LOVINGTON — Coming back from a chaotic year, pandemic restrictions, an oilfield decline and mandated closures, the Lovington City Commission approved the city’s Annual Financial Report for 2020. State auditor De’Aun Willoughby presented before the commission the city’s annual financial audit for the fiscal year 2019-20 and the commission approved the resolution to accept it. This audit was conducted by …

JAL — While the N.M. Department of Transportation engineers improvements to NM 128 traversing through the City of Jal, a second project to develop a relief route continues after almost three years of discussion and study. Although the NMDOT is involved in both highway projects, neither has yet received funding for construction and both remain in the study and design …

Residents let their feet do the talking to help find a cure for dementia, Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias kill more people in the U.S. every year than breast cancer and prostate cancer combined, Tim Sheahan said Saturday. Sheahan, the executive director for the Alzheimer’s Association, New Mexico chapter, said walks across the country like the one that happened …

It was the start to a new beginning for Pharmacy 575 owners Mark Poling and John Mezger as they held their ribbon cutting on Thursday. Pharmacy 575 is located at 305 E. Sanger in Hobbs. Poling burst into tears as he was welcomed by Hobbs various organizations. “Forgive me if I start crying,” Poling said. “This whole process for us …

EUNICE — The Eunice City Council appointed Carlos Herrera, owner of Herrera’s Oilfield Services, LLC, to the council Monday. Herrera fills a vacancy on the eight-member board, a vacancy created when former Councilor Gonzalo Luna became the city’s assistant director of public works earlier this month. “Councilman Luna resigned. He’s now a city employee. By law he cannot be a …

LOVINGTON — If you thought things were busy for Lovington MainStreet before, it wants you to know it is just getting warmed up. LMS board members took two opportunities within a week to speak publicly about ongoing projects. Treasurer Rose Munoz and board member Patrick Alexander made a presentation and request to the Lovington City Commission at the special work …

LOVINGTON – Lovington residents have been having issues with receiving high water bills due to a “system error” and when residents have called the water department to address these issues, the city tells them their bill is high due to a leak, not ever really giving residents a valid explanation of why their bill was so high. According to a …

Despite the Hobbs Hispano Chamber of Commerce being unable to hold an official annual award banquet for award recipients, the Chamber still held a dinner to show appreciation for business leaders. With about 20 people in attendance, the dinner was held at the White House Event Venue, on North Jefferson St. in Hobbs. Susana Arvizu, the HHCoC board president, told …

The Southwest Symphony has announced its 2021-2022 season. “The staff has been working hard to put together an amazing season to usher back live music performances to our lives,” said board president Erin Anderson, “and we are so excited to see our audiences again.” The coming season is as follows: • Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021, 3 p.m., the Southwest Symphony …

The City of Hobbs, along with 43 other state municipalities and counties took the New Mexico State Tax and Revenue Department to to the proverbial woodshed and Hobbs now expects to get nearly $2.7 million in return. During its Sept. 7 meeting, the City of Hobbs Commission approved a resolution authorizing the approval of a mediation settlement agreement in a …