Officials at Florida-based Burkes Outlet plan to open a store in Hobbs, but details remain vague. After the company posted on a construction bids website its intent to spend $1-3 million on construction in Hobbs, the News-Sun reached out for comment. Lisa Herrmann, director of communications and community affairs for Bealls Inc., the parent company for Burkes Outlet, checked with …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday ordered 50 million barrels of oil released from America’s strategic reserve to help bring down energy costs, in coordination with other major energy consuming nations, including China, India and the United Kingdom. The move is aimed at global energy markets, but also at U.S. voters who are coping with higher inflation and …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday ordered 50 million barrels of oil released from America’s strategic reserve to help bring down energy costs, in coordination with other major energy consuming nations, including China, India and the United Kingdom. The move is aimed at global energy markets, but also at U.S. voters who are coping with higher inflation and …

When it opens for the 2022-23 school year, the Career Technology Education Center Hobbs will host a variety of paths for students to prepare for careers after high school. And the Hobbs Municipal Schools Board of Education learned more about what those pathways will look like Tuesday. CTECH Principal, and HMS Operations Director, Zeke Kaney presented the new course guide …

Like most of us who have lost a loved one to COVID-19, we do everything in our power to try to keep their memory going. One local resident has attempted to do just that with the grand opening of her baby boutique, Joseph’s Heartland. Joseph’s Heartland is located at 3900 North Lovington Highway and held its ribbon cutting on Saturday. …

Like most of us who have lost a loved one to COVID-19, we do everything in our power to try to keep their memory going. One local resident has attempted to do just that with the grand opening of her baby boutique, Joseph’s Heartland. Joseph’s Heartland is located at 3900 North Lovington Highway and held its ribbon cutting on Saturday. …

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Facebook the company is losing control of Facebook the product — not to mention the last shreds of its carefully crafted, decade-old image as a benevolent company just wanting to connect the world. Thousands of pages of internal documents provided to Congress by a former employee depict an internally conflicted company where data on …

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Some of the crude oil that spilled from a pipeline into the waters off Southern California has been breaking up naturally in ocean currents, a Coast Guard official said Wednesday as authorities sought to determine the scope of the damage. Coast Guard Petty Officer Steve Strohmaier said some of the oil has been pushed to …

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — A group of powerful New Mexico lawmakers is questioning whether state environment officials have done enough to weigh the potential economic effects of a proposal to cut smog-causing pollution across the oil and gas industry. Leaders of the Legislative Finance Committee sent a letter last week to state Environment Secretary James Kenney, saying the rules would have …

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — A group of powerful New Mexico lawmakers is questioning whether state environment officials have done enough to weigh the potential economic effects of a proposal to cut smog-causing pollution across the oil and gas industry. Leaders of the Legislative Finance Committee sent a letter last week to state Environment Secretary James Kenney, saying the rules would have …