offer a moment of collective remembrance, while extended life stories, service details, and spaces for family condolences remain with the funeral home.

In this episode, the community honors the memory of Juana Ortiz Gonzalez, Bentura “Guero” Salcido, Charles (Chuck) Alan Lane, Helen Munselle, and Mary Ruth Mitchell.

For additional details or to leave a message for the family, visit Denton-Wood Funeral Home’s memorial page:https://www.dentonwood.com/obituaries

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Community Forum host Johnny Chandler sits down with Dr. Peter Jewell, a primary care family medicine doctor at Artesia General Hospital, known around the community as “the jewel of Artesia General.”

Dr. Jewell talks about his path from a career in radio and journalism to medicine, 18 years practicing in Roswell, and what drew him to rural, community-based care in Eddy County.

He also opens up about his own type 1 diabetes diagnosis at age 11, his passion for treating diabetes in the community, and his advice for staying healthy — plus how to reach his office if you’re looking for a new doctor.

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In Case You MIssed It: Eddy County has a busy stretch ahead, and Mid-Week Matters rounds up what’s worth knowing (that we can find) — from family events and library programs to a few pieces of news that might catch residents off guard.

SENMC is launching a new Eddy County Drone Soccer League this fall, WIPP’s Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System is now operating after final regulatory approval, and Artesia has a new interim police chief following Kirk Roberts’ retirement.

Add in a carnival, a dinner theater run, library programs, and a benefit gala for first responders, and there’s something for nearly everyone this week.

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