Valerie Scott was entering her third year teaching American Sign Language at Hobbs High School earlier this month when she got some good news. The first-year faculty sponsor of the HHS Student Council was told homecoming was a go for this year. And she was in charge. “I got handed it I guess the first two days of school,” Scott …

Hobbs High School Student Council members gathered to paint rocks to hide on the playgrounds of the elementary schools they once attended.