J.J. Murphy’s job as Hobbs’ city manager will come to an end on Aug. 23 but the City Commission voted Monday to keep him as a special consultant for 10 months. During Monday’s City Commission meeting, commissioners approved in a 5-2 vote an employment transition and settlement agreement with Murphy where he will transition as a special consultant to the …

George Miller, Eunice resident, kayaks down a flooded Avenue Q in Eunice Tuesday after a rain storm. For more on this story read Thursday’s Hobbs News-Sun.

Lea County lost a “gentle giant” Monday night with the passing of Zeak Lovell Williams Jr. Williams died in his Hobbs home suddenly of a heart attack according to his son, Shawn. He was 73 years old. The praise was for the man who was Hobbs’ first black city commissioner and first black mayor and a man once known as …

Hobbs City Park is currently undergoing a $4.8 million renovation. The project is to be completed by spring of 2018 with a new splash pad, new playground, new basketball courts, volleyball courts, and a walking trail.

Have you been somewhere lately and noticed a brightly painted rock hiding among the thousands of others rocks you see but never notice each day? Did you pick it up and find a strange message on the back? Did it read, “Find Us on Facebook at Tex New Mex Rocks. Post a Picture & Re-Hide Me?” If so, you just …

A Hobbs News-Sun reporter took a helicopter ride over Hobbs Friday with the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve.

After Monday’s third of the year Hobbs City Commission executive session to discuss City Manager J.J. Murphy’s employment contract, a decision on if he goes or stays has not been made. The city commission met in two executive sessions on March 6 and 24 to discuss Murphy’s employment contract. Mayor Sam Cobb said the commission, City Attorney Mike Stone and …

Lea County is leading New Mexico’s oil patch in historic proportions. Wednesday the New Mexico State Land Office announced its July oil and gas lease sales surpassed $30 million, a record high. Lea County led that sale with two 320-acres leases selling for $7.36 million and $6 million respectively. “The July lease sale revenues far exceeded our expectations and our …