The one-mile reconstruction of US 82 (Main Street) in downtown Lovington is underway. This means delays and detours for motorists and maybe a little bit, or even a lot, of frustration. Extra time and extra inconvenience are required now, but when the project is complete, the result will be well worth all the bother –…

Filling one’s tank with gasoline or diesel anywhere in the US costs more today than it did a few months ago and a lot more than it did a year ago. Fortunately, filling one’s tank in New Mexico and especially in Lea County costs less than it does in other areas of the US. On…

Construction of Lea County’s new Division 4 Magistrate (Municipal) Courthouse is underway. The building will be located at the intersection of Main Street and A Avenue in Lovington, and Magistrate Judge David E. Finger is delighted.  The building site is the now vacant property that some 30 years ago housed a Mobile gas station. Four…

On Friday morning, October 8, Nor-Lea Hospital District CEO/Administrator David Shaw went live via Facebook to update the public about the COVID-19 situation in Lea County.  Shaw spoke in general about the current status of COVID in the county and more specifically about the coronavirus booster shot. Current Status of COVID-19 in Lea County  “Things…

The Original Crossroads Community Church Battle of the Food Trucks is back – not for the second or the third time but for the fourth time ever. This year more than 17 food trucks are participating. The event starts on Friday, October 15 from 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm and continues on Saturday, October 16,…

Statistically from May through October, and especially in the month of September, Hobbs experiences more rain than during the other months of the year. With the wet weather comes the accumulation of weeds, weeds and more weeds.  City officials remind everyone that the City Hobbs has a Weed Control Ordinance. The ordinance is managed by…

South Texas based Mighty Wash Auto Bath has purchased the whole of ZK Express, taking over operations on September 24. Mightily Wash is one of the five largest conveyor car washes in the US  and has more than 10 locations in the Permian Basin and Texas.  The company was founded in 2012 in Lubbock by…

Saturday, October 2, saw marches advocating women’s reproductive rights in some 650 cities in all 50 US states.  In New Mexico, marches were scheduled to be held in Alamogordo, Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Santa Fe, Silver City and Taos. No Lea County cities appeared on the list of planned marches. Women’s March Organized the October 2…

Hobbs residents, former Walmart employees and now entrepreneurs John Mezger and Mark Poling, with strong support from their wives, have opened a “one stop” pharmacy in Hobbs.  The pair planned the new venture for some time and did all the legal preparation necessary, including forming an LLC, to get the business up and running. Mezger…

The City of Andrews,Texas is only some 50 miles from Hobbs and even closer to the Lea County border that runs between New Mexico and Texas. Andrews is right now the site of a low-level nuclear waste facility. The company that operates the nuclear waste repository in Andrews, Interim Storage Partners, wants to expand this…