Nor-Lea recently received $608,000 in state funds through the Rural Health Care Delivery Fund that will be used to expand ...

A decades-old staple at the corner of Turner and Bender is gone. The Long John Silver’s restaurant has been demolished.

Forget Santa’s sleigh bells. For one Tatum first-grader, the most meaningful Christmas sound was a bell she rung signaling ...

So yes, I see stupid people. They’re fighting technology that works. They’re rejecting solutions supported by scientists, ...

AG targeting oilfield crime Levi Hill/News-Sun Oilfield crime is an organized and booming business and it has caught the eye of New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez, who was in Hobbs Tuesday to ...

Tatum Elementary playground upgrade 60 years overdue Denise Marquez/News-Sun Tatum Elementary students braved the cold weather Thursday morning to attend a groundbreaking and ribbon cutting ceremony ...

Every morning for 40 years, Nora Avila, 67, wakes up at 2:30 in the morning and by 3 a.m. she’s at her restaurant making tortillas. At a rate of an average 300 tortillas a day for 40 years, Avila has ...

For a time, two years ago, he was arguably the most-known baby in Lea County. Dubbed only Baby John Doe at the time, he was the first infant surrendered via the then just weeks-old Safe Haven Baby Box ...

Friday afternoon former Hobbs Lady Eagle basketball teammates Elise Turrubiates and Bhret Clay took the court, as opponents. It was a battle of young versus old, with Turrubiates being a senior with ...

Lea County is shining bright as it will soon have 10 solar farms providing nearly 1,600-megawatts of power, expanding the county’s role in renewable energy and diversifying an oil and gas driven ...

In addition to the candidates seeking a variety of offices across the county, some Lea County school districts are seeking voter approval to continue funding mill levies and general obligation bonds ...

The recent arrest of five men as part of a “large-scale” oilfield theft ring involving a Mexican cartel is shedding light on a booming crime business plaguing the Permian Basin on both sides of the ...