SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Saturday announced fourteen additional positive tests for COVID-19. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are: 1 new case in Lea County: ​A male in his 70s 9 new cases in Bernalillo County: A female in her 70s A female in her 60s Two males in their 40s …

The moment many feared was coming happened Saturday morning in Lea County — a positive test result for COVID-19 was announced. “I was notified (by the New Mexico Department of Health (DOH)) this morning,” Lea County Manager Mike Gallagher said. “I can tell you it was someone in Lea County and right now, we’re working on ascertaining all of the …

The moment many feared was coming happened Saturday morning in Lea County — a positive test result for COVID-19 was announced. “I was notified (by the New Mexico Department of Health (DOH)) this morning,” Lea County Manager Mike Gallagher said. “I can tell you it was someone in Lea County and right now, we’re working on ascertaining all of the …

Lea County got a scare earlier this week of a possible exposure to COVID-19.  However, the person in question has tested negative for the virus. At Monday’s court hearing at the Hobbs Magistrate Court for defendent Ralph Prieto, the public defender in the case was suspected to have infected a courtroom of 24 people. The public defender’s COVID-19 test was …

Lea County got a scare earlier this week of a possible exposure to COVID-19.  However, the person in question has tested negative for the virus. At Monday’s court hearing at the Hobbs Magistrate Court for defendent Ralph Prieto, the public defender in the case was suspected to have infected a courtroom of 24 people. The public defender’s COVID-19 test was …

By fall of 2019, Lynn Stevens had almost given up hoping for the life-giving kidney transplant she needed. She was on the transplant list at Baylor Hospital in both Dallas and Fort Worth, but the prospects seemed bleak for the the clerk-treasurer for the City of Tatum. Each night, Stevens hooked herself up to a machine that pumped fluid designed …

It looks like a huge backyard-built barbeque pit. But inside is technology that could revolutionize the oil and gas industry and more. The New Horizons Foundation in Hobbs and the Combat Capabilities Development Command of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (CCDCARL) have worked together for the past two years in creating a muffler that could drown out the loud sounds …

It has recently been reported that GEO chose to end its contract managing the State’s correctional facility located in Clayton, New Mexico. As we approach the transition date to State management, I want to provide Lea County residents with some history regarding GEO’s longterm commitment to the State’s public safety and economy. GEO and the State of New Mexico have …

SANTA FE (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham professed her full-throttled support for the oil sector on Tuesday, telling industry leaders that her Cabinet secretaries work for them and that she hopes the state can overtake North Dakota as the No. 2 oil producer among states. Lujan Grisham, a Democratic former congresswoman, repeatedly thanked men and women of …

SANTA FE — New Mexico’s growing oil and natural gas industry is poised to attract as much as $174 billion in new infrastructure investments through 2030, according to a new study prepared by the global consulting firm ICF. The report was commissioned by the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association and the American Petroleum Institute and announced Tuesday by NMOGA. …