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 …

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 …

Lea County cumulative total added one positive case for COVID-19 on Monday and adding 35 cases on Monday. The county now has a cumulative total of 379 residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 out of 8,159 tests. Testing numbers in Lea County increased by 408 people from Saturday through Monday, the latest the state released numbers. There have been …

Wearing his golden honor graduate robe, Devin Adame was the first Hobbs High School graduate to walk through the doorway. You couldn’t see his smile behind the Hobbs Eagles mask he wore, but anyone could see the relief in his eyes. He was the first of the Class of 2020 to walk across the front of Tydings Auditorium’s “stage” Saturday …

Lea County cumulative total added 10 positive tests for COVID-19 on Saturday. The county now has a cumulative total of 343 residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 out of 7,692 tests. There have been no deaths due to COVID-19 in Lea County. Nor-Lea reported on Thursday it had no patients in its hospital who are positive for COVID-19. Of …

Lea County cumulative total added 23 positive tests for COVID-19 on Thursday. The county now has a cumulative total of 322 residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 out of 7,107 tests. The single biggest age group to be testing positive for COVID-19 in Lea County are those ages 20-29. That age group has 70 cases. The next largest age …

Lea County cumulative total added eight positive tests for COVID-19 on Wednesday. The county now has a cumulative total of 299 residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 out of 7,011 tests. Of those 299 cases, the state says 61 have been designated as totally recovered. Of those positive tests, 179 were for the 88240 or Hobbs zip code, 66 …