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 …

Businesses that went above and beyond in 2020 were honored by the Lovington Chamber of Commerce, Lovington Economic Development Cooperation and Lovington Main-Street in a virtual ceremony. In 2020 Lovington was hit hard with economic loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, Mayor David Trujillo said he can see a light at the end of the tunnel and a bright …

Lea County added 54 reported COVID-19 cases on Saturday after a week of single digit or even no new cases of COVID-19, according to the N.M. Department of Health. The COVID-19 positive cases for the week in Lea County are: • Friday: 7 cases • Thursday: 0 cases • Wednesday: 5 cases • Tuesday: 5 cases • Monday: 7 cases • …

Four people have been arrested and a fifth has a warrant for his arrest after allegedly holding a man at gunpoint and robbing him last month. According to a Lea County Sheriff’s Office criminal complaint, Samantha Roblez, 20, of Hobbs, and Jeremiah Sanchez, 22, Jesus Carrasco, 27, and Miguel Sandoval, 30, all of Lovington, were arrested for kidnapping and robbery …

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought challenges many people couldn’t have anticipated, but it also brought forward people who could overcome those challenges, like Francis Shaw, this year’s Lovington Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the year. Shaw was able to sew and organize others to sew more than 16,000 masks for healthcare workers and patients at Nor-Lea Hospital when personal protective …

Teachers in the Hobbs Municipal School District may not have had children physically in the classroom for most of the year, or gone to conferences, meetings or educational get-togethers, but they will be getting a bonus for the year’s exceptional work environment. “This really has come about just because of the … we have changed the way teachers have taught, …

They turned Lea County red and have been credited with helping hand a presidential election to the victor. And now, the Lea County Republican Party has a new leader. Carol Parish a self-described “life-long Republican” and immediate past president of the Lea County Federated Republican Women, brings her flair to the county party. “I’ve been a conservative all my life,” …

Lea County Correctional Facility/GEO Prison saw an increase of 192 COVID-19 cases on Friday. The New Mexico Department of Health news released  announced the LCCF has over 100 positive cases today, this bring the prison’s total positive cases to 673 since the pandemic began and more than half the amount of inmates the prison can hold. However, Eric Harrison, public …