CURTIS C. WYNNE/NEWS-SUN EUNICE — Eunice Police Chief Casey Arcidez resigned his position last week, but that doesn’t mean Eunice is without a chief. A law enforcement officer for almost two decades, Arcidez sent a one-line text message to the News-Sun for explanation. “I plan on starting a new career in the oilfield,” Arcidez said. City Manager Shannon Cummins, declining …

Curtis Wynne/News-Sun LOVINGTON — Elusive high-speed internet access garnered the attention of Lea County Commission members at Thursday’s regular commission meeting. Medical communication, police body camera recordings and COVID-19-related school restrictions highlighted lack of broadband in rural areas throughout the nation, including in southern Lea County where Leaco Rural Telephone Cooperative Inc. and City of Jal officials propose a project …