CURTIS C. WYNNE/NEWS-SUN If voters agree, Hobbs could be more competitive with Texas towns for big box retailers by July. On the March 1 municipal election ballot is a single proposition to add retailers and cultural facilities to the city’s existing Economic Development Strategic Plan Ordinance as qualifying entities for receiving public support as defined in New Mexico’s Local Economic …

Andy Brosig/Hobbs News-Sun The day is approaching to shower significant others with gifts and tokens of affection, let friends and family know how important they are and generally share a loving nature. The first Valentine’s Day messages appeared in the 1400s, and the hand-written declarations of love and affection grew in popularity. The first commercial Valentine cards date to the …

Gabrielle Arsiaga/News-Sun Area Realtors had a big year in 2021. Several Realtors were rewarded for their selling ability at the Lea County Real Estate Professionals Awards Banquet held Feb. 4 at the Hobbs Country Club. Among the winners were Josue Palacios of United Realty, who was named Rookie of the Year; and Matthew Smith of CORE Realty, who was named …

Gabrielle Arsiaga/News-Sun Area Realtors had a big year in 2021. Several Realtors were rewarded for their selling ability at the Lea County Real Estate Professionals Awards Banquet held Feb. 4 at the Hobbs Country Club. Among the winners were Josue Palacios of United Realty, who was named Rookie of the Year; and Matthew Smith of CORE Realty, who was named …

Andy Brosig/News-Sun After more than four decades keeping Lea County connected, what some described as an icon of the Hobbs skyline is no more. Crews were hard to miss as a massive crane was pulled into position in the parking lot of United Way of Lea County and the Kinetic by Windstream retail store last week. Delayed briefly by weather, …

Andy Brosig/News-Sun After more than four decades keeping Lea County connected, what some described as an icon of the Hobbs skyline is no more. Crews were hard to miss as a massive crane was pulled into position in the parking lot of United Way of Lea County and the Kinetic by Windstream retail store last week. Delayed briefly by weather, …

Andy Brosig/News-Sun Blending 19 century aesthetics with 21st century technology is the theme of a new exhibit opened Tuesday at the Western Heritage Museum and Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame on the New Mexico Junior College campus in Hobbs. Discovering Steampunk brings such names as Jules Verne, HG Wells and Mary Shelley and their visions of the future. Erin …

Dorothy Fowler/News-Sun If all goes well, by this time next year youth and young adults at St. Helena Catholic Church will have a new safe place to “just hang out.” “There will be a coffee bar, a game area with video games and table games, a place for students to do homework and a worship area,” Olivia Stuard, youth and …

ANDY BROSIG NEWS-SUN LOVINGTON — Growing up in Tatum, Laci Kennedy enjoyed working with the 4-H agents and programs through the New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service in Lea County. A member of Tatum 4-H and Tatum Schools FFA, she showed rabbits, heifers, goats and pigs annually at the Lea County Fair. When she wasn’t working with her animals, …

The following is a copy of the lawsuit filed contesting the New Mexico’s new U.S. Congressional Districts after they were approved by the N.M. Legislature in December and the bill was signed by the governor: STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF LEA FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT REPUBLICAN PARTY OF NEW MEXICO, DAVID GALLEGOS, TIMOTHY JENNINGS, DINAH VARGAS, MANUEL GONZALES, JR., BOBBY …