NEWS-SUN STAFF Services have resumed at the new Covenant Health Hobbs Hospital following a week-long stoppage due to “environmental issues.” An Oct. 7 press release disclosed hospital officials had “received reports of rodents in and around the facility.” Ainsley Nelson, Covenant Health spokesperson in Lubbock, Texas, wrote the decision was made to “reduce services beginning immediately, until we can provide …

From one end of the county to the other, Lea County communities support each other. While county commissioners helped buy the Town of Tatum a new fire truck, the City of Jal donated two police vehicles to the town — all within 24 hours. At opposite ends of the 100-mile-long county, Jal in the south and Tatum in the north …

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 …

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 …