Hobbs ranks fifth in New Mexico’s billion dollar cannabis industry Caleb A. Gallegos/News-Sun New Mexico has just reached an all new high in states history by reaching $1 billion in cannabis sales, with Hobbs ranking fifth in total sales in the state pulling in around $49 million and Lea County totaling $60 million. On March 5, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham …

WIPP celebrates 25 years of operations Levi Hill/News-Sun Today the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in eastern Eddy County — about 40 miles west of Hobbs — stands as an edifice to sound science, collaboration and cooperation, but 43 years ago when Arthur Moss walked out onto what would become WIPP, all that stood in that lonely patch of desert was …

Goodbye Tokyo: Hello Kobe and Noodles Levi Hill/News-Sun Hobbsans who enjoy a different dining experience from hamburgers and Mexican food will be saddened to hear Tokyo Steakhouse is closing. But don’t fret, the Asian cuisine isn’t going far — it’s just moving over to Joe Harvey Boulevard under a new name. “We are going with the same name as our …

Goodbye Tokyo: Hello Kobe and Noodles Levi Hill/News-Sun Hobbsans who enjoy a different dining experience from hamburgers and Mexican food will be saddened to hear Tokyo Steakhouse is closing. But don’t fret, the Asian cuisine isn’t going far — it’s just moving over to Joe Harvey Boulevard under a new name. “We are going with the same name as our …

Hobbs committee names top picks for new middle school design Andy Brosig/News-Sun It’s down to three as the Middle School Design Team of Hobbs Municipal Schools selected its top proposals from a field of six designs during the group’s last meeting Monday at the HMS District Office. And, while there are similarities, each of the three design proposals that are …

Hobbs committee names top picks for new middle school design Andy Brosig/News-Sun It’s down to three as the Middle School Design Team of Hobbs Municipal Schools selected its top proposals from a field of six designs during the group’s last meeting Monday at the HMS District Office. And, while there are similarities, each of the three design proposals that are …

A long journey West Texas Living Heritage Museum in Seminole tracks 500-year history of Mennonite community in West Texas and beyond Andy Brosig/News-Sun SEMINOLE, Texas — It’s a story 500 years in the making. From its origins in Prussia and what would become eastern Europe to a tiny West Texas community, the diaspora of the Mennonite people is woven into …

A long journey West Texas Living Heritage Museum in Seminole tracks 500-year history of Mennonite community in West Texas and beyond Andy Brosig/News-Sun SEMINOLE, Texas — It’s a story 500 years in the making. From its origins in Prussia and what would become eastern Europe to a tiny West Texas community, the diaspora of the Mennonite people is woven into …

Oil lease moratorium holding students hostage? Levi Hill/News-Sun State Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard is holding New Mexico’s schoolchildren hostage for more money. That’s what some of the state’s Republican legislators say about her recently announced moratorium on oil and gas lease sales on state trust lands, which came after two bills failed to find their way to the governor’s …

Oil lease moratorium holding students hostage? Levi Hill/News-Sun State Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard is holding New Mexico’s schoolchildren hostage for more money. That’s what some of the state’s Republican legislators say about her recently announced moratorium on oil and gas lease sales on state trust lands, which came after two bills failed to find their way to the governor’s …