By MICHAEL BIESECKER and HELEN WIEFFERING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency says it will conduct helicopter overflights to look for methane “super emitters” in the nation’s largest oil and gas producing region. EPA’s Region 6 headquarters in Dallas, Texas, issued a news release about a new enforcement effort in the Permian Basin on Monday, saying the …

Dorothy Fowler/News-Sun When newly appointed president of New Mexico Junior College Derek Moore and his wife, Pinkie, came to Hobbs the first time, they flew from their home in El Dorado, Ark. The view of the long, often barren vistas are not as visible from the air as they are from ground level in a car, so it may be …

For the News-Sun Hobbs Police have received a number of complaints regarding unlicensed solicitors operating within the city limits of Hobbs.  Solicitors who have been granted permission to operate within the city limits of Hobbs will be issued a license good for one year from date of issue.  City of Hobbs solicitation license holders are issued a lanyard and have …

Curtis Wynne/News-Sun LOVINGTON — At a total cost of about $7.4 million, a runway at the Lea County Regional Airport near Hobbs will be extended by 600 feet for safety and operations. In a recent presentation to the Lea County Commission, Assistant County Manager Corey Needham noted most of that cost — more than $7.1 million — is coming in …

Gabrielle Arsiaga/News-Sun Hobbs Police have made an arrest in a case involving fraudulent checks. In April, Wade Cavitt, owner of Lobo Nut and Bolt and Cavitt Land and Cattle reported to HPD he had several fraudulent checks cashed under both of his businesses names. Those checks amounted to about $3,600 and Cavitt had no had no idea who the individuals …

Gabrielle Arsiaga/News-Sun Hobbs Police have made an arrest in a case involving fraudulent checks. In April, Wade Cavitt, owner of Lobo Nut and Bolt and Cavitt Land and Cattle reported to HPD he had several fraudulent checks cashed under both of his businesses names. Those checks amounted to about $3,600 and Cavitt had no had no idea who the individuals …

Curtis Wynne/News-Sun The City of Jal set a revenue record last month with more than $2.1 million in gross receipts tax (GRT) income. That’s four times as much as the city budgeted for last fiscal year. “It is a record. It is the most I’ve ever seen,” Jal City Manager Matt White told the News-Sun. “I never got even close …

The JF Maddox Foundation announced that its CEO, Ray Caraway, will retire in September. As CEO, Caraway has led the foundation in its efforts to make impactful grants in Lea County such as an endowment grant of $5 million to the Career and Technical Education Center of Hobbs which provides funding to secure CTECH’s long-term financial future. Caraway also oversaw …

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press and News-Sun Staff DALLAS (AP) — A Texas man, not his 13-year-old son, was driving the pickup truck that crossed into the oncoming lane and struck a van carrying New Mexico college golfers, killing nine people, and he had methamphetamine in his system, investigators said Thursday. The National Transportation Safety Board said two days after …

For the News-Sun Reliability and on-time performance of commercial air service at the Lea County Regional Airport in Hobbs is setting the bar for regional airports. During the last 12 months, HOB has outperformed all other airports across the region in terms of reliability and on-time performance. Since February 2022, HOB hasn’t experienced a single flight cancellation. HOB has an …