The Castillo family gathered this week to support a brother holding a ribbon-cutting for a new business and ended up leading floats in Saturday’s Veteran’s Day parade in Hobbs. They came from as far away as the Pentagon, from Dallas, from Madison, Ala., and from as close as just down the street. With three of Guadalupe and Socorro Castillo’s children …

The Castillo family gathered this week to support a brother holding a ribbon-cutting for a new business and ended up leading floats in Saturday’s Veteran’s Day parade in Hobbs. They came from as far away as the Pentagon, from Dallas, from Madison, Ala., and from as close as just down the street. With three of Guadalupe and Socorro Castillo’s children …

Hobbs City Commissioner Dwayne Penick was brought to tears Thursday, talking about the new Department of Veterans Affairs Community Based Outpatient Clinic he helped champion for the community. “This has been a long time coming,” Penick told the crowd of dignitaries, veterans and their families gathered to witness the grand opening and ribbon cutting for the clinic in the former …

EDITOR’S NOTE: Our reporter, Gabrielle Arsiaga, happened to be at last weekend’s concert that turned deadly at Astroworld. This is her account of what happened.   “Help” or “Medic” is what dozens of attendees were screaming this past weekend at the Astroworld Festival that left eight dead and hundreds more injured. I attended that concert and it left me with …

Hobbs Fire Department captain, crew wins event called the ‘toughest two minutes in sports’ After years of hard work and training, Captain Rodney Smith with the Hobbs Fire Department has finally been named “King of the Jungle” at the 2021 Firefighter Combat Challenge finals in Ft. Pierce, Florida on Saturday. The finals are dubbed the “toughest two minutes in sports” …

Lea County Sheriff Office investigates, no arrest made A maintenance employee of a local Hobbs business was suspected of being a “peeping tom” after video footage was found on his cell phone. Footage was found of him moving the phone to various areas in an employee restroom in order to film whomever used the restroom. On Oct. 11, Lea County …

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 …

Newspaper industry association recognizes the Hobbs News-Sun, News-Sun staff  among the best in New Mexico Awards can be a good measure of an individual or organization, if those awards are based on talent, dedication, merit, and hard work. At the New Mexico Press Association 2021 Better Newspaper Contest awards banquet in Santa Fe Saturday night, the News-Sun brought home 14 …

Newspaper industry association recognizes the Hobbs News-Sun, News-Sun staff  among the best in New Mexico Awards can be a good measure of an individual or organization, if those awards are based on talent, dedication, merit, and hard work. At the New Mexico Press Association 2021 Better Newspaper Contest awards banquet in Santa Fe Saturday night, the News-Sun brought home 14 …

Hobbs Police Department officers arrested two suspects after the duo allegedly stole approximately $700 worth of loose, unstripped copper wire from a local business. Isaiah Nickson, 30, of Hobbs, was arrested on Oct. 28 on a warrant for larceny over $500 under $2,500, a fourth-degree felony. Beverly Baca, 24, of Hobbs, was arrested on Oct. 9 and charged with larceny …