Today in Roswell’s headlines

Today is Friday, Nov. 6 and our newsroom has been hard at work keeping up with the news.

Our weekend edition — in mailboxes and racks today — features 16 pages of local arts, culture and commentary Roswell is talking about — or should be.

Digital readers get a preview here but you have to get the paper for the full story.

Featured story of the day is:

Casakids’ Winter Wonderland 2026

Vera Carabajal, center, attended Casakids’ Winter Wonderland at the First American Bank in 2025. This year, the bank again provides the space for the many sponsored Christmas trees by designers Adelina Mendez and Maribel Quezada that are part of the annual auction. (Christina Stock, The Roswell Daily Record)

Also in the news today

Grocery store campaign to benefit Roswell’s Harvest Ministries

Are you looking for a way to support local families during the holidays? A local grocery store campaign is benefitting Roswell’s Harvest Ministries.

Harvest Ministries on North Main Street is an important resource in Roswell for people in need of food and other assistance. They are to benefit from “Turkey Bucks,” an annual donation campaign of Albertsons. (Jim Hilley)

Old secrets to be told, hidden treasures lost

Travel back in time to 1893 in Janice Dunnahoo’s column “Historical Anecdotes.” Have you ever wondered how locals enticed northerners to move to Southeast New Mexico? Did you know that a river vanished during an earthquake and… there is hidden gold that was never found?

Sports

It’s the sports story of the week, season:

Roswell defeats Goddard in crosstown rivalry