Hobbs High School is pleased to have the honor of celebrating our graduating class of 2020 on Saturday, July 18. Due to an increase of cases of COVID-19 and the recent changes in expectations of restarting school, it is necessary to do a graduation with social distancing as its number one priority. Below is some important information for graduates and …

Parents of children enrolled in the Lovington and Hobbs school districts may have been surprised to learn their children will receive either a new Electronic Benefits Transfer card or, if they are already using an EBT card, will have money deposited on to it. Since breakfast and lunch is provided for every student at both school districts, every student is …

Claire Newey is 17, going on 18 and she’s Hobbs High School’s 2020 Salutatorian. She’s been in Hobbs schools her entire academic career and credits the school for her academic success. As Claire sees it, “There is a lot of opportunity for Hobbs students if they just take advantage of what’s offered.” That’s what she’s done, concentrating not only the …

Troy White may be the Hobbs High School Class of 2020’s valedictorian, but he used to be, what he called, a horrible student. Growing up in Albuquerque, he was pretty decent in elementary. Then came middle school. Three school years, three different schools. He almost got kicked out of the first. His teachers “genuinely despised” him and the third dealt …

Kelvin Sharp, president of New Mexico Junior College, has announced the college is planning to offer a full range of classes for students beginning in the fall 2020 semester. “We are planning to operate all classes including face-to-face, online, dual credit, and ITV. We intend to give students every possible choice to meet their needs,” Sharp said. “Our executive team …

Amidst the honking cars and celebration, Lovington High School graduate Breena Villalobos shared smiles and tears with her fellow high school graduates. In the back of her mind were her thoughts of her grandmother, Belinda Clara, who passed away in September of 2018. Even though she couldn’t be at her granddaughter’s graduation, her family created a ceremonial chair just for …

University of the Southwest students eligible for assistance under the terms of the CARES Act began to receive checks from the university last week. “Checks being sent out (from the university) will put a minimum of $575 into each eligible undergraduate student’s hands to provide emergency funding to help defray the costs of the impact of the pandemic on their …

University of the Southwest is planning a 21st century graduation, i.e. a graduation that is entirely virtual and therefore in keeping with the university’s goal to be and to become, the University of the Future. The virtual graduation is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. on May 16. University provost Ryan Tipton described the planned ceremony by saying, “The only …

Thirty years from now, New Mexico Junior College 2020 graduates will have the opportunity to tell their grandchildren about participating in the college’s first virtual graduation. The ceremony will be broadcast on the NMJC website and on Facebook Live tonight. Kelvin Sharp, president of the college said administrators, teachers and staff are eager to honor the more than 260 students …

The City of Hobbs, the Permian Strategic Partnership, and the JF Maddox Foundation have each committed $10 million for a new career technical education high school in Hobbs, and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is encouraging local voters to approve $15 million more needed for the new school in a November bond election. “All of New Mexico is excited about the …