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 …

Andy Brosig/News-Sun A petition filed last week in the Fifth Judicial District for Chaves County in Roswell calls for a return to a 1963 law outlawing abortion. State Sen. David Gallegos, R-Eunice, Larry Marker of Roswell, who’s recently filed as a write-in candidate for the office of State Land Commissioner, and Ethel Maharg of Albuquerque, executive director of the group …

Gabrielle Arsiaga/News-Sun Two female go-getters, one goal — teaching up and coming business owners how to run a business from the ground up. Women’s Economic Self Sufficiency Team, (WESST) held the “Go Latinas” event which brought in predominately women owned businesses from across Lea County to network, socialize, and build connections with one another to help push one another’s businesses …

Five University of New Mexico pre-med students came to Lea County this month as a focus of a program to get doctors into rural communities facing shortages. The Bachelor of Arts Medical Doctor (BAMD) program sends members of next fall’s junior class at UNM into communities around the state. This summer, for example, 28 students are spread in groups around …

Gabrielle Arsiage/News-Sun LOVINGTON — A day after one dog was found stabbed multiple times, two more were found in the same area with gunshot wounds to their paws and neck. The two dogs — named Maddox and Pax by Lovington Animal Control — were found by a county animal control officer on the 4600 block of East Dakota in Lovington …

Gabrielle Arsiaga/News-Sun Two people from Eunice were arrested, and a warrant was issued for a Serafina woman after more than $140,000 worth of tools, equipment, and motor vehicles from various locations went missing and after investigations by the Eunice Police Department and the Lea County Sheriff’s Office. Michael Corbell, 31, of Eunice, was arrested on June 7 and charged with …