FAA awards $1.2M to Lea airports CURTIS C. WYNNE NEWS-SUN Awarding a total of $1.2 million to Lea County airports, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration announced the first of five annual rounds of funding established by the new Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Lea County Regional Airport in Hobbs will receive $1,018,010 while Zip Franklin Memorial Airport in Lovington …

LOVINGTON — Many Lea County employees will have extra cash to spend this Christmas and going forward. Newly approved pay increases for safety-related agencies and departments will show up in Dec. 10 pay checks, with the new wage rates having become effective Nov. 21. Rebecca Long, chairwoman of the Lea County Commission, said the increases that for some departments exceed …