PETER STEIN/NEWS-SUN Pickleball sounds like a sport that should be played with an oval green object, good enough for eating when the game is over. Actually, the sport doesn’t involve anything remotely resembling that kind of pickle. In Saturday’s Pickleball Tournament at the CORE Center in Hobbs, it appeared to the casual observer like a game that looked a lot …

Encapsulating a mix of dance, music and play, the long-awaited dedication ceremony for a public art installation in Hobbs is here. Colorado artist Gail Folwell will be on hand at 10 a.m. Friday at the CORE to help dedicate her sculpture, “Stay Human.” The piece was set in place last September but the official unveiling was delayed several times due …