New Mexico State Senator Billy Jess McKibben died Friday due to natural causes in Big Spring. McKibben was born June 2, 1936 in Eunice. He was a graduate of Lovington High School, NMMI Junior College in Roswell and New Mexico State University. McKibben served in the U.S. Air Force during Vietnam. McKibben served as a New Mexico State Senator from …

The Josh Abbott Band performed Tuesday night, Aug. 8 at the 82nd Annual Lea County Fair & Rodeo at the Lea County Fairgrounds in Lovington.

The University of the Southwest will soon offer its first doctoral degree through its School of Business — a doctorate in business administration degree, which is the first to be offered in New Mexico. The School of Business at USW will offer the DBA degree through an online program. Ryan Tipton, USW School of Business dean, said getting a DBA …

George Miller, Eunice resident, kayaks down a flooded Avenue Q in Eunice Tuesday after a rain storm. For more on this story read Thursday’s Hobbs News-Sun.

“The little town that could” just announced it will soon be adding some 25 new jobs and three new businesses. It’s the kind of news City Manager Bob Gallagher said would include a press conference complete with the governor in attendance, if it were in Albuquerque or Santa Fe. “There is no other city in the State of New Mexico …

Before Madison Coe died in an accidental electrocution in a bathtub, one of the last text messages she sent was to a friend of a photo of an extension cord with a message that said, “When you use (an) extension cord so you can plug in while you’re in the bath.” Lovington Police Department officials said the photo is believed …