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Anytime there’s the us versus them, and we paint these broad brush strokes against certain groups of people, everyone loses.

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    Sanchez signs with NMJC track and field

    Sanchez signs with NMJC track and field PETER STEIN/NEWS-SUN Alejandra Sanchez thought she…

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    Make-A-Wish gives barrel racing horse to Denver City girl battling cancer

    Two years ago, Yosiguey “Yosi” Trejo was told she had an aggressive form of leukemia. Afte…

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    Tharon Drake announces retirement, start of new career

    It was time. Tharon Drake’s body told him so, although it took him some time to really bel…

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    Tharon Drake returns home to teach at the CORE

    Following a successful 2016 Paralympics in Rio, winning a regional ESPY, winning five worl…

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    Five Eagles earn All-State

    Jason Farmer/News-Sun Several members of the Hobbs football team collected one final honor…

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Go East: USW athletics relocates to east Texas

By Michael
December 9, 2020
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The name Michelle Lujan Grisham has fallen on some people’s ears with such offense these past several months, it’s been almost like profanity to them. Others say the governor is just doing her sworn duty, trying to keep New Mexico citizens safe when she issues health orders designed to contain the spread of COVID-19. Still others are somewhere in the …

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Survey over possible Eunice golf rate hikes discussed

By Michael
December 8, 2020
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Golf is among the activities that have been on-again, off-again, on-again, thanks to COVID. People in Eunice who use the Eunice Municipal Golf Course like it as an escape, as recreation. In 2021, though, it may cost some of those people more to get that escape, that recreation, as the Eunice golf board has been considering a greens fee hike …

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Survey over possible Eunice golf rate hikes discussed

By Michael
December 8, 2020
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Golf is among the activities that have been on-again, off-again, on-again, thanks to COVID. People in Eunice who use the Eunice Municipal Golf Course like it as an escape, as recreation. In 2021, though, it may cost some of those people more to get that escape, that recreation, as the Eunice golf board has been considering a greens fee hike …

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Rockwind course drainage problem could take $1.8 million to fix

By Michael
November 6, 2020
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In the five years since Rockwind Community Links has been built, the City of Hobbs has boasted the golf course is one of the best municipal golf courses in the New Mexico and the U.S. And it has the pedigree to prove it. A slew of awards regarding the course’s design and layout have been earned. But now Rockwind is …

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Hobbs students, parents come together to protest continued shutdown

By Michael
October 14, 2020
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Hobbs High School students want to go back to school. They want to get back on the field/court and compete against others. They want to live their lives and they made that known Monday night at a student-led protest that brought around 150-175 people into the stands at Watson Memorial Stadium. “I hope that the governor notices us,” Hobbs senior …

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N.M. Gov. forces cancellation of fall sports due to COVID-19

By Michael
October 9, 2020
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High school athletes across New Mexico got some bad news Thursday afternoon as news broke that Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham would not be lifting the 9-to-1 pod restrictions and would not be allowing school sports to proceed. Because of that, the New Mexico Activities Association was forced to cancel the opening weekend of high school sports just three days before …

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Make-A-Wish gives barrel racing horse to Denver City girl battling cancer

By Michael
October 2, 2020
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Two years ago, Yosiguey “Yosi” Trejo was told she had an aggressive form of leukemia. After several forms of treatment and a successful bone marrow transplant, Make-A-Wish gave Yosi a new best friend, a barrel racing horse named Shewee. The young teenager was only 12-years-old when she discovered she was sick and said it was a shock. Being healthy and …

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Tharon Drake returns home to teach at the CORE

By Michael
September 22, 2020
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Following a successful 2016 Paralympics in Rio, winning a regional ESPY, winning five world medals, a Pana America medal, American records, and becoming the first blind swimming coach in the NCAA at Catawba College; Hobbs’ own Tharon Drake decided to return home. Drake and his wife Paula left North Carolina and joined the CORE, where he is teaching the Tsunami …

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Tharon Drake returns home to teach at the CORE

By Michael
September 22, 2020
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Following a successful 2016 Paralympics in Rio, winning a regional ESPY, winning five world medals, a Pana America medal, American records, and becoming the first blind swimming coach in the NCAA at Catawba College; Hobbs’ own Tharon Drake decided to return home. Drake and his wife Paula left North Carolina and joined the CORE, where he is teaching the Tsunami …

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Zia Park horse racing starts Oct. 5 as it adjusts to COVID-19 rules

By Michael
September 4, 2020
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With the COVID-19 restrictions to hotels, casinos, and horse racing in New Mexico, the only races for fans to enjoy have been at Ruidoso Downs. The 50 day racing schedule at Ruidoso Down is coming to an end with the final day of racing set for Monday. But fans will not be saying goodbye to the season just yet. At …

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