LOVINGTON — The city of Lovington on Wednesday took a double-dip on upcoming projects with back-to-back groundbreaking ceremonies for a $21 million project to rebuild a portion of the New Mexico Hwy. 82/Main Street corridor downtown and a $6 million build to house the city’s Magistrate Court. Francisco Sanchez, New Mexico Department of Transportation district engineer for southeast New Mexico, …

The hail storm on Friday, June 23 caused a road block on the intersection of Millen and Lovington Highway.