It’s March 17, and A.J. De Los Santos is stressing out over the news. Lorena Castillo and Becca Titus were right behind him on the stress-o-meter. As the staff of United Way of Lea County, they just learned that the United Way worldwide organization sent down a decree that each local non-profit agency needs to immediately create a Community Crisis …

LOVINGTON — Over the top in December and January. “Lea County is now officially the No. 1 oil and gas producer in the U.S.,” said County Chairwoman Rebecca Long on Thursday. “We have the final numbers in for December and January, both.” With the latest data available, County Finance Director Chip Low said earlier this month the numbers for December …

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Friday announced 55 additional positive tests for COVID-19. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are: 1 new case in Lea County 27 new cases in Bernalillo County 1 new case in Cibola County 1 new case in Eddy County 2 new cases in McKinley County 1 new …

At around 10:16 a.m. Thursday morning, a magnitude 5.0 earthquake was registered in Texas, near the area of Mentone, Texas, about 50 miles southeast of Carlsbad. Seismic instruments indicate the earthquake originated at a depth of around 5.3 miles. “The preliminary (reading) was 4.7, then they reviewed it, and it came out at 5.0,” Dr. David Wilson, scientist in charge …