GABRIELLE ARSIAGA/NEWS-SUN A Hobbs man was arrested on March 11 after officials said he was caught with more than $113,000 worth of stolen equipment and trailers. Alberto Trevizo, 42, of Hobbs, was arrested on March 11 on warrants for receiving stolen property, over $20,000 a second-degree felony; receiving stolen property, over $2,500, under $20,000, a third-degree felony; and receiving stolen …

GABRIELLE ARSIAGA/NEWS-SUN A Hobbs man was arrested on March 11 after officials said he was caught with more than $113,000 worth of stolen equipment and trailers. Alberto Trevizo, 42, of Hobbs, was arrested on March 11 on warrants for receiving stolen property, over $20,000 a second-degree felony; receiving stolen property, over $2,500, under $20,000, a third-degree felony; and receiving stolen …

Jason Farmer/News-Sun Back in 2019, the Hobbs cheer squad won its first NMAA state championship. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit and wiped out sports, canceling the 2020 championships and a chance to repeat. Schools slowly re-opened for the 2020-21 year and all sports were condensed into four months. Because of that, Hobbs elected not to participate in competitive cheer. “We …

GABRIELLE ARSIAGA /NEWS-SUN Gretchen Koether, Becky Kesner, and Blanca Perez have empowered, advocated for, and been a shield for hundreds of women in Lea County who have been victims of abuse, sexual assault, and human trafficking. The trio’s organization, Phoenix House, has become an integral part of the Lea County court system by being a sexual assault and domestic violence …

Gabrielle Arsiaga/News-Sun According to NTSB Vice Chairman Bruce Landsberg, a 13-year-old boy was behind the wheel of the 2007 Dodge 2500 pickup when it crashed head-on into the 2017 Ford Transit van, towing a 2019 Salvation 8-foot box trailer, being driven by University of the Southwest Mustang golf team coach, Tyler James. Noting that if the driver of the pickup …

ANDY BROSIG/NEWS-SUN Children on the city’s south side have a new option for play. The City of Hobbs Parks Department recently completed installation of new playground equipment at the Washington Heights Park on East Marland Street near Booker T. Washington School at a cost of about $55,000. The new equipment represents the start of an ongoing project to upgrade playgrounds …

HOBBS, N.M. (AP) — Nine people have died in a fiery, head-on collision in West Texas, including six students and a coach from a New Mexico university who were returning home from a golf tournament, authorities said. Those killed in the Tuesday evening crash included University of the Southwest students from Portugal and Mexico. Two Canadian students were hospitalized in …

Six students and one coach from the University of the Southwest died in a bus accident also involving a pickup truck near Andrews, Texas, on Tuesday evening. Texas Department of Public Safety reports the driver of the pickup truck and a passenger were also killed. Two additional passengers in the USW van were taken by helicopter to a Lubbock hospital …

CURTIS C. WYNNE/NEWS-SUN LOVINGTON — Lea County Commissioners agreed on Thursday to join an ongoing bipartisan lawsuit over the New Mexico Legislature-approved mapping of U.S. Congressional districts. Encouraging public input while acknowledging the likelihood of no improvement being made, Commission Chairman Dean Jackson brought the question before the commission. “I feel we are being overlooked down here. If we take …

Dorothy Fowler/News-Sun What’s 60 feet long, 30 feet wide and packed with plenty of ripe, climbing, red tomatoes, blooming geraniums, budding lantana and a variety of other growing things — all of which were propagated from existing plants? It’s the greenhouse on the campus of Lovington High School, where teacher Montana Hagler and 133 students, plus Lovington schools’ director of …