LOVINGTON – Lovington residents have been having issues with receiving high water bills due to a “system error” and when residents have called the water department to address these issues, the city tells them their bill is high due to a leak, not ever really giving residents a valid explanation of why their bill was so high. According to a …

Amid funding woes Lovington’s City Commission discussed a possible cost increase to customers for wastewater and solid waste rates during Monday’s commission meeting. Finance Director Gary Chapman told the commission wastewater has a loss of more than $345,000 during the past six months. “These are just operational costs,” Chapman said. “During that first six months, we had almost a $347,000 …