Turbo Turtle, a tribute truck Caleb A. Gallegos/News-Sun If you thought its been hot lately, it was nothing compared to the heat during this year’s Hobbs August Nights where a number of hot exotic and custom vehicles were on full display for the community. Broadway Street was lined with Oldsmobiles, Lowrider’s, Corvettes, Ferraris and many other custom vehicles, all drawing …

Hobbs get $2 million grant for highway improvements Caleb A. Gallegos/News-Sun Although it has miles of character, in Monday’s City of Hobbs Commission meeting, commissioners and Mayor Sam Cobb paved the way for improvements on West County Road after authorizing a Grant Agreement with New Mexico Department of Transportation in the amount of $2 million. General Services Director Sheila Baker, …

Raging storm Stormy Halladay Caleb A. Gallegos/News-Sun If you thought Doc Holliday was the toughest Holliday you knew, you haven’t met 10-year-old Stormy Halladay of the Enchantment 4-H Club of Lovington. Halladay will be the only one in her 4-H Club who will be showing a horse in the Fair and Rodeo livestock show, starting Aug. 2 in Lovington. Halladay …

Raging storm Stormy Halladay Caleb A. Gallegos/News-Sun If you thought Doc Holliday was the toughest Holliday you knew, you haven’t met 10-year-old Stormy Halladay of the Enchantment 4-H Club of Lovington. Halladay will be the only one in her 4-H Club who will be showing a horse in the Fair and Rodeo livestock show, starting Aug. 2 in Lovington. Halladay …

NM tax-free weekend on Aug. 2-4 Azure Michell /News-Sun Back-to-school shopping is all the buzz with tax-free weekend’s upcoming arrival. At 12:01 a.m. Aug. 2, shops will welcome customers looking to score items free of tax. This event will end on the following Sunday, Aug. 4. Tax-free weekend is placed on select items, such as, clothing or shoes less than …

Project addresses traffic flow at College Lane Elementary Andy Brosig/News-Sun It’s all about timing, they say. And a change in the timing of a project to improve traffic flow at College Lane Elementary means different parts of the work will be done at different times. Doug Young, assistant superintendent for operations for Hobbs Municipal Schools, explained the changes to the …

Dairy farms to Dairy Freez, Couple ready to retire from Eunice mainstay Christina Holt/News-Sun Jim and Sherri Henneke went from milking cows to cooking them and now they are ready to head back home to southeast Texas for some well-earned rest. “We enjoy the work but we’re looking to retire,” Jim said. “We want to move to southeast Texas and …

To demolish or remodel the Jal Police Dept.? Christina Holt/News-Sun Despite the “deplorable state” of the Jal’s Police Department, residents — particularly those who live behind it — don’t want to see the historic El Paso Natural Gas building torn down. The City of Jal held three public meetings for community members to tour the JPD recently so they could …

Tragedy to triumph, NM’s Safe Haven Baby Boxes Two years ago, the Hobbs community in my district made national news when a newborn baby boy was found by dumpster divers inside an industrial garbage container. Following the discovery, the whole country watched the shocking video footage of the baby being discarded by his teenage mother just hours earlier. As a …

Code enforcement and Bisco teach kids to “Keep Hobbs Beautiful” Caleb A. Gallegos/News-Sun Sometimes kids learn important life lessons easier from costumed characters — and so it was Thursday in Hobbs. The City of Hobbs Code Enforcement and their furry costumed mascot, Brisco The K-9 Dog, teamed up to teach the children at the Hobbs Public Library about what Code …