On Saturday, January 28, around 7:00 pm, a fatal crash involving three vehicles took the life of Melinda Kay Shaw, age 58, of Melrose, New Mexico. Five people were also injured in the accident. The incident happened northeast of Lovington at the intersection of Prairieview Road and US Highway 82. New Mexico State Police (NMSP)…

Matador Resources is expanding its presence in Lea County in a big way. The independent energy giant, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Pronto Midstream, “…has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Advance Energy Partners Holdings, LLC, including certain oil and natural gas producing properties and undeveloped acreage located in Lea County, New Mexico and Ward…

With the new year, a new legislative session began in New Mexico’s Roundhouse. While many topics are on the table and likely to work their way through the legislative process during this session, House Bill 7 addresses one of the most pressing matters currently facing the state. The topic of abortion has been in local…

With the 2023 regular session of the New Mexico legislature in full swing, Democratic lawmakers want stricter gun control laws, a position being echoed across the country as mass shootings continue to be a regular occurrence in the US. New Mexico’s Republican lawmakers remain cautious about supporting stricter legislation, arguing that “such bans won’t make…

On Monday, January 23, New Mexico’s newly elected Attorney General Raúl Torrez “…filed an extraordinary writ in the New Mexico Supreme Court against Roosevelt County, Lea County, and the Cities of Hobbs and Clovis for unlawfully passing ordinances that restrict access to reproductive healthcare in their communities,” states a press release issued by AG Torrez’s…

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…