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 …

JENNY MOODY FOR THE NEWS-SUN Every Tuesday evening a small group of individuals gather around long tables, and the chatter is amicable and punctuated with soft laughter as individuals greet each other. Two young men in white shirts, ties, and name badges stand at the front of the room welcoming the group — in Spanish. English class at Centro Hispano …

News-Sun Staff Report A Hobbs man was injured in an airplane crash on Friday the Texas Department of Transportation reported. On Monday, Texas DPS sergeant Steven Blanco reported Dennis Harrington, 70, of Hobbs, was in stable condition at the Medical Arts Hospital in Lamesa, Texas after crashing his Piper PA22 TripAcer airplane at around 7:18 p.m., Texas time, on Friday. …

Barbara J. Vigil/CYFD Much attention has been focused on the heart-wrenching incident in Hobbs in which an infant was abandoned in a dumpster over the weekend. While many of us expressed a collective sigh of relief to learn that the baby was saved from harm by observant and caring citizens, the situation has raised many questions about legal options for …

Gabrielle Arsiaga/News-Sun Three dumpster divers saved the life of a newborn child after hearing its cries Friday. As the trio were searching through dumpsters at the 1400 block of North Turner Street at about 7:44 p.m. on Friday they came across the newborn placed in a trash bag. According to the HPD report, when the baby was evaluated at Covenant …

Second chance for puppy left for dead with a broken neck GABRIELLE ARSIAGA NEWS-SUN Korahleah is a 3-month-old pitbull puppy that was found on New Year’s Eve clinging to life. The puppy was later rushed to a nearby animal hospital by Brandy Abbott-Ellison, owner of Amazing Grace Pet Rescue, where she is currently being treated for a broken neck and …

Gabrielle Arsiage/News-Sun The mother was bouncing, but the first baby of 2022 in Lea County was a baby girl. Ringing in the New Year was baby Mia Lona Cortez. Mother Citalli Juarez said the baby was originally due on Jan. 6, but Citalli and the baby both decided they were ready. “My due date was originally Jan. 6 and I …

News-Sun Staff Report The COVID-19 variant of 0micron has arrived in Lea County, hospital leaders said on Monday. With that, they expect the county’s case to rapidly increase over the coming weeks, and predicting a peak happening somewhere around Jan. 24. If the variant follows its pattern like it has in other places, hospital leaders expect the numbers to rapidly …