The staff at Nor-Lea Hospital had been gearing up for Thursday for weeks. “This team out here today has actually been working and practicing for this day for about two months,” said David Shaw, Nor-Lea CEO from Lovington. What they were warming up for was dispensing the first doses of the new vaccine to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic in …

The beginning of the end may be in sight. That’s the hope at local hospitals, anyway, as the first shipments of the vaccine created by Pfizer-BioN-Tech against the novel coronavirus – the virus that causes the respiratory disease COVID-19 – arrived Wednesday at Lea Regional Medical Center in Hobbs and Nor-Lea Hospital in Lovington, delivered by the New Mexico National …

Lea County had a record eight new reported deaths on Friday due to COVID-19, according to the N.M. Department of Health, bringing the total to 63 deaths for the county. The department reports the eight deaths were: • A female in her 50s. • A female in her 70s who was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. • A male in his 70s. • …

Editor’s note: News-Sun editor Todd Bailey was diagnosed with “aggressive Sarcoma” in his lower left leg earlier this year. After chemotherapy and radiation treatments it was determined having the leg amputated two inches above the knee on Oct. 12 was the best course of action. Todd wrote what can be considered “part one” of this column which was published in …

Christmas came early this year for the United Way of Lea County and the non-profit agencies it supports. Each year, UWoLC and similar United Way chapters around the country reach out to their communities in a massive fundraising drive known simply as “the Campaign.” And in Lea County this year, Campaign – which wrapped up recently – raised a greater …

Golf is among the activities that have been on-again, off-again, on-again, thanks to COVID. People in Eunice who use the Eunice Municipal Golf Course like it as an escape, as recreation. In 2021, though, it may cost some of those people more to get that escape, that recreation, as the Eunice golf board has been considering a greens fee hike …

Golf is among the activities that have been on-again, off-again, on-again, thanks to COVID. People in Eunice who use the Eunice Municipal Golf Course like it as an escape, as recreation. In 2021, though, it may cost some of those people more to get that escape, that recreation, as the Eunice golf board has been considering a greens fee hike …

Lea County had two more COVID-19 related deaths on Friday, according to the N.M. Department of Health. According to the state, a male in his 70s from Lea County died. The individual had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Lovington Healthcare facility in Lovington. A second male in his 70s from Lea County also died and the individual had underlying …

An icon of the holiday season will indeed be putting in an appearance in Hobbs this year, but on a limited basis. The ubiquitous Red Kettles, the familiar fundraising draw for the Salvation Army, will be at three Hobbs locations this year, Lt. Shannon Brown, Hobbs Corps Officer, said. Kettles and bell ringers will be stationed at the Albertsons Market …

According to the State of New Mexico, Lea County is in the red. In fact, Lea County leads the red. On Wednesday, New Mexico started its new county-level public health restrictions to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Lea County has the highest positivity rate at 32 percent. That is a daily mark of 128.6 cases per 100,000. Of the 33 New …