This year has been tougher than most with the COVID-19 pandemic but businesses in Lea County have shown support by lessening the burden and cost of Thanksgiving dinner for those in need. This week is filled with many businesses trying to offer Thanksgiving turkeys, food boxes and hope to those in the community. Silva Law Firm is giving away hundreds …

The state closing Albertsons Market in Hobbs on Wenesday set off a flurry of phone calls between local and state officials that at least has the state and Albertsons talking about a plan to move forward. Hobbs Mayor Sam Cobb said on Friday afternoon he has been in touch with the governor’s office, speaking with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham directly three …

Shoppers and those seeking to pickup prescriptions Thursday morning at Albertsons Market, located at 2402 N. Grimes St., found the store closed and doors locked under order of the New Mexico Environment Department and N.M. Department of Health. The closure orders are related to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s public health emergency orders, which have been ongoing since March. The announcement …

Hoping to quiet the rumor mill while sharing additional information, the Hobbs City Commission discussed – but took no action on – proposed changes to the ordinance governing how the city addresses fireworks. Meeting virtually Monday due to COVID-19 restrictions from the governor’s office that went into effect earlier in the day, the commission heard from Hobbs Fire Inspector Brandon …

Lea County and the state of New Mexico set new records of COVID positives Wednesday with the county adding 123 new COVID-19 cases on Friday. The county has had 30,128 tests conducted and the state says of the 3,222 cumulative positive cases, 1,296 are fully recovered — a number the state has not updated in days. Of those 3,222 positive tests, 2,074 were for the 88240 …

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP and Staff) — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is reimposing the toughest of the state’s public health restrictions for the next two weeks. The Democratic governor on Friday said she’s hitting the reset button in an attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19. That means all non-essential businesses and nonprofits must stop in-person activities and essential businesses …

Amended state public health emergency orders designed to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus in New Mexico are changing the way families and friends say a final goodbye to their loved ones. The updated PHEOs from Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and the New Mexico Department of Health that went into effect Nov. 5 added funerals to the list of …

Three Hobbs children who were reported missing and endangered were found in Houston last week, more than two weeks after their sibling was left at a hospital in North Carolina with skull fractures. Andreea Ducila, 6, Raoul Badea, 4, and Elisabeta Badea, approximately 2-years-old, were all found by Houston Police on Friday. The details of how the family was located …

So, I hear word has gotten out throughout Hobbs about my “situation.” Yeah, cancer sucks. And it can be a bigger “downer” when it costs you your left leg – just above the knee. But life is what life is. It’s full of ups and downs. You know, challenges. As I write this, it’s exactly two weeks since I lost …

New Mexico surpassed the 1,000th death related to COVID-19 Friday, which underscores the rise in recent weeks of the record number of positive cases across the nation and around the globe. A rise in the number of positive cases also brings with it a rise in the number of hospitalizations. While early in the pandemic, mask wearing orders and closures …