Article provided by Jim Harris, Executive Director of the Lea County Museum. Wayne Salzmann looks like a young-gun musician who just peaked for the first time inside one of New York City’s famous jazz clubs, such as the Blue Note or the Village Vanguard. However, when he brings his Austin-based jazz band to the Lea…

Visitors and residents in Las Cruces will have the opportunity to participate in an auction of Native American crafts this November. The biennial “Navajo Rug Auction” will be making its return to Las Cruces on Saturday November 13. Sales will benefit Native crafters and local museums, according to the event’s organizers. The event is put…

A new memoir by Robin Behl, a native of Hobbs, NM, recently hit bookstands around the country. Behl will be stopping by the Lea County Museum’s Lister Building in downtown Lovington for a free book signing event this Friday. The event will take place on November 5 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at 114 E…

The Heart of Lea County Fest is coming to downtown Lovington. This one-day music festival will feature country singer Aaron Watson and many fun activities for the whole family. The goal is to raise money for Weekend Hunger Initiative (WHI) Hobbs, a non-profit delivering food to Hobbs students over the weekends in food insecure households….

White Sands National Park, located in the Tularosa Basin of New Mexico, is home to the largest collection of human footprints. One of the more recent findings has placed the arrival of humans settling in North America thousands of years before what was previously thought. According to a news release from White Sands National Park…

The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) began requiring the reporting of overdoses from Ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug commonly used in pets and livestock. While Ivermectin does exist as medicine for humans, online misinformation is touting it as a treatment for COVID-19. Ivermectin is not approved for the treatment of COVID-19 and health experts are…

Local health organizations have begun distributing COVID-19 booster shots. However, they are currently being limited to the immunocompromised. COVID-19 vaccinations have demonstrated a high degree of effectiveness in protecting people, but the level of immunity may wane over time. Early data points to higher infection rates in people who were vaccinated in January compared to…

The state of Texas recently implemented one of the strictest abortion laws in the country. The new law bans abortions once a fetus’s heartbeat can be detected. This usually occurs around six-weeks. Many pregnant people may not even find out they are pregnant until after this point. Because of the strict Texas law, nearby states,…

The Nor-Lea Hospital District is temporarily closing the Lovington Wellness Center in order to repurpose the area for use in responding to the recent COVID-19 surge in the area. Health care systems in New Mexico and in Texas have been strained by the rapid increase of COVID-19 infections. The vast majority of those being hospitalized…

Lovington’s Main Street, US Highway 82, has been in bad shape for several decades. Most long-time residents have likely come to accept that that is just the way it’s always been and always will be. However, change is on its way with a New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) construction project targeting a 1-mile stretch…