LOVINGTON — Patsy Cunningham learned Thursday, while in Dallas, that she’d been named Lovington Chamber’s 2017 Citizen of the Year and the news left her surprised and “very honored.” A large crowd packed into the city’s youth center Thursday night for Lovington Chamber of Commerce’s annual awards banquet, where 2018 plans were discussed, dinner was served, board members named and …

Hobbs celebrates Ornelas opening insurance agency A couple dozen people welcomed the Armando Ornelas State Farm Agency to its new location in the Dal Paso Mall on Wednesday. Located at 2827 N. Dal Paso St. Suite 115, the agency celebrated an open house and ribbon cutting ceremony in the company of representatives of the Hobbs Chamber of Commerce, the Hobbs …

Foundation asks city, NMJC to take down, remove religious items NEWS-SUN STAFF REPORT Local members of the Freedom From Religion Foundation have requested religious items removed from local government buildings in Lea County and sent a complaint regarding the City of Hobbs’ involvement in a recent community event. A member of the group complained to New Mexico Junior College recently …

Foundation asks city, NMJC to take down, remove religious items NEWS-SUN STAFF REPORT Local members of the Freedom From Religion Foundation have requested religious items removed from local government buildings in Lea County and sent a complaint regarding the City of Hobbs’ involvement in a recent community event. A member of the group complained to New Mexico Junior College recently …

Annual dog show back in town this weekend Hobbs will be a little noisier than usual this weekend when approximately 507 pure bred dogs arrive here to compete in this year’s Hobbs Kennel Club dog show. The show, which is scheduled to begin Saturday at 9 a.m., will close at 5 p.m., but will reopen Sunday morning at 8 a.m. …

Using outside interests to move New Mexico ‘forward’ is not the answer As we begin a new year – an election year – already, some New Mexico politicians are distorting the facts and using misinformation against oil and gas producers to score political points. Rather than producing any real change, some of these political proposals look less like sound policy …

The railroad bridge caught fire Sunday night near Eunice. Eunice Fire Department was on the scene Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018. For more information, see Tuesday’s News-Sun.

Aranda takes over as Hispano chamber president The Hobbs Hispano Chamber of Commerce (HHCC) welcomes Rosa Aranda as its new board president. Aranda replaces Saul Villarreal who just completed his second term as president. Aranda, whose first day as president was Jan. 2, is an entrepreneur at heart. She is the owner of Got Safety? LLC, and has been in …

Hobbsan an extra in 12 Strong movie Kudos for Marcus Sparenberg of Hobbs who hit social media this month for two good reasons. Not only did he show up in the hit movie “12 Strong” which opened on Jan. 19 to the second-highest box office of its opening weekend, but he accepted appointment to the board of directors of the …

Miracle baby Padilla beating the odds Conventional wisdom would have said that Melanie Kassandra Padilla had a small chance of surviving when she was born Sept. 16, 2016, weighing just one pound, six ounces. Her mother, Elizabeth Padilla developed pre-eclampsia, a potentially fatal condition, early during her pregnancy, and the condition became severe enough during the 29th week that physicians …