Virginia Cunningham News-Sun LOVINGTON — Innovative, secure and state-of-the-art is the type of school Hillcrest Christian Academy will start building in the first quarter of 2023. Tony Mabe, owner and contractor with Artisans Guild Construction said the building will cost approximately $7 million dollars, and will be located on the corner of Avenue I and 2nd Street in Lovington. “There …

Juvenile arrested in middle school shooting GABRIELLE ARSIAGA NEWS-SUN A 12-year-old male, of Hobbs, was arrested by Hobbs police on Dec. 1 for accessory to aggravated battery after a Nov. 2 incident involving shooting a pellet gun at students, staff, and parents coming out of Highland Middle School. According to the HPD report, as students and staff were leaving school …

During the presentation of it’s $3.34 billion budget proposal – the single largest part of the state budget – Public Education Department Secretary Ryan Stewart told members of the New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee he hopes New Mexico schools will be able to have children in classrooms starting next fall, but that it’s not up to him. “Do you have …

Edison Elementary started first day of classes on Wednesday, along with other Hobbs Municipal Schools.

It’s that time of year again when United Way challenges the local community to help the nonprofit organization stuff a bus with thousands of backpacks. This is the 13th year United Way hosts the Stuff-A-Bus event, which is planned from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. today and Saturday at Walgreens, 1401 N. Turner Street. “We’d like to fill 2,000 backpacks,” said Janelle Blain, …