CASA of Lea County names Volunteer of the Year Rhonda Phillips, a resident of Lovington, was named CASA of Lea County’s 2017 Ursula Wilcox Volunteer of the Year at CASA’s Annual Volunteer Appreciation Dinner. CASA of Lea County strives to make Lea County a safer environment for abused and neglected children through trained volunteer advocacy and other child centered programs. …

After a little more than a year of losing Cooper the CASA dog to cancer, CASA of Lea County welcomed its new canine assistance dog Phillip to its office Monday. Phillip, a one-and-a-half-year-old black English Labrador has been in training for the past several months preparing to work with the children of the CASA of Lea County program and those …

When Cooper the CASA dog passed way in late November, it created a void that was felt by everyone who had met him. From the children with the CASA of Lea County program to those at juvenile detention. From the employees at the Lea County Treasurer’s office who met with Cooper for only a few minutes before his work at …