EUNICE — Opening day was by choice and a bit slow on Monday. City officials in Eunice announced Friday the facilities operated by the city would be available for public use, conditioned on coronavirus safety rules, and businesses that chose to open their doors could do so if they followed the same rules. Apparently, most retailers weren’t ready for opening …

The News-Sun put out a survey on social media asking for your responses to 10 questions. As of 12:30 p.m. on Friday, the News-Sun received 569 responses, an interesting snapshot of how Lea County has responded to the pandemic. Results of the 10 questions can be found below. The following are the responses to the 10 questions: Everything from “open …

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Saturday announced two new cases for Lea County. Both of those cases were identified through one of Nor-Lea’s testing locations. One of those cases is linked to a male in his 30’s residing in Hobbs. The other case is linked to a child (0-10) also residing in Hobbs. NMDOH has started their …

Two men were purposely crashing their cars into one another — with one of those vehicles having a child in the back seat. James Robert Dowell, 19, of Hobbs, was arrested on Thursday and charged with two counts of aggravated battery, both third-degree felonies; and abuse of a child, a fourth-degree felony. Javier Rolando Bosquez Jr., 25, of Hobbs, was …

Schlumberger Ltd. has pulled out of the Hobbs area. The company doors were shuttered on Friday with a skeleton crew inside the fence claiming they were unable to speak to the press. There were only about a dozen private vehicles in the company parking lot. After several calls and emails, Schlumberger corporate office released the following statement: “The world is …

The City of Hobbs Commission wants New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to open up the state’s economy. And they gave her some suggestions on how to do so. During a special meeting Monday, the commission unanimously approved a resolution giving Gov. Lujan Grisham some ideas on how to re-open parts of New Mexico not heavily infected with the COVID-19 …

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Monday announced 101 additional positive tests for COVID-19. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are: 8 new cases in Bernalillo County 10 new cases in Doña Ana County 58 new cases in McKinley County 4 new cases in Sandoval County 21 new cases in San Juan County …

With Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s orders to close “non-essential” businesses, enforcement of those orders falls to the New Mexico State Police (NMSP). And, several local businesses have received visits from NMSP officers telling them “complaints” have been filed and the business needs to close because of state orders. “They told me they had several reports that we were open to …

Twenty counties in New Mexico have had less than a dozen total confirmed coronavirus cases each, many of those counties in southeastern New Mexico. Meanwhile, four counties have had more than 300 cases each. Local legislators deem the state’s administration unfairly paints the whole state with the same brush when shutting down all “non-essential” businesses. Elected legislators representing southeastern New …

Lea County has added two more additional COVID-19 cases as the state has confirmed two Hobbs residents have tested positive. With those two cases, Lea County now has 10 positive cases. The first case was on confirmed on March 21, a male in his 70’s, who has fully recovered. The second case was confirmed on March 27 a female in …