LOVINGTON — A fully consolidated emergency 911 center for Lea County appears on the horizon, looking at Jan. 10, 2022 for implementation. All that’s left is for just about everybody else to approve it. The board of county commissioners on Thursday gave unanimous nods individually to a total of eight resolutions aimed at expanding emergency dispatch for police, fire and …

Joining LCCA will improve police response time, modernize police units in Lovington LOVINGTON — On Monday Lovington Commissioners heard a plan that will not only improve police response time, but could modernize police patrol units and save the city close to $1 million. Lovington Police Chief David Miranda recommended to the commission to accept the offer from the county to …

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 …

EUNICE — Emergency personnel in Eunice want the city’s elected officials to solve more than “half the problem.” After a workshop and two public hearings in July, the city appears ready to reverse years of resistance to joining the Lea County Communications Authority (LCCA). Part of the problem, according to Eunice police and fire chiefs, involves inability of their respective …