HOBBS – Wheels tend to grind slowly in the COVID world, especially when you’re talking about shipping and construction. Over the past nine months, some business owners throughout New Mexico have complained that at times their biggest problem isn’t just hoping the governor will let them stay open, but also getting their supplies from point A, the warehouses, to point …

The wide availability of the COVID-19 vaccination to any Lea County resident could be here in six months. “I think that because of supply of the vaccine and the number of people who need to be vaccinated, it’ll still be May before we reach a level where most people can be vaccinated,” Nor-Lea Hospital CEO David Shaw said on Tuesday. …