For the first time in more than a year New Mexico students will be able to go back to school at 100% capacity, while our neighbors in Texas have spent all of the current school year attending class as normal. So, what does having students back in school really do to COVID-19 numbers? According to Zach Hollbrooks, public health director …

Enthusiastic. Passionate. Welcoming. Forthright. Motivated. These terms and more were used this week to describe Maj. Lisa Smith, the former Corps Officer for the Salvation Army in Hobbs. After learning this week of her death in Wheat Ridge, Colo., in February, the News-Sun reached out to the people and organizations in Hobbs Smith worked with closely. She was 60. “She …

Enthusiastic. Passionate. Welcoming. Forthright. Motivated. These terms and more were used this week to describe Maj. Lisa Smith, the former Corps Officer for the Salvation Army in Hobbs. After learning this week of her death in Wheat Ridge, Colo., in February, the News-Sun reached out to the people and organizations in Hobbs Smith worked with closely. She was 60. “She …

Nothing feels quite so good as a hot shower at the end of a long day. For the homeless, though, access to basic hygiene such as a shower can be a challenge. The Salvation Army Hobbs is nearing completion of a project started more than two years ago to address that need. A mobile hygiene trailer arrived in town this …

Nothing feels quite so good as a hot shower at the end of a long day. For the homeless, though, access to basic hygiene such as a shower can be a challenge. The Salvation Army Hobbs is nearing completion of a project started more than two years ago to address that need. A mobile hygiene trailer arrived in town this …

SANTA FE– The New Mexico Department of Health on Friday announced that all New Mexicans in phases 1B and 1C of the state’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan are now eligible for vaccine. The new eligible groups include: Frontline essential workers Residents of congregate care facilities New Mexicans age 60 and older Other “essential workers.” The “other essential workers” include: • …

Erica Rivinoja did what most working people would love to do — she slept in Monday morning. While catching her Zzzzz’s, Erica’s phone was blowing up with text messages of congratulations. If during her dreams she was nominated for an Oscar award, then the Hobbs native awoke to her dreams becoming reality. Early Monday morning Rivinoja, a 1995 Hobbs High …

With two lanes of opposing traffic for most of the 72 miles between Roswell and Tatum, US 380 gets serious attention when a high-speed auto crash occurs. The public in both New Mexico and Texas will have an opportunity to express concerns and comments as the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) sponsor a …

We are in the recovery phase of one of the worse Artic Polar Vortex outbreaks in history. Fourteen states with major damages and millions of people affected from the record-breaking single digit to minus degree temperatures, below freezing temps, severe wind chill factors, then snow and ice conditions. Then the 4 to 5 days of duration exacerbated the onset conditions. …

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Health on Wednesday announced Lea County moved from the Yellow Level to Green Level. The health department announced the updated statewide COVID-19 map for the two-week period beginning March 10, with seven New Mexico counties at the Turquoise Level and seven at the Green Level, at which there are fewer restrictions on …