New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed an executive order on Wednesday, August 31 earmarking $10,000,000 in public funds to construct a reproductive healthcare clinic in southern New Mexico. The move comes as healthcare options for people in New Mexico have become restricted due to the abortion laws of neighboring states. With states like Arizona…

Eddy Fabela, who has been the fire chief in Eunice for some ten years, is in trouble with the law. Fabeula is accused of embezzlement – the stealing of taxpayers’ money by using City of Eunice credit cards for personal purchases. Although the Eunice Fire Department’s webpage lists Fabela as its fire chief, a KRQE…

Bishop Henderson III is a free man. On Monday, August 22, after a trial that lasted nearly three weeks, Henderson was found not guilty by a Lea County jury on three counts of First Degree Murder and on four counts of Aggravated Battery with a Deadly Weapon.  The three-victim mass shooting, known as the “Hobbs…

The Eunice Police Department (EPD) was alerted by a concerned student and parent just after 10:00 am, on Thursday, August 25 of “a student possibly armed with a gun at Eunice High School”. The high school is located at 1720 Avenue K in Eunice. In response, the School Resource Officer immediately placed the Eunice Public…

Agustin Dorado, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Nor-Lea Hospital District, with board members Pat Wise and Julia Myers, welcomed the public to the grand opening of the Nor-Lea Hobbs Medical Clinic Expansion on Tuesday, August 16.  “It’s a pleasure and thrill to be in this facility infront of all of you here,” states…

Cannabis sales in New Mexico reached a record high during the month of July with more than $40 million in retail sales statewide. In an August 4 press release Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham says, “These numbers show that the impressive sales [over $39 million] generated in the first month [April] of legalized recreational cannabis sales…

Lea County roadways are busy these days. Oil and gas traffic is creating difficult issues, especially in the southwestern portion of the county near the small community of Jal. Jal’s mayor David Aldridge is quoted in a recent article published at CurrentArgus.com as saying, “’The traffic burden out here sometimes of the day is unbelievable….

Safety is a big issue for Hobbs Municipal Schools (HMS), and the long-standing district policy of requiring male HMS students to be clean shaven is creating quite a controversy with parents and stakeholders as schools open for the 2022-23 school year. According to the HMS Facebook page, the clean shaven policy was instituted by the…

Lea County Sheriff’s deputies were called to assist the Tatum Police Department on Sunday, July 31 in an incident in the 700 block of South Cobern Avenue in Tatum. While at the scene of the incident, sheriff’s deputies learned of a possible homicide that “reportedly” occurred on Thursday, July 28, north of Lovington. A Lea…

Friday, July 29 is the first day of the 86th Annual Lea County Fair and PRCA Rodeo. The festivities run through Saturday, August 6. The Lea County Fairgrounds is located at 101 South Commercial Street in Lovington. The theme of the 2022 event is “Honoring Our Heritage”.  Gate admission is free until 5:00 PM, with…