Teacher’s CPR skills save a life While a packed house awaited the next act at a recent National Dance Institute performance in Tydings Auditorium, an intense real life drama was taking place backstage. College Lane Elementary third-grade teacher Amanda White was performing chest compressions on a colleague who collapsed just before some volunteer teachers were set to perform on stage. While she and several other teachers worked to …

Additional lawsuits eyed in priest sex abuse case Las Cruces attorney Connie Flores is planning additional lawsuits in the sex abuse case involving former St. Helena Catholic Church priest Ricardo Bauza on behalf of two ex-church employees. The lawsuits would involve issues like sexual harassment and retaliation. Earlier this month, two lawfirms — Flores, Tawney & Acosta P.C. of Las …

Foundation asks city, NMJC to take down, remove religious items NEWS-SUN STAFF REPORT Local members of the Freedom From Religion Foundation have requested religious items removed from local government buildings in Lea County and sent a complaint regarding the City of Hobbs’ involvement in a recent community event. A member of the group complained to New Mexico Junior College recently …

Foundation asks city, NMJC to take down, remove religious items NEWS-SUN STAFF REPORT Local members of the Freedom From Religion Foundation have requested religious items removed from local government buildings in Lea County and sent a complaint regarding the City of Hobbs’ involvement in a recent community event. A member of the group complained to New Mexico Junior College recently …

Miracle baby Padilla beating the odds Conventional wisdom would have said that Melanie Kassandra Padilla had a small chance of surviving when she was born Sept. 16, 2016, weighing just one pound, six ounces. Her mother, Elizabeth Padilla developed pre-eclampsia, a potentially fatal condition, early during her pregnancy, and the condition became severe enough during the 29th week that physicians …

The deadly flu of 1918 Stories from the Buckboard New Mexico, Texas and all of the lower 48 states are now suffering a flu epidemic. It is a dominant news story for 2018 which bears the unfortunate distinction of being the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of what became known as Spanish Influenza. In the early months of 1918 the …

3rd suspect arrested in Torres murder Hobbs resident Eduardo Servin is behind bars after Hobbs police issued warrants for three suspects last week in the November shooting death of Daniel Torres. Servin, 27, was arrested Friday and charged with accessory to commit murder, a first-degree felony. He turned himself into the Lea County Sheriff’s Office in Lovington, according to Lea …

Hobbs firefighters train near Hobbs on how to deal with grass fires.

Hobbsans thankful to be alive following house fire Casey Gonzalez was at Nor-Lea Hospital Saturday evening as her husband Leroy was getting his painful knee examined. She answered her ringing phone to the sounds of a crazed individual — her son Diego Hernandez. “Mom! My friend just called! Our house is on fire!” In a calm voice Casey quickly asked …

Is it a cold or a flu? The common cold is the number one reason for lost work and school time throughout the industrialized world. According to Lea Regional Medical Center officials, the average adult will get two or three colds each year, while children can go through 5-10 cycles. The typical cold starts with sore throat and runny nose, …