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…

An ambitious plan from Libertad Power and Direct Diesel is poised to create a hydrogen corridor spanning the Southwestern United States, with Hobbs included as the site of one of three proposed hydrogen plants. The corridor of hydrogen production plants will serve as valuable infrastructure for an anticipated fleet of up to 12,000 heavy transport…

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…

On Monday night, November 7, the all-male board of city commissioners in Hobbs voted unanimously (7-0) approving an ordinance that requires abortion providers conducting business within the Hobbs City Limits to operate “following federal law” as a pretense for preventing abortion clinics from operating in the city. The federal law in question is notably unenforceable,…

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…

Though abortion remains legal in New Mexico following the overturning of Roe v. Wade by a conservative Supreme Court earlier this year, local municipalities are taking action to limit access. Many in the southeastern part of the state previously relied on services in Texas, but with its strict abortion ban, New Mexicans have to look…

The Hobbs City Commission has unanimously voted in favor of Resolution 7262 – mandating the installation of a “safe haven” baby box at Hobbs Fire Station #1. The firehouse is located at 301 East White Street and has been earmarked as a “safe haven site”, where parents can safely and privately surrender their unwanted infants….

Jesus L. Montoya, 22, of Lovington, was killed last week in a freak accident – hit by a SUV after rolling his pickup. Montoya rolled his pickup on Gill Road west of Lovington. A New Mexico State Police Department press release issued on Friday, October 14 states, “On October 13, just after midnight, New Mexico…