Playoff Eve, Oil Rebounds & Rain Tonight | Carlsbad Cave News — Fri, Nov. 6, 2026

Good evening, Carlsbad! Carlsbad Cave News is your local newscast for Carlsbad and Eddy County, New Mexico — anchored by Ray Delgado. Tonight, Friday, November 6, 2026: • TOP STORY: Playoff eve — No. 7 Cavemen host No. 10 Hobbs tomorrow, Sat. Nov. 7 at 1 p.m., Carlsbad's first home playoff game in 15 years; oil rebounded Thursday; rain late tonight and Saturday morning; last night's Cavegirls score still has not posted (reported honestly) • CITY & COUNTY: Veterans Day parade NEW ROUTE reminder — Wed. Nov. 11, 10 a.m. from the CMS Administration Office, 408 N. Canyon St., south on Canyon, east on Greene, north on Park Drive, ceremony ~10:45 a.m. at P.O.W./M.I.A. Park (Eddy County Patriotic Society); County Commission meets Tue. Nov. 10; results certify Nov. 24 • SCHOOLS: SENMC water symposium was held Thu. night — no recap posted yet, reported honestly; Native American Heritage Month celebration Thu. Nov. 12 with Tony and Violet Duncan — time/place not listed, check the Library or Museum; the new Carlsbad High School — still no decisions, stated plainly; SIMCO teacher STEM mini-grants close Mon. Nov. 9 at 5 p.m. • THE CAVERNS: Bat Flight season is over — the bats return in spring; Veterans Day, Wed. Nov. 11, is a fee-free day and now looks mostly sunny and 71° • WIPP: Community Forum summary still not published — day two, reported honestly, no outcomes invented; SIMCO's Patrick Hefflinger appointment carried with its Nov. 5 date; the 14,948 shipment total carried with its Oct. 24 date • SAFETY & ROADS: No alerts; showers late tonight (50%, ~0.10 in) and Saturday morning (50%); no new Eddy County quakes — state list through Nov. 5, last Eddy event still Sun. Nov. 1 M2.8 near Whites City; $10 million in U.S. 285 repairs roll on • BUSINESS & THE PATCH: Oil rebounded Thursday — Brent settled at $98.29, up $3.67 (+3.9%), and WTI at $90.52, up $2.40 (+2.7%), after fresh tanker attacks revived supply fears (UKMTO: at least five vessel incidents since Sunday); early Friday Brent traded near $100 — nothing is settled, Wednesday priced a deal that does not exist • SPORTS: Playoff preview — Oct. 30 recap (Brock Wright's 5 TDs, Lennon Ananins' late strip, Hobbs QB Junior Medrano's 415 yards); winner faces No. 2 Volcano Vista; cross country runs at the Class 5A state meet Saturday in Albuquerque; Cavegirls vs. Roswell score STILL not posted on MaxPreps (still 9–10) — owed to viewers; Artesia swept Lovington (25-12, 25-14, 25-16) to finish 15–8 • AROUND TOWN (events): Quiet Friday / playoff eve (no standalone listing verified today); Saturday's Ocotillo Trail Challenge (8 a.m.), state cross country in Albuquerque, Keys for Kids fundraiser (date verified, time/place not listed), STEM Experience (12–2), Cavemen playoff (1 p.m.) and The Sound of Julie (7 p.m., $28.52); Sunday's Christmas Market and Soft Power; SIMCO deadline Mon. 5 p.m.; NEW parade route + fee-free Caverns on Nov. 11; Heritage celebration Nov. 12; Christmas on the Pecos runs Nov. 27–Dec. 31 • WEATHER: Partly cloudy today, high 64°; showers late tonight, low 49°; Saturday morning showers, 50%, high 55°; Veterans Day mostly sunny 71° Sources: Carlsbad Local (Nov. 5: parade notice, XC, Hefflinger, Heritage Month); All Sports Best / Cavemen Insider via Carlsbad Chamber (Nov. 5–6: first home playoff in 15 years, Wright/Ananins/Medrano); MaxPreps (checked live Nov. 6: Cavegirls score not posted); On3 playoff bracket (Nov. 2); Artesia Daily Press (Nov. 6: Artesia–Lovington); Southeast New Mexico College; National Park Service; DOE/WIPP; AAFX market report + Caithness Business Index (Nov. 6, Thu. settlements) and FinanceFeeds/CNBC (Nov. 6 early trade); New Mexico Tech Seismological Observatory (through Nov. 5); USGS; Carlsbad Chamber; AllEvents; weather.com. #CarlsbadNM #LocalNews #EddyCounty #CarlsbadCaverns #WIPP #PermianBasin #NewMexico