XTO Energy donates $50,000 With oil prices on the rise and the industry booming, the need for a skilled and specialized workforce is greater than ever. New Mexico Junior College has partnered with ExxonMobil subsidiary XTO Energy to prepare and train students as potential employees for the energy industry. XTO donated $50,000 to NMJC for location equipment, program upgrades, and …

Our Lady weeps again What do you need? What do you want? Those are the questions Arbiolinda Berumen asked the bronze Our Lady of Guadalupe statue early Saturday morning. For the first time in more than three months and for the fourth time overall, the statue weeped. Created in Mexico, the statue has been with the Our Lady of Guadalupe …

While taking a shower after yard work on a muggy summer July 1, 2017, Hobb san Gary Jones suffered a massive heart attack. More than a year later, last week, he met Paul Kroh, the dispatcher who responded to his 911 call, while prepar ing to speak with all of Lea County’s emergency dispatchers. Jones, owner of Basin Surveys, has …

If the thousands of dogs and cats Missy Funk has helped for the past seven years could send congratulations cards, her mailbox would be stuffed and running over. Since the animals can’t speak, it’s easy to announce that Missy, manager of the Hobbs Animal Adoption Center, was recently named New Mexico Humane Animal Advocate of the Year. “I am appreciative …

Firehouse Subs blazed its way onto the Hobbs scene with its grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday. The event was supported by more than 40 people including at least a dozen members of the Hobbs Fire Department. Interim City Manager and Fire Chief Manny Gomez welcomed Firehouse Subs, giving franchise co-owner Jack Kassis the symbolic key to the city, and …

Ice cream lady celebrates 35 years of making kids happy The next time you hear the sound of an ice cream truck, think of Janice Stewart, who started her mobile snow cone/ice cream truck business on Aug. 7, 1983. “I was 28 or 29,” Stewart said. “I was nursing my sick father and I needed something else to do. I …

Column: Misguided motivation… A life lesson from Elle Woods The role that made Reese Witherspoon a star, Elle Woods, the lead character from the movie from “Legally Blonde” can teach us something important about misguided motivation. At the outset, Elle believes that her long-time boyfriend is going to propose to her when in fact he is preparing to break up …

Two Hobbs men killed in Eddy Co. accident A third Hobbs man injured NEWS-SUN STAFF REPORT Two Hobbs men were killed Tuesday morning in a rollover crash outside of Carlsbad and a third Hobbsan was injured. Around 8 a.m. Tuesday, New Mexico State Police personnel investigated a double fatal, single-vehicle crash on New Mexico State Road 31 at about mile …

Holtec, ELEA review plans for nuke site LOVINGTON — Fewer than 10 people appeared Tuesday morning at the Loving-ton Chamber of Commerce to hear experts explain Holtec International’s plan for a spent nuclear fuel storage facility. Holtec applied to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a license to establish a consolidated interim storage facility for the high level nuclear waste …