Members of the Carlsbad Boy Scout Troop 288 present the state and U.S. flags during the grand opening of the Eddy County Republican Party election headquarters at 1102 W. Pierce St.

Explorations at a small cave in the rugged mountains of Eddy County yielded ancient burials and evidence of early man.

It wasn't an oversight when security measures were not put in place for judges' offices on the third floor of the Eddy County Courthouse.