The COVID-19 pandemic has brought challenges many people couldn’t have anticipated, but it also brought forward people who could overcome those challenges, like Francis Shaw, this year’s Lovington Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the year. Shaw was able to sew and organize others to sew more than 16,000 masks for healthcare workers and patients at Nor-Lea Hospital when personal protective …

LOVINGTON — David Rodriguez had a confused look on his face. Sitting with Lovington City Manager James Williams at Thursday’s Lovington Chamber of Commerce annual banquet, Rodriguez, the Lovington Police chief, leans over to ask Williams a question. “What’s my sister doing here?” he asked. Williams quickly came up with an excuse but Chamber of Commerce President Kim Osborne blew …

LOVINGTON — David Rodriguez had a confused look on his face. Sitting with Lovington City Manager James Williams at Thursday’s Lovington Chamber of Commerce annual banquet, Rodriguez, the Lovington Police chief, leans over to ask Williams a question. “What’s my sister doing here?” he asked. Williams quickly came up with an excuse but Chamber of Commerce President Kim Osborne blew …