Peter Stein/News-Sun Tomas Vega is a few minutes older than his twin brother German. But, in Friday’s NMJC Cross Country Invitational at Harry McAdams Park in Hobbs, German was a little bit ahead of his brother. With a time of 24:12 that set a New Mexico Junior College school record, German won the meet. Tomas finished second at 24:43 to …

Andy Brosig/News-Sun A possible threat to staff and and students at Houston Middle School in Hobbs last week prompted Superintendent of Schools Gene Strickland to address the district Board of Education during a portion of its regular meeting Tuesday typically reserved for comment from the public. The potential threat, which turned out to be completely unfounded, emerged via Face-book, intimating …