Homeowner holds B&E suspect at gunpoint Hobbs police officers responded to a break-in call at a East Copper residence on Monday and found the homeowner holding the suspect at gunpoint. Around 12:12 a.m. Monday, Hobbs officers were dispatched to a residence in the 500 block of East Copper for breaking and entering. Officers found a front window of the home …

Hobbs, Lovington gigabit cities thanks to Leaco Just as older homes lacked enough electrical outlets as Americans became accustomed to their appliances in the mid-20th century, an internet barrier exists in many homes today, limiting the speed of various electronic devices to stream TV, play video games online and download data. A local telephone cooperative is seeking to end the days …

Charge in Hobbs priest case dropped The criminal charge against former St. Helena Catholic Church priest Ricardo Bauza was dismissed Wednesday by the Fifth Judicial District Attorney’s Office. The dismissal comes less than a week before his trial was scheduled to begin in Hobbs. Bauza, 51, turned himself into Hobbs police on Feb. 12 on the arrest warrant for a …

Use of Smart cars linked to awards for Pizza Inn owner Order a pizza to be delivered from the Pizza Inn on North Grimes Street, or either Pizza Inn in Carlsbad, and the Smart car that delivers it might remind you of someplace in Europe. Franchise owner Michael Moore garnered four awards last month at an Orlando, Fla., Pizza Inn …

Blimp headed to Hobbs for stopover Even without a Major League Baseball or football game in town, residents of Hobbs will see a rare event late Saturday afternoon and early Sunday morning. The pilot of Goodyear Blimp Wing-foot Two, one of the company’s newest blimps, having left Deming early Saturday morning, will set the large airship down in the Lea …

You can’t go back but you can get better I have never really liked change. Ever since I was a little kid I’ve struggled with it. I would LOVE to tell you that as an adult that I have fully embraced the unknown or even welcomed it with open arms, but I would be lying to you. I tend to …

Strickland aiming high at Air Force Academy College can be expensive, especially if someone chooses to go to a four-year school straight out of high school. Most students don’t really know what the final cost of their college education will be when it’s all said and done. But for 2018 Hobbs graduate Brenden Strickland, the cost has already been paid …

Corvette crashes into business causing major damage LOVINGTON — A man from Albuquerque was arrested early Saturday morning after he allegedly drove at a high speed, fled police and ultimately crashed into a Lovington oilfield company’s building off Commercial Street causing thousands of dollars worth of damage, while he was allegedly under the influence of drugs and alcohol. There was …

Nor-Lea gifts $300,000 for training equipment to NMJC New Mexico Junior College President Kelvin Sharp may have stood behind the large check for a photo, but he kept the real one pretty close inside his suit jacket. “I’m keeping the real check with me,” he said with a smile. Sharp and everyone with NMJC has a good reason to smile, …

Nor-Lea gifts $300,000 for training equipment to NMJC New Mexico Junior College President Kelvin Sharp may have stood behind the large check for a photo, but he kept the real one pretty close inside his suit jacket. “I’m keeping the real check with me,” he said with a smile. Sharp and everyone with NMJC has a good reason to smile, …