Hobbs Fire Department captain, crew wins event called the ‘toughest two minutes in sports’ After years of hard work and training, Captain Rodney Smith with the Hobbs Fire Department has finally been named “King of the Jungle” at the 2021 Firefighter Combat Challenge finals in Ft. Pierce, Florida on Saturday. The finals are dubbed the “toughest two minutes in sports” …

ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico firefighter who was seriously injured earlier this month in a fireworks explosion has died. Roswell Fire Chief Devin Graham announced that Roswell firefighter Jeff Stroble died Sunday in a Lubbock, Texas, hospital while recovering from injuries suffered during a June 5 explosion. He was 46. Robert “Hoby” Bonham of the Roswell Fire Department …