Curtis Wynne/News-Sun EUNICE — Carla Gavilan, valedictorian of the Eunice High School Class of 2022, hopes to get her associate’s degree from New Mexico Junior College by the end of summer. She said she’s just that close. “This year has been very hectic because I took some college classes, about six of them, so I’ve been running around like a …

ANDY BROSIG NEWS-SUN It was almost too close to call coming down to the wire, with just a few tenths of a point difference in the race for valedictorian and salutatorian for the Hobbs High School Class of 2022. It’s almost been a race between seniors Ann Mary Thomas, 18, and Brieanna Carr, 17, since the pair met during their …