• Weekend vaccination clinics planned for Tasker Arena in Hobbs Lea County hospitals are facing a potential shortage of hospital beds to treat seriously ill patients diagnosed with the novel coronavirus. Dan Springer, CEO of Covenant Health Hobbs Hospital, and David Shaw, CEO of Nor-Lea Hospital District in Lovington, addressed the community via live social media press conference Tuesday, urging …

Lea County had two more COVID-19 related deaths on Friday, according to the N.M. Department of Health. According to the state, a male in his 70s from Lea County died. The individual had underlying conditions and was a resident of the Lovington Healthcare facility in Lovington. A second male in his 70s from Lea County also died and the individual had underlying …