Gabrielle Arsiaga/News-Sun Hobbs is preparing to install a “baby box” where infants can be safely surrendered — and is only the second city in New Mexico to install one. The baby box is in response an incident almost nine months ago when Hobbs resident, Alexis Avila, was caught on a surveillance camera throwing her new-born infant — who was tied …

Keith Manes/Lea County Clerk Vote and the choice is yours. Don’t vote and the choice is theirs. You have no choice unless you register to vote. To register and vote in New Mexico, the applicant must be a resident of New Mexico, a citizen of the United States, at least 18 years of age on the date of the next …

Andy Brosig/News-Sun Within hours of opening its doors last week, Covenant Health Hobbs Hospital saw its first birth — christening its new Women’s Center in a big way. Aida Lucero, 25, was visiting family in Hobbs from her home in Mexico when her child decided she was ready to enter the world. Baby Noah was born at 4:40 p.m. Thursday. …

Curtis Wynne/News-Sun EUNICE — Within 30 days, the City of Eunice will join other communities around New Mexico getting used to having legal marijuana sales inside the city. With little discussion, the Eunice City Council this week formalized an ordinance to regulate, insofar as the community is allowed by state law, the “possession, cultivation, manufacture and sale of cannabis.” The …

Curtis Wynne/News-Sun EUNICE — Within 30 days, the City of Eunice will join other communities around New Mexico getting used to having legal marijuana sales inside the city. With little discussion, the Eunice City Council this week formalized an ordinance to regulate, insofar as the community is allowed by state law, the “possession, cultivation, manufacture and sale of cannabis.” The …

Andy Brosig/News-Sun There are 8,760 hours in a normal year. Is just one of those hour worth your life? That’s the question Christina Daniels, medical imaging manager at Covenant Health Hobbs Hospital, asks women every day. If the answer is yes, she recommends regular mammogram screenings for breast cancer. And it’s a question Suzanne Holler has been asking herself for …

Peter Stein/News-Sun Susie Prather isn’t happy. Denny Crozier is ticked. Prather and Crozier are local horse breeders who feel like their business and other local businesses are being squeezed because horse racing at Zia Park and racetracks throughout the state has been progressively cut back in recent years. That constrains the businesses of breeders, trainers, local restaurants and hotels. It’s …

Gabrielle Arsiaga/News-Sun In a rare turn of events, a 16-year-old Hobbs male allegedly broke into a home and stole items from the home — but later returned those items and left a note apologizing for committing the crime. “I am the idiot that broke into your house, and I am so sorry. I have no idea what I was thinking,” …

Paul Gessing/Rio Grande Foundation With just a few weeks left before early voting kicks off, what issues will motivate how New Mexicans vote? According to one recent poll the top issue, at 59%, this fall is inflation/ the economy. Crime was right behind at 58% followed by immigration and health care. Abortion was way down the list at just 29%. …

Andy Brosig/News-Sun Energy production is big business in New Mexico. That was the word from Greg Bloom, assistant commissioner for mineral resources from the New Mexico State Land Office, speaking Wednesday before the state legislature’s Economic Development and Policy Interim Committee on the CTECH campus in Hobbs. “I don’t want to bury the big news,” Bloom said right at the …