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UPDATE: Veterans Day Parade and Ceremony Moved This was announced after Mid-Week Matters was recorded, so the details here replace anything you heard on air. Because of the water release at Lower Tansil Dam, this year’s Veterans Day parade and ceremony in Carlsbad have new locations. * Parade: Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 10 a.m. It starts at the CMS Administration Office, 408 N. Canyon St. The route go...

Note: This episode was recorded a little while back, so a few dates have passed. Tito’s has also moved from the West Green Street spot Matt mentions. Their latest location is listed below. A friend texted me, "You have to go there." She knows how I am about chicken. So I sat down with Matt, the cook behind Tito’s Chicken Shack, to find out what the fuss was about. The truck had been open for just...

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, broadcast November 1, 2026. Join us as we remember: Douglas Ray Brown, Glenna Lucille Hammack Cattaneo, Ruthie Mae Young, Richard Mattson, and Patricia Castaneda. These recitations reflect the information available at the time of recording and may not...

This week’s In Memoriam segment honors those who lived or died in Carlsbad, New Mexico, with abridged obituary readings from Denton-Wood Funeral Home, broadcast November 1, 2026. Join us as we remember: Sarah Elizabeth Bennett Becker, Raymond L. Danielson, Secundino “Nino” Lara, Salvador “Sal” Anaya, Yolanda N. Valdez, Dennis M. Covert, Peggy Mayrhofen Mullins, Richard “Dick” Donald Meyer, David L...

Johnny Chandler sat down with Director Conner Prochaska who discusses UNLOCK, a $45 million program seeking new ways to recover oil, gas, and geothermal resources in Eddy County., Director of ARPA-E at the U.S. Department of Energy, to talk about UNLOCK, a $45 million program that could affect energy producers, researchers, and communities across Eddy County. ARPA-E is the department’s moonshot of...

Halloween weekend is packed across Eddy County. On this week’s Mid-Week Matters, Hattie runs through every trunk or treat from Carlsbad to Artesia, plus Downtown Carlsbad’s Pumpkin Palooza, a free Glow Lab at the Carlsbad Public Library, and a look ahead to Artesia’s 43rd annual Balloons and Tunes Festival. If you haven’t voted yet, early voting in Eddy County ends this Saturday, October 31st. Ele...

Robotics, science demos, a food truck, and a STEM kit for every kid to take home. All of it is free, and all of it is coming to Carlsbad on Saturday, November 7. The STEM Experience Saturday, November 7, noon to 2 p.m. National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI), 400-1 Cascades Avenue, Carlsbad No registration, open to all ages. Kids can run from booth to booth and get their hands on exhibi...

Community Forum on KCCC 930 AM. Recorded the week of Oct. 12, so some dates mentioned in the conversation have passed. Angie Johnson, vice president of the Carlsbad Area Art Association (CAAA), joins Hattie Quinn to talk about the group’s growing roster of classes, monthly juried shows and art walks, and a $25,000 challenge grant for its downtown building. The association has been part of Carlsbad...

Hattie Quinn brings us the weather, regional events, and news of interest every Wednesday at noon on Mid-Week Matters. If you’ve got outdoor plans this weekend, it may rain, so have a backup plan ready. Voting deadlines are coming up fast. Early voting in Eddy County with expanded hours runs through October 31, and Election Day is Tuesday, November 3. The Bureau of Land Management is also taking o...

Artesia General Hospital’s Kush Ghadiali, Director of Public Relations, joined host Johnny Chandler with the hospital’s newest physician, Dr. Alieu Kanu, a podiatric physician and surgeon who has been in the Artesia area for about two and a half months. They talked about why problems in the lower legs and feet often show up first, and why swelling or a sore that won’t heal deserves a checkup. Dr....

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, broadcast October 18, 2026. Join us as we remember: Mario Serrano Ramos 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 . Aired...

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, broadcast October 18, 2026. Join us as we remember: William Byard Brunt, Manuel “Melin” H. Garza, Frances Q. “Kika” Cerna, and James “Buzz” Norman Sexton Jr. These recitations reflect the information available at the time of recording and may not be t...

Library directors Samantha Hardin of Southeast New Mexico College and Sarah Jones of the Carlsbad Public Library joined Johnny Chandler and Hattie Quinn on Community Forum to talk about General Obligation Bond 2, the statewide library bond that will be on the November 3 ballot. The bond authorizes up to $19,324,188 for library resources at academic, public, and tribal libraries, and every county v...

