With the abbreviated 2020-21 football season officially in the books, Hobbs High School is already looking forward to what will hopefully be a back-to-normal season in the 2021-22 school year. The Eagles finished the shortened season with back-to-back wins, beating Artesia 56-21 and then blanking Oñate 47-0 in the season-ending “T.J. Parks Bowl Game.” As the Eagles prepare for next …
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Health on Wednesday announced the updated statewide COVID-19 map for the two-week period beginning April 21, with 14 New Mexico counties at the Turquoise Level and three at the Green Level, at which there are fewer restrictions on commercial and day-to-day activities amid decreased virus risk. The majority of the state’s counties …
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — After three weeks of testimony, the trial of the former police officer charged with killing George Floyd ended swiftly: barely over a day of jury deliberations, then just minutes for the verdicts to be read — guilty, guilty and guilty — and Derek Chauvin was handcuffed and taken away to prison. Chauvin, 45, could be sent to …
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — High school students who attended “secret proms” in a southern New Mexico school district won’t face disciplinary actions, and their schools will resume in-person classes sooner than previously thought, school officials said Monday. The decisions follow an investigation into private house parties in the Las Cruces Public Schools district and backlash from some elected officials …
On Thursday, April 15 the New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau was called to investigate an officer-involved shooting near 537 East Navajo Drive in Hobbs. The NMSP officer was uninjured, and the suspect fled on foot. Agents learned at approximately 8:20 p.m., a New Mexico State Police officer initiated a traffic stop on a silver Chrysler four-door passenger vehicle on …
Ray Birmingham is calling it a career. The hall of fame baseball baseball coach announced Sunday night that the 2020-21 season will be his last season skippering a baseball team, although there are other opportunities that would keep him involved with the game. “I will be 66 in November, so I think that is a good starting point,” Birmingham said …
LAS VEGAS (AP) — One of the biggest casino projects ever on the Las Vegas Strip has set a date to open, after more than seven years of planning and building. Resorts World Las Vegas announced Monday that it will open to the public June 24 and began taking reservations for more than 3,500 rooms at its three Hilton-branded hotels. …
Three people, including a child, were hospitalized with what were described as non-life threatening injuries following a Friday morning fire that destroyed their mobile home north of Hobbs. The fire, which appeared to have started on a patio outside the mobile home in the 7100 block of North Valdez Street, was reported about 9 a.m., said Barry Young, deputy chief …
Roman Avila, 41, of Midland, was arrested on April 10 on a federal warrant after police were called about a returned U-Haul showing signs of “possible human smuggling.” Police found the rental trailer with trash and other material consistent with a person being in the storage area for an extended period of time, after an employee with U-Haul notified police …
SANTA FE, NM. (AP) — Several medical marijuana providers on Wednesday warned of a potential cannabis shortage in late June, when the first provisions of a new law go into effect to legalize recreational marijuana in New Mexico. Authorized recreational cannabis sales don’t commence until early 2022. But several medical marijuana businesses, led by Ultra Health, say there could be …
