LOVINGTON — The city of Lovington on Wednesday took a double-dip on upcoming projects with back-to-back groundbreaking ceremonies for a $21 million project to rebuild a portion of the New Mexico Hwy. 82/Main Street corridor downtown and a $6 million build to house the city’s Magistrate Court. Francisco Sanchez, New Mexico Department of Transportation district engineer for southeast New Mexico, …

Things are about to get messy on the streets of Lovington in the upcoming months. During its Monday meeting, the Lovington City Commission announced the start of road construction on NM18, otherwise known as Main Street. According to Mayor David Trujillo the project consists of major infrastructure work. Construction workers with will reroute sewer lines from Main Street and Avenue …