New treasurer in Lovington is third to hold the position in just under a year LOVINGTON – They say the third time is the charm, and for Tayni Kennedy, she hopes that’s true. Kennedy was offered the position of treasurer for the City of Lovington Tuesday night after a closed-door city commission session in which commissioners interviewed the final two …

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 …

LOVINGTON — The Lea County Commission on Thursday finalized a redistricting proposal with minimal changes. With a 2020 Federal Census count of 74,455 residents, County Clerk Keith Manes explained the ideal number in each of five districts would be 14,891. “But you can’t get that because you can’t split precincts,” Manes told the commissioners. Redistricting is required immediately after every …

LOVINGTON — Written warnings and citations over three years proved insufficient to clean up the property at 201 E. Teague Dr. in the county north of Hobbs. So, the Lea County Commission on Thursday unanimously approved the next step. The commission passed a resolution finding a building and the premises “to be a menace to the public and requiring the …

When the state appointed Citizen Redistricting Committee recessed on Oct. 15 there were still a lot of matters left in the air — and a lot of comments left to be heard on the drawing voting lines in the state. So much was left not finished that the committee had to schedule an additional meeting, originally slated for Tuesday this …

When the state appointed Citizen Redistricting Committee recessed on Oct. 15 there were still a lot of matters left in the air — and a lot of comments left to be heard on the drawing voting lines in the state. So much was left not finished that the committee had to schedule an additional meeting, originally slated for Tuesday this …

Human trafficking is one of the most underreported crimes, according to the Human Trafficking Hotline. In 2018, the Hotline reported, there were only 5,147 cases reported in the U.S., awith 21 of those cases from New Mexico. But, the Land of Enchantment is a prime location for human trafficking because of the Big I, the interstate exchange of I-25 and …

Republicans: Proposed redistricting maps by special interest groups heavily favor Democrats At least one proposed map redistricting New Mexico’s Congressional Districts would see Hobbs and Lea County split into two, meaning the current district where Congressional District 2 only represents all of southern New Mexico, including Lea County, would no longer be the case. The New Mexico Citizen’s Redistricting Committee has made …