Becca Titus has been on a non-profit journey. Before volutneering with the Light of Lea County and CASA of Lea County, and before participating in several of fun runs and fundraisers, there was the United Way of Lea County. “It all started with the United Way,” Titus said last week, after it was announced that she is the new President and CEO of …

2020 Municipal Elections unofficial results HOBBS 2020 Municipal Election … unofficial results Mayor: Jeff Lee 975 Sam Cobb 1,188 District 3: Larron Fields 109 Pat Taylor 106 Municipal Judge: Manuel Tersero 311 Kelly W. Wilson Jr. 536 Bobby Arther 1,290 Charter Prop 1 Residency: Yes 393 No 1,758 Charter Prop 2 Runoffs: Yes 1,128 No 1,023 Charter Prop 3 City …

Wondering what the ballot proposition questions are for Hobbs? Here is a rundown of what is on the ballot. PROPOSITION 1 “Shall the City Charter be amended to remove the 180-day residency requirement for candidates as required by the N.M. Constitution?” Currently the City Charter Section 2-1(A) requires that in order to be a candidate for municipal office, the individual …

Home town Air Force Master Sergeant Gabrial Valenzuela asked for Hobbs’ support in making it to the top of Spark Tank, the Air Force version of Shark Tank. Valenzuela was born and raised in Hobbs before joining the Air Force in 2004, and going to Germany seven years ago. Spark Tank is something the Air Force put together three years …

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A member of New Mexico’s congressional delegation wants to ensure a “sound and robust” scientific review is done before federal regulators decide whether to sign off on plans for a multibillion-dollar temporary storage facility for spent nuclear fuel. U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small in an interview with The Associated Press acknowledged that the growing stockpile of …

In a move some might call controversial, both of New Mexico’s senators have not only backed a bill that puts southeastern New Mexico, and most of the state’s economy, squarely in the crosshairs of the environmental debate, but they cosponsored it. Incumbent NM senators Tom Udall, and Martin Heinrich joined with 31 other Democratic Senators, including Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, Chuck …

In a move some might call controversial, both of New Mexico’s senators have not only backed a bill that puts southeastern New Mexico, and most of the state’s economy, squarely in the crosshairs of the environmental debate, but they cosponsored it. Incumbent NM senators Tom Udall, and Martin Heinrich joined with 31 other Democratic Senators, including Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, Chuck …

Luvelle Brown spoke softly for around 20 minutes as he pointed to his diverse audience of about 150 people. Brown, superintendent of Ithaca City Schools in New York, was the keynote speaker at Saturday’s 39th annual Hobbs NAACP banquet at the Hobbs High School Commons. Brown brought with him copies of his book, “Culture of Love: Cultivating a Positive and Transformational Organizational …

Luvelle Brown spoke softly for around 20 minutes as he pointed to his diverse audience of about 150 people. Brown, superintendent of Ithaca City Schools in New York, was the keynote speaker at Saturday’s 39th annual Hobbs NAACP banquet at the Hobbs High School Commons. Brown brought with him copies of his book, “Culture of Love: Cultivating a Positive and Transformational Organizational …

Mark Justice “scrubbed” into surgery around 6 a.m. Tuesday morning. The local veterinarian had to work on a puppy that belonged to his daughter, Adley. The surgery wasn’t the typical type of surgery associated with a veterinarian. It wasn’t as delicate, or as extensive, as most animal surgeries. But, it was just as important. Because “XO” as the puppy is …