SANTA FE — Middle and high school students are included in a decision announced Tuesday to expand in-person learning options beginning Feb. 8 for every district and charter school across New Mexico based on extensive preparations and protocols to assure student and educator safety. The Public Education Department’s updated guidance for expanded in-person learning, approved by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, …

In the ongoing battle against COVID-19, Hobbs Municipal Schools has added another layer in its armor with 2,261 MERV 13 air filters. The filters will replace the current air filters in each H-VAC system in each HMS school building. “Those filters are more dense so they trap the particles of the COVID-19 virus,” HMS Superintendent TJ Parks told the News-Sun. …

JAL — Due to COVID-19, the Jal City Hall closed Tuesday afternoon. City Manager Matt White said employees who work in the building were sent for testing after an employee who initially thought she was having normal sinus troubles became very ill and tested positive. “The problem is I’ve got seven people in three little offices. They’re just crammed up …

Lea County had three new reported deaths on Friday due to COVID-19, according to the N.M. Department of Health, and 55 new cases. The department reports the two deaths were: A male in his 60s from Lea County. The individual was hospitalized and had underlying conditions. A male in his 70s from Lea County. The individual had underlying conditions. A female …

Lea County had a two new reported deaths on New Year’s Eve due to COVID-19, according to the N.M. Department of Health, and 118 new cases. The department reports the two deaths were: • A female in her 80s from Lea County. The individual was a resident of the Lovington Healthcare facility in Lovington. • A male in his 50s from Lea …

Lea County had a two new reported deaths on New Year’s Eve due to COVID-19, according to the N.M. Department of Health, and 118 new cases. The department reports the two deaths were: • A female in her 80s from Lea County. The individual was a resident of the Lovington Healthcare facility in Lovington. • A male in his 50s from Lea …

HOBBS – Wheels tend to grind slowly in the COVID world, especially when you’re talking about shipping and construction. Over the past nine months, some business owners throughout New Mexico have complained that at times their biggest problem isn’t just hoping the governor will let them stay open, but also getting their supplies from point A, the warehouses, to point …

NEWARK, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden on Monday received his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine on live television as part of a growing effort to convince the American public the inoculations are safe. The president-elect took a dose of Pfizer vaccine at a hospital not far from his Delaware home, hours after his wife, Jill Biden, did the …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. added a second COVID-19 vaccine to its arsenal Friday, boosting efforts to beat back an outbreak so dire that the nation is regularly recording more than 3,000 deaths a day. Much-needed doses are set to arrive Monday after the Food and Drug Administration authorized an emergency rollout of the vaccine developed by Moderna Inc. and …

The staff at Nor-Lea Hospital had been gearing up for Thursday for weeks. “This team out here today has actually been working and practicing for this day for about two months,” said David Shaw, Nor-Lea CEO from Lovington. What they were warming up for was dispensing the first doses of the new vaccine to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic in …