The state announced on Monday Lea County added three new cases. The total brings the county to 32 cases since the coronavirus began being tracked by the N.M. Department of Health. In nearby Eddy County, it now has 38 cases. To the north of Lea County, Roosevelt county has 45 cases and Curry has 64. Northwest of Lea County, Chaves …

After going several days with no new COVID-19 cases in Lea County, N.M. state health officials announced three new positive tests for COVID-19 in Lea County. Since the start of coronavirus, Lea County has had 21 positive cases. At least two of those cases have recovered per local officials but state health officials have not been informing local officials about …

It was different. It was scary. “It was fun,” said Mark Veteto, co-founder of the Veteto Foundation, which since 2007 has annually celebrated the work of five Hobbs schools educators with its Excellence in Teaching Award. Normally, foundation members would make school visits in April and hold an in-class presentation for each recipient. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mark …

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 …

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 …

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico has moved to phase out medical cannabis cards for nonresidents starting at mid-year, under a bill approved by the Legislature on Monday and supported by the governor. More than 600 people from Texas, Arizona and beyond have enrolled as patients in New Mexico’s medical marijuana program since September based on a change in …

PHOENIX (AP) — The Trump administration said Tuesday it will start deporting about 250 Mexicans a week on flights from Tucson, Arizona, to Guadalajara, over 1,000 miles (1,640 kilometers) from the border. The move reflects how Mexicans have become a higher priority in border enforcement as fewer Central Americans head to the U.S. The flights aim to deter attempts at …

With expansion of the terminal at the Lea County Regional Airport already begun, Assistant County Manager Corey Needham wants to again double the passenger holding area. At an estimated cost of more than $1.6 million and with funding already available, Lea County Commissioners gave their collective nod of approval after Needham explained the wisdom of making that change now, rather …

Working men, developers, promoters, adventurers Some of the early photographs of modern Hobbs, those images of the first oil boom in the late 1920s, and 1930s, are fascinating and sometimes hypnotizing pictures of that era which seems so long ago. Take for instance, a photograph I’m going to call the “Sky Hawk” photo of early Hobbs. I am giving it …