Virginia Cunningham/News-Sun LOVINGTON — Avenue D between Love Street and Commercial Street is expected to remain closed until late March. Zoning and Planning Coordinator Crystal Ball said weather has delayed this project “immensely,” with work crews only being able to work about 11 days in January. “So are you saying we have gone from a creep to a crawl?” Mayor …

Gabrielle Arsiaga/News-Sun On Monday, New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez filed a motion with the N.M. Supreme Court asking recent ordinances passed in Southeast New Mexico be nullified by the court. The ordinances Torrez named in the Writ of Mandamus request, were passed by Hobbs, Clovis, Lea and Roosevelt Counties — and, though not named in the suit, on Monday …