Green Meadow Lake on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, experiencing the area’s first cold snap this winter.

The landscape of not-for-profit groups in Lea County would be very different today without United Way. The Lea County Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) wouldn’t be helping as many children. Light of Lea County couldn’t provide monetary assistance to cancer patients to get them to the treatments they need to stay alive. Not as many children would have the opportunity …

JAL — Election Day for local leaders — mayor, city councilors and municipal judge — changed this week for voters in Jal. Based on requirements of the New Mexico Local Election Act of 2018, municipalities were allowed to “opt in” or “opt out” of regular local elections held in November of odd-numbered years. Jal had opted out, holding its regular …

Not content with waiting for the Nov. 3 General Election Day, voters turned out in masses Saturday for the first day of early voting in Hobbs. Lines at the Lea County Event Center and the Lea County Annex Building stretched to more than 100 people for much of the day, causing wait times up to three hours for some to …

Lea County added 54 new COVID-19 cases on Friday and 28 cases on Thursday and 16 cases on Wednesday. On Friday, Lea County Correctional Facility in Hobbs added one new cases, bringing the cumulative total of cases to 76 at the private prison north of Hobbs that houses state inmates. Lea County has had 21,658 tests conducted and the state says …

Hobbs High School students want to go back to school. They want to get back on the field/court and compete against others. They want to live their lives and they made that known Monday night at a student-led protest that brought around 150-175 people into the stands at Watson Memorial Stadium. “I hope that the governor notices us,” Hobbs senior …

The following three general obligation (GO) bond questions will appear on all ballots for the General Election on November 3, 2020: Bond Question A: “The 2020 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act authorizes the issuance and sale of senior citizen facility improvement, construction and equipment acquisition bonds. Shall the state be authorized to issue general obligation bonds in an amount …

Lea County had its 28 death on Saturday due to COVID-19, according to the N.M. Department of Health. The department reports the death was a male in his 80’s from Lea County who had underlying conditions. On Sunday, Lea County Correctional Facility in Hobbs added 22 new cases, bringing the cumulative total of cases to 75 at the private prison north of …

Veronica Silvey and her 9-year-old son (seemingly soon to be 100) Gregory, have been named Hobbs Public Library Patrons of the Year. The Silveys are part of an HPL tradition that began in 1960. Members of the library staff nominate patrons and when all nominations are in, library stafff vote again, for the recipients of the award. The executive director …

This year County Pink may look different because of COVID-19 but United Way CEO Becca Titus ensures the program Lea Regional Medical Center began 10 years ago will still happen Oct. 26. In October 2010, Lindsay Chism McCarter was the Director of Marketing at LRMC when Paint the County Pink, an event to show sup- port for breast cancer awareness, …