College Lane Elementary students in Hobbs submitted over 150 Halloween decorated pumpkins for the schools annual Pumpkin Patch Contest.

Hobbs High School Student Council members gathered to paint rocks to hide on the playgrounds of the elementary schools they once attended.

Hobbs Schools enrollment is at a record high, again. Two years ago the district surpassed the 10,000 students mark for a brief time, but enrollment fell as the oilfield turned sour. Now enrollment has once again surpassed the 10,000 mark. The district reported that as of the 40th day of school, it is serving 10,070 students, an increases of more …

During Tuesday’s Hobbs Municipal Schools board meeting, Paula Smith and Barry Young made a presentation on the benefits of starting a school-based health clinic for Hobbs schools. Smith and Young are part of a committee that did research on bringing a health clinic to Hobbs schools and developed the “RoadMap to Reduce Teen Pregnancy in Lea County.” The Hobbs Municipal …