Andy Brosig/News-Sun An invite from her brother to a Salvation Army youth group meeting started Stacy Antonovich on a long and sometimes winding road that’s now led her to Hobbs to lead the local corps. Growing up in Casper, Wyo., in an area similar in many respects to Lea County, Antonovich wasn’t involved in church until her neighbors invited her …

Enthusiastic. Passionate. Welcoming. Forthright. Motivated. These terms and more were used this week to describe Maj. Lisa Smith, the former Corps Officer for the Salvation Army in Hobbs. After learning this week of her death in Wheat Ridge, Colo., in February, the News-Sun reached out to the people and organizations in Hobbs Smith worked with closely. She was 60. “She …

Enthusiastic. Passionate. Welcoming. Forthright. Motivated. These terms and more were used this week to describe Maj. Lisa Smith, the former Corps Officer for the Salvation Army in Hobbs. After learning this week of her death in Wheat Ridge, Colo., in February, the News-Sun reached out to the people and organizations in Hobbs Smith worked with closely. She was 60. “She …

Nothing feels quite so good as a hot shower at the end of a long day. For the homeless, though, access to basic hygiene such as a shower can be a challenge. The Salvation Army Hobbs is nearing completion of a project started more than two years ago to address that need. A mobile hygiene trailer arrived in town this …

Nothing feels quite so good as a hot shower at the end of a long day. For the homeless, though, access to basic hygiene such as a shower can be a challenge. The Salvation Army Hobbs is nearing completion of a project started more than two years ago to address that need. A mobile hygiene trailer arrived in town this …

An icon of the holiday season will indeed be putting in an appearance in Hobbs this year, but on a limited basis. The ubiquitous Red Kettles, the familiar fundraising draw for the Salvation Army, will be at three Hobbs locations this year, Lt. Shannon Brown, Hobbs Corps Officer, said. Kettles and bell ringers will be stationed at the Albertsons Market …