A teenage boy struck by a vehicle Monday morning near Hobbs High School was treated and released after the accident, according to the Hobbs Police Department. The driver of the vehicle was cited afterwards. Around 6:20 a.m. Monday, a pickup truck hit a 14-year-old boy as he was crossing in the crosswalk at the Jefferson and Sanger street intersection located …

Native American dancer Patrick Willie performs the Fancy War Dance Thursday at the Staked Plains Roundup at the Dan Berry Rodeo Arena on the New Mexico Junior College campus. Western Heritage Museum will present Staked Plains Roundup open to the public on Family Fun Day Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Festivities include a blacksmith, Billy the Kid expert, cowboy music …

Native American dancer Patrick Willie performs the Fancy War Dance Thursday at the Staked Plains Roundup at the Dan Berry Rodeo Arena on the New Mexico Junior College campus. Western Heritage Museum will present Staked Plains Roundup open to the public on Family Fun Day Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Festivities include a blacksmith, Billy the Kid expert, cowboy music …

The Hobbs Public Library is turning into a science laboratory once a month throughout the year. Hobbs students in the fourth through eighth grades are invited to participate in the Hobbs Library new program called Got Science?!? The new program will have students participating in a hands-on workshop that will be run by Science Spectrum instructors from Lubbock. “It’s a …

A Hobbs man is facing 18 felony charges following his arrest on Tuesday and is suspected in several August auto burglaries. Anthony McCants, 20, is charged with one count of aggravated burglary, a second-degree felony; eight counts of auto burglary and nine counts of conspiracy to commit burglary, both fourth-degree felonies. He was arraigned Tuesday in Hobbs Magistrate Court and …

Richard Cummins retired from the Hobbs Fire Department in 1998 after a 21-year career doing everything from being the truck driver to working as an instructor. He liked teaching so much that after he retired he enrolled in college to become a school teacher, meeting his wife, Shannon, in the process. In 2008, Hobbs Fire Chief Manny Gomez called Cummins …

  High school football has come a long in the last few years. It wasn’t too long ago that coaches would have to meet with opposing coaches at some midpoint location between the two school to trade videos to prepare for games. Now, high school can instantly trade videos online. Taking it one step further, high school football can now …

Hundreds attend the 2017 Hobbs High School homecoming parade Friday afternoon in downtown Hobbs.

Hobbs Schools celebrated homecoming events on Friday, including a parade on Broadway.

The long wait is over. Indoor soccer has arrived in Hobbs, and it’s all thanks to a new facility and coordinator. With the Indoor Soccer League arena — based out of Crazy Skates at 3907 N. Grimes — ready for operation six months after talks began of it opening, people of all ages within the community now get a chance to …