Virginia Cunningham / News-Sun LOVINGTON — COVID, flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are circulating through Lea County, and the flu is affecting people more than COVID said Nor-Lea Hospital CEO David Shaw. “We are seeing COVID positive tests at the highest levels since last year,” said Shaw. “The good news is it isn’t as severe.” All three viruses will possibly reach …

When Lea County rancher Matthew Sewalt transported by train his cattle to Nebraska pastures in 1918, he used rail cars from Seagraves, Texas, to Lubbock and then on to Kansas City, Mo., the city on the borders with Missouri, Kansas, and not far south of pastures in Nebraska. Sewalt probably was unaware of what had been happening in Kansas City …