Hobbs Fire Department Deputy Chief Barry Young is celebrating 15 years of service with the City of Hobbs, where he has worked with HFD for 14 years and two months. Young was recently awared a 15 Years of Service coin and certificate by the City of Hobbs. Young started working in the water lab for the Hobbs Wastewater Plant on …

Guy Coupé and his family came home Monday from a weekend vacation to discover they were the victims of a house invasion. Each of the several thousand invaders had six legs, two antenna and a pair of wings, and most of them were on the roof of the house they had decided to make their mating ground. “They literally looked …

More than 1,500 attend the performance of Norteño band Los Rieleros during the first Downtown Sounds concert event at the Shipp Street Plaza in downtown Hobbs on Saturday, June 24. Los Parientes Del Bajillo of Denver City was the opening performing band.

The hail storm on Friday, June 23 caused a road block on the intersection of Millen and Lovington Highway.

Hobbs firefighters were asked to walk on a plank of wood in groups of three or four and maneuver their team to different platforms without touching the ground during a team building activity Tuesday as part of Safety Stand Down Week. The Hobbs Fire Department is observing Safety Stand Down Week Monday through today. “Safety Stand Down Week happens every …

  Oil and gas companies need water to drill and produce, but State Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn has taken action to cut back usage of fresh water from the Ogallala aquifer. That aquifer is the source of drinking water serving Hobbs and other cities in southeastern New Mexico. In a letter distributed late last month, Dunn announced his decision to …

Adrian Hedden Carlsbad Current-Argus CARLSBAD — A 19-year-old Hobbs man was found dead in the Pecos River Sunday after rescuers investigated a car submerged in the water. The body of Thiessen Lambert was discovered by the Carlsbad Fire Department Dive Team at about 10 a.m., after they were called to the area of Riverside Drive and North Mesa Street. Tire …

Lovington residents across the city may have experienced a loss of water service on Monday after an electrical failure affected the city’s water pressure. But the loss wasn’t too long as power was restored approximately an hour and 15 minutes later. The City of Lovington announced Monday afternoon that customers may experience “low to no water pressure” and crews were working …

A six-year-old Hobbs boy got about 16 inches of his hair chopped off on June 6, while wearing a huge smile. It was no ordinary haircut and years in the making. Honor Hill started growing his hair about three years ago with the intent to donate his brown locks away to help others facing hair loss. The motivation for doing …

Firefighter crews from Hobbs and Monument responded early Friday morning to a tank battery fire 20 miles west of Hobbs on State Highway 529, between mile marker 26 and 27.