Lea County has passed the 10,000 COVID-19 test mark as of Wednesday. Lea cumulative total added 10 positive case for COVID-19 Wednesday and 25 cases on Tuesday. With those, the county now has a cumulative total of 581 residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 out of 10,007 tests. Of those 581 cases, the state says 127 have been designated …

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A county in New Mexico’s southeastern oil production region is backing a legal challenge against a statewide ban on indoor dining amid surging coronavirus infections across the state. Eddy County filed a legal brief with the New Mexico Supreme Court in solidarity with restaurants that say Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has overstepped her authority …

On any given day a police officer will have to make many split-second decisions. Those decisions can be the difference in life or death. The Lea County Sheriff Office now has a visual way to re-live events law enforcement officers all over the county had to make in a split decision on, or a possible new scenario they again will …

A Lea County man in his 50s has died from COVID-19, according the N.M. Department of Health. The man had been hospitalized and is the third person from Lea County who’s death is attributed to COVID-19. The two other official deaths due to COVID-19 prior to Monday were a male in his 70s, who had been hospitalized with underlying conditions, and …

Lea County’s cumulative total added 28 positive case for COVID-19 Saturday. The county now has a cumulative total of 506 residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 out of 9,070 tests. Of those 506 cases, the state says 88 have been designated as totally recovered. Of those positive tests, 276 were for the 88240 or Hobbs zip code, 142 were …

It cannot be overstated that this pandemic is to be taken seriously and that we, as communities and a state, must work together to beat COVID-19. The public health order from the governor is not to be dismissed, and we all must take our personal health and the health of others seriously. To be commended are our front-line workers that …

It cannot be overstated that this pandemic is to be taken seriously and that we, as communities and a state, must work together to beat COVID-19. The public health order from the governor is not to be dismissed, and we all must take our personal health and the health of others seriously. To be commended are our front-line workers that …

Lea County’s cumulative total added 20 positive case for COVID-19 Wednesday. The county now has a cumulative total of 431 residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 out of 8,192 tests. Of those 431 cases, the state says 78 have been designated as totally recovered. Of those positive tests, 240 were for the 88240 or Hobbs zip code, 114 were …

Growing up in the tiny town of Clayton, N.M., near the borders of Texas and Colorado, Josh Vigil gained a love for northern New Mexican cuisine prepared by his mother. Now, he has brought his love for northern New Mexican cooking to the people of Lovington and Lea County as part of the Lovington MainStreet Local Innovators Institute food truck …

Lea County has recorded its first official death due to COVID-19 and possibly a second. The N.M. Department of Health announced on Tuesday a 70-year-old male, who had been hospitalized with underlying conditions had died. Meanwhile on Facebook, a family of the 45-year-old Lovington woman announced she had died due to COVID-19 but that information was not released through the …