Keith Manes/Lea County Clerk I have more than 20 years experience conducting elections, and I believe New Mexico has always been a model for other states in the conduct of elections. The New Mexico Clerks’ Affiliate, made up of all 33 county clerks in New Mexico, with a combined experience of many years, actively promotes the enactment of laws that …

Andy Brosig/News-Sun Student numbers in the Hobbs Municipal Schools are headed in a positive direction with day-one enrollment topping 10,000 students for the first time in three years, administrators said. Gene Strickland, HMS superintendent, told the Board of Education that enrollment is indicating a potential return to pre-pandemic numbers during its regular meeting on Tuesday. HMS, for example, started the …

Virginia Cunningham/News-Sun Late Sunday night a Carlsbad man allegedly stole a pickup truck, crashed that truck through the security gates at Lea County Regional Airport and tried to steal an airplane — but only managed to break into a hanger and take off on a baggage tractor. On Sunday, Hobbs police and Lea County Sheriff deputies were led on a …

  The video below from a neighbor’s camera on Bond Street captures some of the outside scene of people fleeing the night in 2019 when three people were killed at a house party. At approximately two minutes into the video, the party attendees begin to flee.  The video was admitted into evidence in the trial in Lovington on Tuesday, Aug. …

  The video below from a neighbor’s camera on Bond Street captures some of the outside scene of people fleeing the night in 2019 when three people were killed at a house party. At approximately two minutes into the video, the party attendees begin to flee.  The video was admitted into evidence in the trial in Lovington on Tuesday, Aug. …

Curtis Wynne/News-Sun From a “wake up call” two years ago to a grueling six-week externship in Colorado this spring, Donna Ryan became the newest diplomaed pastry chef in Hobbs. Ryan and her husband Tim Ryan have owned and operated the Hobbs Orthopedic & Sports Therapy (HOST) on North Grimes Street for 33 years, but she still had an unfulfilled wish. …

Andy Brosig/News-Sun The Hobbs Public Library has proven to be a valuable resource for Carley Pettigrew and her homeschooled brood — Henry, 10, Porter, 6, and Clare, 4. And it offered a welcome respite to the family when they moved to Hobbs in 2020 so dad, Kyle, could take an engineering job at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant west of …

Curtis Wynne/News-Sun JAL — Looking forward to a grand opening in October, Jal officials are eager to show off their new city hall. After years of planning, construction of the new facility inside the former Burke Junior High School building began last summer with Hobbs-based Lasco Construction Inc. under contract for the $2.3 million project. “Once we get everything done, …

Curtis Wynne/News-Sun JAL — Looking forward to a grand opening in October, Jal officials are eager to show off their new city hall. After years of planning, construction of the new facility inside the former Burke Junior High School building began last summer with Hobbs-based Lasco Construction Inc. under contract for the $2.3 million project. “Once we get everything done, …

Andy Brosig/News-Sun Two individuals, including a 17-year-old, were charged this week in connection with a May shooting of a 3-year-old boy. Amy Lee Flores, 30, of Hobbs, was arrested by deputies from the Lea County Sheriff’s Office on Monday and charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor, a fourth-degree felony, in connection with the shooting. Hobbs Police on …