Andy Brosig/News-Sun JAL – Brian Norwood has lived a long, storied life. In addition to heading up the Jal Historical Society and Museum, Inc., with his wife, Karen, he lists painter, journalist, magazine editor, surveyor, sketch artist and sign maker as just a few of the things he’s done to bring in a buck, he said. But the work Brian …

Virginia Cunningham/ News-Sun TATUM — The Town of Tatum will move forward with a special election to add a fifth council member to the town council. Tatum Town Clerk Amanda Thomas said, after many phone calls with multiple people around the state, and research she discovered, Tatum must hold the special election. The special election will be by mail-in ballot, and …

Andy Brosig/News-Sun Many parents play soft music, sounds of the sea or something similar to help their toddlers get to sleep. Shanessa Gluhm’s parents gave her books-on-tape cassettes nightly to help her catch 40 winks. “I was a voracious reader as a child,” Gluhm, the librarian at Sanger Elementary in Hobbs, told the News-Sun recently. “Before I knew what the letters …

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 …