Lea County cumulative total added three positive tests for COVID-19 on Friday. The county now has 58 residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 since the state began tracking test results. Of those 55 cases, the state says 19 have been designated as totally recovered. In Lea County as of Wednesday, there has been tests on 3,848 people, with 58 …

Call it another step toward normalcy. Call it the social event of the summer. Call it a bunch of high school parents who were mad and disappointed their children weren’t going to experience one of life’s monumental moments — high school prom — so they took it upon themselves to make sure they would. And just like that, the Hobbs …

Lea County cumulative total jumped by six positive tests for COVID-19 on Wednesday. The county now has 55 residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 since the state began tracking test results. Of those 55 cases, the state says 18 have been designated as totally recovered. In Lea County as of Wednesday, there has been tests on 3,741 people, with …

The Hobbs Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3274 has reached its fundraising goal, but that doesn’t mean the fundraising has to stop. The post was burglarized and vandalized during the state’s mandated shutdown due to the current COVID-19 pandemic. A fundraiser started on social media recently with a goal of raising $2,500. As of Monday, $2,685 was raised. According to …

Lea County now has a cumulative total of 49 residents who have tested positive for COVID-19. The state announced on Tuesday Lea County added five new cases. Of those 49 cases, the state says 18 have been designated as totally recovered. In Lea County as of Tuesday, there has been tests on 3,666 people, with 49 of those testing positive for …

Lea County now has a cumulative total of 49 residents who have tested positive for COVID-19. The state announced on Tuesday Lea County added five new cases. Of those 49 cases, the state says 18 have been designated as totally recovered. In Lea County as of Tuesday, there has been tests on 3,666 people, with 49 of those testing positive for …

LOVINGTON — A week after the June 2 primary election, Lea County Clerk Keith Manes said his office is still receiving absentee ballots. “They’ve been trickling in,” Manes said on Wednesday. “If we don’t get those at the polling place, or in my office, by 7 p.m. on Election Day, we don’t count them. There were six the day after …

LOVINGTON — A week after the June 2 primary election, Lea County Clerk Keith Manes said his office is still receiving absentee ballots. “They’ve been trickling in,” Manes said on Wednesday. “If we don’t get those at the polling place, or in my office, by 7 p.m. on Election Day, we don’t count them. There were six the day after …

The N.M. Department of Health has listed 12 people as recovered form the coronavirus in Lea County as of May 22. The information, obtained by the Valencia News-Bulletin after it made an inspection of public records request, shows Lea County at that time had 21 people who had tested positive for COVID-19 and 12 of those were fully recovered. The News-Bulletin …

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Thursday announced 121 additional COVID-19 cases. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are: 31 new cases in Bernalillo County 2 new cases in Chaves County 2 new cases in Cibola County 18 new cases in Doña Ana County 3 new cases in Eddy County 1 new case …