LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Texas Tech fired women’s basketball coach Marlene Stollings on Thursday, a day after a scathing newspaper report alleging a culture of abuse in her program. Athletic director Kirby Hocutt announced the firing in a one-sentence statement while adding that he planned to address the decision Friday. Players made claims of abuse over the past two years …

Lea County cumulative total added 11 positive tests for COVID-19 on Friday. The county now has a cumulative total of 333 residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 out of 7,484 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 …

RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — A new campaign manager for Democratic U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small is facing attacks from Republicans for once working for a gun control group funded by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The Las Cruces Democrat recently announced that she had hired Emma Caccamo to win reelection in what is expected to be a close …

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is going to have to dig out of a deep financial hole as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, as gross receipts crater and a significant number of workers have been forced to seek jobless benefits, said one of the state’s top lawmakers. Sen. John Arthur Smith, chairman of the Legislative Finance Committee, is …

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is going to have to dig out of a deep financial hole as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, as gross receipts crater and a significant number of workers have been forced to seek jobless benefits, said one of the state’s top lawmakers. Sen. John Arthur Smith, chairman of the Legislative Finance Committee, is …

Lea County cumulative total added five positive tests for COVID-19 on Monday, 11 positive tests on Sunday and seven positive tests on Saturday, for a total of 23 over the last three days. The county now has a cumulative total of 285 residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 out of 6,827 tests. Of those 285 cases, the state says …

Lea County cumulative total added 25 positive tests for COVID-19 on Saturday, the single biggest jump in cases for the county since the state began tracking numbers. The county now has a cumulative total of 172 residents who have tested positive for COVID-19. Of those 172 cases, the state says 37 have been designated as totally recovered.  In Lea County …

Lea County cumulative total added 5 positive tests for COVID-19 on Friday. The county now has a cumulative total of 147 residents who have tested positive for COVID-19. Of those 147 cases, the state says 31 have been designated as totally recovered.In Lea County as of Friday, there has been tests 5,234 tests administered. It should be noted the number …

NEW YORK (AP) — Chesapeake Energy, a shale drilling pioneer that helped to turn the United States into a global energy powerhouse, has filed for bankruptcy protection. The Oklahoma City-based company said Sunday that it was a necessary decision given its debt. Its debt load is currently nearing $9 billion. It has entered a plan with lenders to cut $7 …

Lea County cumulative total added six positive tests for COVID-19 on Sunday and six on Saturday or 12 cases for the weekend. The county now has 106 residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 since the state began tracking test results. Of those 106 cases, the state says 25 have been designated as totally recovered. In Lea County as of …