Growing up on a ranch in Artesia, Kathleen Crook didn’t dream of being a chef, or even doing any serious cooking.

State land rented to the oil and gas industry for fossil fuel development brought in a record of about $56 million.

Carlsbad resident Ford D. Stone died on June 21, 2025. He was 83 years old. His parents, Pauline M. and Rivington Stone, who ...