During their self-quarantine, News-Sun reporter Dorothy Fowler, along with family and friends, are part of many community members answering Nor-Lea Hospital’s call for help amidst the coronavirus pandemic. “I saw that they were asking for people to volunteer to make masks for the hospital,” Fowler said. “I felt like everybody needs to step up and do what they can to …

Healthy start in Lovington with Wellness Center Lovington celebrated the opening of a new wellness center Saturday with a ribbon-cutting, and the center is already off to a healthy start with over 500 registered members. The $16 million project, that created over 100 construction jobs, was funded by the hospital district, which began the planning phase two and half years …

Nor-Lea gifts $300,000 for training equipment to NMJC New Mexico Junior College President Kelvin Sharp may have stood behind the large check for a photo, but he kept the real one pretty close inside his suit jacket. “I’m keeping the real check with me,” he said with a smile. Sharp and everyone with NMJC has a good reason to smile, …