New Mexico cannabis sales topped $40 million in December, with recreational pot sales totaling a whopping $28 million, a record high. Medical cannabis sales were also up – over $1,000,000 – from $14 million in November to over $15 million, according to figures released by the New Mexico Cannabis Control Division (NMCCD). The uptick in…

When the New Mexico legislature convenes on January 17 for its 2023, 60-day regular session, lawmakers will have a projected revenue of just under $12 billion to allocate when crafting the state’s 2024 FY (fiscal year) budget. New Mexico’s 2024 FY runs from July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024. The Consensus Revenue Estimate of…

Test results show that the female driver of the dark red GMC Acadia SUV that struck and killed two Hobbs residents at the intersection of Fremont and 4th Street in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, at about 7:40 pm, on Wednesday, December 28, had a blood-alcohol level of almost twice the State of Nevada’s legal limit….

Spent nuclear waste will be routed to Lea County by rail if the federal government grants New Jersey based Holtec International a license to construct and operate its proposed HI-STORE CISF (consolidated interim nuclear storage facility) on a 1000-acre site located by the border of Lea and Eddy counties. In July, the United States Nuclear…

On Tuesday, November 29, 2022, Matthew Red Fuentez, of Hobbs, was sentenced to 37 years in prison by New Mexico 5th Judicial District Court Judge Mark Sanchez. Fuentez’s prison sentence is the result of being found guilty on numerous charges in an August 13, 2020 homicide in Lovington. On that date officers of the Lovington…

The state’s number one lawyer Attorney General Hector Balderas (D), now serving his second term in office, is concerned about ordinances Land of Enchantment cities are passing or attempting to pass to limit a person’s legal right to reproductive health care.  Hobbs is one of the cities AG Balderas is directing his attention after the…

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham is not backing down on her opposition to the approval by the National Regulatory Commission (NRC) of the building of a “temporary” nuclear waste storage facility – known as the Consolidated Interim Storage Facility – near the border of Lea and Eddy counties. Holtec International and the Eddy-Lea Energy…

It looks like Alexis Avila’s day in court may be just around the corner in December. Avila is the 18-year-old teen mother who is accused of throwing her newborn into a dumpster on January 7 of this year in freezing weather conditions. The baby was wrapped in a dirty, pink blanket and placed in a…

New Mexico is a state that leans Democratic, but Republicans had hopes for some competitive races. However, mimicking the rest of the country, Democratic performance in New Mexico was strong, dashing any hopes Republicans had of picking up seats in the Land of Enchanment. The most notable races were Congressional District 2, which had been…

The woman found Friday lying on the ground without life signs near the intersection of French Drive and Sanger Street in Hobbs has been identified as 19-year-old Delilah Nicole Ybarra, according to an updated Hobbs Police Department press release. Ybarra was a resident of Hobbs. Next of kin have been notified, and an outpouring of…