Home gas bills to drop $17 this winter Levi Hill/News-Sun Lea County residents will be happy to know their home heating bills should drop by an average of $17 per month this winter. The 24 percent decrease in winter heating bills this year is due to a warmer 2022-23 winter and increased natural gas production over the summer. Natural gas …

Avila released from prison in baby in dumpster case Virginia Cunningham/News-Sun By order of the New Mexico State Court of Appeals, Alexis Avila has been released from prison, pending the outcome of her case in the NM Court of Appeals. Alexis, 19, of Hobbs, was found guilty of attempt to commit 1st degree murder and abuse of a child resulting …