New Mexico Junior College’s board of trustees agreed to reallocate $180,000 for an Academic Success Center. The money was originally earmarked last month for a woman’s golf program development. Interim NMJC president Steve McCleery told the board he recognized the need to add women’s sports to the school’s athletic program, but he is concerned because student academic success rates have …

The Lea County Communication Authority is having staffing issues, according to LCCA director Angela Martinez. The auto-attendant system the LCCA has implemented has allowed the agency to cut back on the number of incoming calls and has lightened the workload of LCCA employees, Martinez told the Hobbs City Commission Monday night. “Our schedules before COVID were five, eight-hour shifts, with …