Museum set to open O’Connor exhibition Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was a cowgirl all her life, even after she became the first female Supreme Court Justice. A new exhibition, “The Cowgirl Who Became a Justice: Sandra Day O’Connor,” is set to open Thursday at the Western Heritage Museum and Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame. The exhibit showcases the youthful …

The Virgin Mary statue at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Hobbs, N.M., is weeping again on Saturday, June 9, according to worshipers.

The Virgin Mary statue at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Hobbs, N.M., is weeping again on Saturday, June 9, according to worshipers.

Hobbs duo charged after $50,000 stolen trailer found A Hobbs man and woman face a felony charge each after they were allegedly living in a $50,000 travel trailer that was reported stolen in west Texas. Todd Dentler, 48, and Amber Powers, 36, were arrested Tuesday on a warrant for receiving stolen property (more than $20,000), a second-degree felony. They were …

More Lea residents going to work Lea County’s unemployment rate hit a five-year low last month, according to the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions. Not since April 2013 has the unemployment rate been 3.7 percent. That’s not the lowest ever, since the average for 2007 was 2.5 percent, but it’s a lot better than June 2016 when the unemployment …

Hobbs USSSA team No. 1 in state Under a blazing sun late Thursday afternoon, Ricky Carrillo hits grounders and fly balls to a group of eight-and-nine-year-olds spread across the baseball field next to Jefferson Elementary. The kids, focused on the direction of Carrillo and a couple other adults that coach them, belong to a United States Specialty Sports Association 9U …

Hobbs USSSA team No. 1 in state Under a blazing sun late Thursday afternoon, Ricky Carrillo hits grounders and fly balls to a group of eight-and-nine-year-olds spread across the baseball field next to Jefferson Elementary. The kids, focused on the direction of Carrillo and a couple other adults that coach them, belong to a United States Specialty Sports Association 9U …

To understand the significance of the weeping Virgin Mary, or Our Lady of Guadalupe, within the Catholic faith, one must understand her historical and cultural importance in this region. In December 1531, the Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared in Mexico City during a time when Mexico’s first Bishop Fray Juan de Zumarraga was losing hope in establishing a Catholic church. …

To understand the significance of the weeping Virgin Mary, or Our Lady of Guadalupe, within the Catholic faith, one must understand her historical and cultural importance in this region. In December 1531, the Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared in Mexico City during a time when Mexico’s first Bishop Fray Juan de Zumarraga was losing hope in establishing a Catholic church. …

Parishioners and observers say the weeping Virgin Mary at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Hobbs, NM, wept again on Tuesday, May 22. People have traveled from as far as San Antonio and El Paso, Texas to view and pray at the statue.