One lucky ticket holder will take home a brand new car this weekend. They’ll also support Hobbs children at the same time. The 34th Annual Boys and Girls Car Raffle kicks off 5 p.m. this Saturday at the Lea County Event Center’s main floor, where people can dine, bid on silent auction items, receive door prizes and wait to see …

Manny Gomez is the man — the man the City Commission voted as Hobbs acting city manager. Gomez, Hobbs Fire chief, was recommended by Mayor Sam Cobb to step in as acting city manager, during Monday’s city commission meeting. City commissioners voted unanimously in favor of Cobb’s resolution. Gomez will officially be appointed as acting city manager on Thursday — …

City of Hobbs officials and staff held a farewell reception for City Manager J.J. Murphy Monday at City Hall, 200 E. Broadway. Murphy’s last day as Hobbs’ city manager is Wednesday.

Katie Gutierrez, 19 of Eunice, is fighting for her life. Gutierrez suffers from a form of cancer called craniopharyngioma and with her last brain surgery on Aug. 9 causing a stroke in her brain stem, her battle for life is getting tougher. Katie was diagnosed with craniopharyngioma, a brain tumor derived from pituitary gland embryonic tissue, on Sept. 10, 2009 …

EUNICE — After a brief scare, Dr. Porkchop and his brother Baloo likely will get to stay with their human family. With more than 2,300 signatures attached to her online petition between Monday and Wednesday and the City’s promise to work with Pork-chop’s owner Katrina Turner of Eunice appears set in Turner’s efforts to keep her pet Potbelly Pigs, also …

As J.J. Murphy’s position as Hobbs city manager comes to an end on Aug. 23, Mayor Sam Cobb and the city commission are discussing who to appoint as acting city manager. Cobb and commissioners met in an executive session meeting Monday to discuss how to go about choosing an interim city manager. “We talked about two or three different options …

  Former Hobbs Mayor Monty Newman announced Monday he is running for Congress a second time to represent New Mexico’s Second Congressional District. Newman, a Republican, is hoping to take the U.S. House of Representatives seat being vacated by Steve Pearce, R-N.M., who announced last month he is running for the office of New Mexico’s governorship. “Congress has a courage problem,” …

The 82nd Annual Lea County Fair & Rodeo was held Aug. 4-12 at the Lea County Fairgrounds in Lovington.

Phil Watson may have been born in the bright lights of Hollywood, but he called Tatum home. He was Tatum’s chief of police from 1989-2008, and died of heart disease in his home on July 31. He was 74 years old. On Monday, family and friends will say goodbye to Phil during a 10 a.m. memorial service at Tatum United Methodist Church. …