United Way of Lea County is hosting its annual Stuff-A-Bus event from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday at Walgreens on Turner. The goal is to fill 2,000 backpacks that will be distributed to school children throughout Lea County.

It’s that time of year again when United Way challenges the local community to help the nonprofit organization stuff a bus with thousands of backpacks. This is the 13th year United Way hosts the Stuff-A-Bus event, which is planned from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. today and Saturday at Walgreens, 1401 N. Turner Street. “We’d like to fill 2,000 backpacks,” said Janelle Blain, …

Hobbs Municipal School Board members have three applicants to choose from to fill the vacant District 3 board seat. Lance Wiseman, Hobbs school board member, who was first elected in 2005 announced his resignation from the school board in April. Esther Bratcher, K.T. Manis and Terry O’Brain are the three applicants who are up to fulfill Wiseman’s term until the …

Dorothy N. Fowler News-Sun Five hundred and seventy-one young men and women, each clad in either a gold or black robe and a mortar board to match, marched into the Lea County Event Center Saturday morning to receive their high school diplomas. It was the largest class ever to graduate from Hobbs High School. Because it was so large, a portion …