Virginia Cunningham/News-Sun LOVINGTON —Lovington will soon have another grocery store. According to an announcement made by Lovington Economic Development Corporation Director Evelyn Holguin during Monday’s city commission meeting, United Supermarket is coming to Lovington. Holguin said the 50,000 square-foot grocery store and accompanying fuel station will be about an $18 million dollar project. A shopping center and fast-food restaurant, which …

Blake Ovard/News-Sun N.M. State Sen. David Gallagos, R-Eunice, Eunice Mayor Billy Hobbs, Eunice Council Member Erica Jones, Hobbs resident and Lea County Right to Life member Lori Bova joined Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn Founder and Right To Life of East Texas Director Mark Lee Dickson on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday afternoon to announce a …

Jim Harris/Last Frontier When Tom and Fredda Bingham wake up early on spring mornings in their home on the north side of Hobbs, they have on their minds a multi-volume encyclopedia of Bingham family memories from which to remember. Married 70 years, they could, for instance, talk of Tom’s grandfather and grandmother Bingham, or his great-grandfather who came to Southeast …

Andy Brosig/News-Sun The Hobbs Public Library could have a new director as soon as the middle of May. Bob Hamilton, interim library director, told the HPL Board on Tuesday the city has made an offer to one of the three finalists for the position. City Manager Manny Gomez told the News-Sun on Wednesday Nicki Lawless, a librarian from the Pueblo …

Andy Brosig/News-Sun The Hobbs Public Library could have a new director as soon as the middle of May. Bob Hamilton, interim library director, told the HPL Board on Tuesday the city has made an offer to one of the three finalists for the position. City Manager Manny Gomez told the News-Sun on Wednesday Nicki Lawless, a librarian from the Pueblo …

Gabrielle Arsiaga/News-Sun A 7-month-old puppy, burned by a can of aerosol lit with a lighter, jumped out of a second-story window in Hobbs to escape the torture. The puppy was then surrendered to Amazing Grace Pet Rescue, and is receiving the care needed. And a local veterinarian helping with treatment said the case is a bad one. “I’ve seen a …

Virginia Cunningham/News-Sun TATUM — Tatum council members voted to move future council meetings once again to the community building at 508 E. Ash Street in order to accommodate the larger number of people who have been attending recent meetings. Tatum Mayor Amy Gutierrez was absent from the regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday and Mayor pro tem Ron Smith led in …

Virginia Cunningham/News-Sun TATUM — The Tatum Town Council voted two to one at Tuesday’s regularly scheduled meeting to cancel the special election and have the question of a fifth council member placed on the November ballot — and that move could land the town in more legal hot water. Tatum resident Rusty Ramirez voiced his displeasure with the vote, saying …

Andy Brosig/News-Sun With school enrollment in Hobbs projected to reach as much as almost 11,000 students by the 2027-28 school year, Hobbs Municipal Schools is continuing its plans to increase capacity at the district’s three middle school campuses while adding a fourth campus, probably on the north side of town. The district Facility Assessment Community Team met at the district …

Gabrielle Arsiaga/News-Sun LOVINGTON — Jeremiah Garcia, 22, of Hobbs, allegedly burglarized two vehicles and was in the process of breaking into a third when Garcia was arrested on March 22 and charged with two counts of burglary of a vehicle, breaking and entering, two counts of possession of burglary tools, all fourth-degree felonies; and two counts of criminal damage to …