Graffiti crime remains a serious problem in the City of Hobbs. City officials, with input from the Hobbs Police Department and the city’s Parks and Open Spaces Department, are turning to the public to help wipe out graffiti. According to a statement released by City of Hobbs Director of Communications Meghan Mooney, cleaning up graffiti…

Senate Bill 1 has passed the New Mexico Senate by a unanimous vote, 35 to 0. The new legislation, likely to pass the state’s House of Representatives and subsequently be signed into law by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, will raise teachers’ base salaries statewide on the average by 20 percent.  According to a Saturday, February…

New Mexico school districts are again a target of cyber attacks. These unwanted and unfriendly breaches of computer systems effectively shut down many schools.  As a result of the dependence upon remote learning due to COVID-19, current cyber attacks are particularly damaging, not just to the pocketbooks of school systems but also to the students…

“Zombie” or orphan oil and gas wells are creating serious problems for southeastern New Mexico and particularly for Lea County. Fortunately, help is on the way from the federal government to clean up these wells — in the tune of $43.7 million. The result will be to diminish the numerous potentially dangerous environmental and health…

The Southwest Symphony filled the R. N. Tydings Auditorium in Hobbs on Monday evening February 7 with sounds of popular “gaming and movie themes” — all composed by the legendary John Williams. The concert brought many fond memories and much enjoyment to young and old alike.  About the special evening Melissa Gilcrease of Roswell commented…

The shockwave of a Hobbs teen mom throwing her newborn into a dumpster a few weeks ago is vividly coupled by the reality that some people in Lea County are food insecure. Why else would three souls on that cold winter day have been dumpster diving looking for “anything of value” when they unsuspectingly found…

The Hobbs Police Department has released the video of its first interview with Alexis Avila – the 18-year-old mother who tossed her newborn into a dumpster located behind Rig Outfitters and Home Store in Hobbs on January 7.  The video was aired on ABC Big 2 News on January 28. Avila Confesses  During the interview…

Shoplifting is a chronic problem for retailers throughout America and is proving especially painful for businesses in Lea County.  One of the main reasons shoplifting is hitting the county’s merchants so badly is because of the area’s lower volume market that provides local retailers with thinner profit margins than they might have in larger, more…

The issue seems to be bipartisan. It is one of those things that would have been pushed aside in light of other issues — taxes, crime, minimum wage — had the worst of the worst not happened right here in Lea County, specifically in Hobbs – a newborn was thrown in a dumpster.  Who knows…

A week ago New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a new program to help the state’s schools and child care facilities stay open in the wake of staffing shortages caused by the current flood of COVID-19 cases, especially those of the more recent Omicron variant.  The initiative is called Supporting Teachers and Families (STAF),…