Hattie is calling in from the City of Brotherly Love this week, and back home, Eddy County is in for a change of seasons. Temperatures in the high 80s give way to rain from Thursday night through Saturday, with highs dropping into the low 60s. If you’ve got outdoor plans this weekend, have a backup ready. Voting deadlines are coming up fast. The absentee ballot deadline is Tuesday, October 20. Ear...

Johnny Chandler has an ad stuck in his head: “Vote yes for Amendment 4 so more people that look like us can be in office.” He’s not sure what it means. So he asked someone who does. On this week’s Community Forum, Paul Gessing, president of the Rio Grande Foundation, breaks down the proposal that would put New Mexico legislators on a salary of about $68,000 a year, rising with inflation. Right now...

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, broadcast on October 11, 2026. Join us as we remember: Patricia Rose Matthews, Mary “Frances” Otts Merritt, Lorenzo Muñiz, Douglas Ray Brown, Thomas Lopez, and Nirel Esperanza Perez Ramirez. These recitations reflect the information available at the t...

This week’s In Memoriam segment honors those who lived or died in Carlsbad, New Mexico, with abridged obituary readings from Denton-Wood Funeral Home, broadcast October 11, 2026. Join us as we remember: Ida Ornelas Parraz, Frances Ann Barnes, Roger Wayne Whobrey, Diana Christine “Christy” Sadler, Roger D. Simmons, Darrell R. Harper, Martin Lee Fanning Jr., and Belia Morales. These recitations refl...

Yesterday on Community Forum October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Johnny Chandler sat down with Roy Thomas, Hailie Kessler, and Kush Ghadiali from Artesia General Hospital to talk about early detection and why screening matters. Thomas is Director of Operations in Carlsbad and Director of Radiology for the hospital system, Kessler is the Lead Mammographer, and Ghadiali is the Public Relat...

ICYMI in this week’s episode of Mid-Week Matters on KCCC 930 AM, we walk Eddy County through the weather, this week’s events, and the news worth knowing from Carlsbad to Artesia. Saturday brings The Feel Good Market, more Art in the Park, a Fire Prevention Parade, and a free Día de los Muertos mask class. The Eddy County Quickies include new leadership at United Way and Artesia’s next police chief...

With oil prices pushed up by the war with Iran, New Mexico is sitting on nearly a billion dollars in unexpected oil and gas revenue, and Paul Gessing, president of the Rio Grande Foundation, predicts that pot will top $1 billion by the time the 2027 legislative session opens in January. He joins Johnny Chandler on this Community Forum to argue that the money should go back to New Mexicans, noting...

In this week's episode of Mid-Week Matters on KCCC 930 AM, Hattie to walks Eddy County through the weather, this week's events, and the news worth knowing from Carlsbad to Artesia. Tuesday brings early voting to Eddy County. Get a read-through of the important dates and times, as well as every candidate on an Eddy County ballot, with a reading of the Voter’s Guide, which will be publsihed this Fri...

In part two, John Van Hamersveld walks us through some of his most recognizable work — including the electric, hair-charged Jimi Hendrix poster that hung in the Carlsbad Museum during his visit, and his portraits of Beethoven and Mozart, each one built to capture the distinct energy of the composer's music rather than just their likeness. He also tells the story behind "Johnny," the alter-ego char...

In this week's episode of Mid-Week Matters on KCCC 930 AM, Hattie walks Eddy County through the weather, this week's events, and the news worth knowing from Carlsbad to Artesia. Friday brings Red Dirt Black Gold to Artesia and the Cavern City Renaissance Festival to Carlsbad on the same weekend, musicians jam at the Cascades Senior Center, and Dinosaurs storm the PAC. The Spotlight shines on artis...

On this week’s Community Forum episodes, Hattie Quinn and local artist and friend of the station Anthony Green sat down with artist John Van Hamersveld in the Carlsbad Public Library’s Bob Scholl Memorial Room, fresh off his traveling exhibit “Crazy World, Ain’t It” and in the middle of a full day of art classes in Carlsbad. What started as a conversation about the show turned into a look back at...

This week’s In Memoriam segment honors those who lived or died in Carlsbad, New Mexico, with abridged obituary readings from Denton-Wood Funeral Home, covering broadcasts September 20th. Denton-Wood Funeral Home In Memoriam, September 1st, Terry Lynn Caddell. Denton-Wood Funeral Home In Memoriam, September 5th: Charles Gray. Denton-Wood Funeral Home In Memoriam, September 11th: Johnny Ray Prentiss...