LOVINGTON — It’s the end of an era for radio in Lea County. After nearly 65 years on air, Lovington radio station KLEA broadcasted for the last time on Friday and closed its doors. Days later on Wednesday, the building located on Country Club Drive was quiet and locked to visitors. The radio staple spent decades airing top tunes and …

The six-month wait for Cotton Patch Cafe is over. Construction on the cafe started in early January and doors opened on Joe Harvey Boulevard around 11 a.m. Tuesday morning, where a pack of customers dined and voiced their excitement for the new eatery. The Texas-based restaurant chain serves a variety of Southern staples like chicken fried steak, catfish, and meatloaf, …

In the company of more than 300 attendees, the Mewbourne family dedicated the new regional headquarters for Mewbourne Oil Company on Business Park Boulevard in Hobbs earlier this week. Among many dignitaries in attendance, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez congratulated company executives for their foresight in spite of the recent oil downturn. She then noted a major upturn in recent months. …

After three years of driving oilfield trucks, three cousins from Lovington decided working out of a truck wasn’t so bad, but it was missing something — tacos. Kevin Espino, 24, Ricardo Antillon, 25, and Joel Valdez, 22, recently opened Grande Boy Taco Co. at 212 W. Ave D. But their journey in entrepreneurship has not been an easy one. That hasn’t …

Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers plans to open its first Southeast New Mexico location in Hobbs. The Kansas-based restaurant chain will soon start construction on its Hobbs location on Joe Harvey Boulevard. “We are hoping to start construction this summer in Hobbs,” said Paul Hoover, Freddy’s local area franchise owner. “(We’re) working to have a formal development timeline that we …

New KaleidoScoops open for business Curtis C. Wynne News-Sun KaleidoScoops is back in Hobbs. Under new management and in a new location, at 3420 N. Grimes St. Suite 300, the popular ice cream vendor opened to the public on Tuesday. After 17 years, the previous Kaleidoscoops location on Turner Street closed at the end of June to the dismay of …

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