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Downtown Hobbs gets a major facelift
HOBBS, New Mexico (KMID/KPEJ)- Hobbs downtown is getting a face lift! This is all in an effort to draw more community engagement to the downtown area. The renovation would include more locally owned businesses, as well as more retail shopping and restaurants. “My team has come up with a plan to expand Ship Plaza. To […]
Maddox awards Lovington $350,000 for youth center
LOVINGTON — The City of Lovington’s Youth Center has been closed since the onset of COVID restrictions in 2020, but will soon be able to reopen with a funding grant from the J.F. Maddox Foundation. The J.F. Maddox Foundation conducted social services need assessment last year which included...
Local veteran shows unwavering devotion for US flag at Veteran’s Clinic
HOBBS Rain or shine each morning, U.S. Marine Veteran Richard Duran makes his way to the Hobbs VA Outpatient Clinic with a sense of duty guiding his steps. His simple but meaningful task — to gently unfurl Old Glory and respectfully send it up the clinic’s flagpole. For...
ICYMI: Top headlines from across the Basin
PERMIAN BASIN (KMID/KPEJ) – Here are the top stories from around the Basin for the week ending on April 19th. The Texas Department of Public Safety identified the suspect, accused of killing a West Odessa man on Monday, as 26-year-old Trevor James Myrick, of Hobbs, New Mexico. DPS also revealed more about the investigation that […]
BLM looking for comment on oil and gas leases in New Mexico
SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is reconsidering a plan to lease land in Eddy and Lea Counties to oil and gas companies. Now, BLM is looking for public input on the idea. In 2021, BLM approved leases for about 6,000 acres of land in New Mexico. Then, Citizens Caring for […]
Softball Game Preview: Lovington Wildcats vs. Portales Rams
Lovington has been on the road for six straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Portales Rams at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Lovington will be strutting in after a victory while Portales will be coming in after a loss. In what's become a running...
5,500 fentanyl pills lands Hobbs man in jail
A Hobbs man is behind bars after a tip led Lea County Drug Task Force agents to investigate him for trafficking Fentanyl pills into Hobbs from Albuquerque. On Feb. 7, task force agents were reportedly informed by a confidential informant that Hobbs resident Poetry Royal, 53, was transporting thousands of fentanyl pills from Albuquerque using a rental vehicle. The confidential informant alleged Royal was “bringing the Narcotics into Hobbs and supplying several individuals in the area,” and Royal had already made several trips to Albuquerque in rental vehicles to purchase “thousands of Fentanyl pills.”
HPD investigating damaged VFW post property
HOBBS, New Mexico (KMID/KPEJ) – The Hobbs Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying an unknown suspect involved in criminally damaging property of the local VFW post. According to video release from the Department, the incident occurred around 12:13pm on Thursday, April 11. The suspect could be seen throwing an object into […]
Hobbs Police hosts National Drug Take-Back Day
The Hobbs Police Department announced it would host National Drug Take Back Day on April 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Walmart and Walgreens Turner locations. This event is an opportunity to dispose of unused and unwanted medications safely.
The J.F. Maddox Foundation is funding 350K to the Lovington Youth Center for Renovation
LOVINGTON, N.M. — The City of Lovington had applied for a grant in February to support facility improvements and summer programs for the Lovington Youth Center, according to the City of Lovington. Recently, the J.F. Maddox Foundation of Hobbs, New Mexico will be providing a $350,000 funding grant to...
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