Mill levies, GO bonds on November ballot   Denise Marquez/News-Sun In addition to the candidates seeking a variety of offices across the county, some Lea County school districts are seeking voter approval to continue funding mill levies and general obligation bonds to support their work in the coming year. Hobbs voters are being asked for an up-or-down vote on a …

When a little thing like a pandemic closes school for the year, it’s good to have a warrior like Sonia Medina in your corner. Medina, the Hobbs Municipal Schools Nutritional Services district manager, doesn’t like Netflix, detests sitting still and is a master strategist, according to her boss. She’s also calm in the face of a crisis. “I’ve been in …

HMS growth faster than expected By the 2021 school year, HHS will be at overcapacity When TJ Parks started anticipating student growth within Hobbs Municipal Schools, his anticipation was HMS would grow by 200 students a year. The Hobbs Schools superintendent may have to up that number. During his presentation at Tuesday’s Hobbs School Board meeting, HMS Asst. Superintendent of …

The Badger Natatorium pool was filled one last time. The natatorium’s demolition project on the Hobbs High School campus finished its first phase Wednesday with the permanent fill of the pool. Demolition of the natatorium’s two locker rooms/bathrooms, the concrete deck around the pool and items from the pool’s water pump were dumped into the hollow opening before being poured with a concrete-like liquid that …

HMS gets mixed grade results A mixed bag of emotions landed on the doorstep of Hobbs Municipal Schools when district officials learned the grades for 18 Hobbs schools from the 2017-18 school year. The report card was handed out by the New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED) to school officials Thursday night and became available to the public on Friday. …