Lovington Food Coalition opens new, bigger facility Blake Ovard/News-Sun LOVINGTON — The Lovington Food Coalition has new permanent home and is ready to help end food insecurity in Lovington. Nor-Lea Hospital has facilitated the new building, but CEO David Shaw told those in attendance Thursday afternoon, the food bank is it’s own entity. “The hospital district is privileged to have …

The News-Sun conducted a Q&A with Nor-Lea Hospital CEO David Shaw regarding the hospital’s efforts in facing the COVID-19 pandemic. How do you address the fact that Lea County has been fortunate to have only two positive cases at this point in the pandemic? Lea County, relative to other parts of the country is very rural and residents had the …

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, …