Air Force vet turned airline pilot enjoys soaring for relaxation PETER STEIN/NEWS-SUN As an Air Force Academy graduate and a seasoned commercial airline pilot, Brad Peterson knows about being grounded. So when it happened on Thursday during the Standard Class Nationals soaring competition at the Hobbs Industrial Air Park, and Peterson wasn’t able to take …

Deputies responded to a request from the Eunice Police Department on Friday around 4:35 p.m., to assist with a possible drowning victim.

NMJC to remodel Mansur Hall Levi Hill/News-Sun New Mexico Junior College is committing $6.99 million to renovate Mansur Hall for modernized classroom space. The NMJC Board of Directors unanimously approved the spend for the project in a short meeting Thursday via Zoom. The 15,499-square-foot building was on the school’s list of projects in January with …

Gas production climbs faster than oil in Permian Levi Hill/News-Sun WASHINGTON, D.C. — Natural gas production in the Permian Basin is growing faster than oil production and it is creating a bottleneck. Solutions are coming, but too slowly. According to a recent report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, marketed natural gas production in the …

City works to rebuild HPD Christina Holt/News-Sun As the Hobbs Police Department works through months of leadership upheaval, the City of Hobbs’ immediate focus is to restore stability and leadership within the department. City Manager Manny Gomez said his appointment of interim chief Jimmie Jones this week is intended to place both the community and …

The New World screwworm is a fly that lands on cattle and burrows into their flesh, laying eggs that hatch into larvae and feed on the animal, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. If infected cattle are not treated quickly, the parasite can prove deadly. The post Officials look to stop screwworm spread that was discovered in Lea County earlier this month appeared first on Artesia Daily Press.

The case was downgraded to "inactive" on Friday, June 19 as the dog recovered from its infection. The post New Mexico officials look to stop screwworm spread as Lea County case deemed ‘inactive’ appeared first on Ruidoso News.

The crash happened Wednesday around 10:16 a.m. in the area of West Gum Street and Ashly Lane.

New Mexico leaders are backing a bipartisan bill after 12 confirmed U.S. screwworm cases, including one case in a Lea County dog. The post New Mexico leaders push funding to fight screwworm after 1 local case appeared first on KOB.com.

Eunice ‘ground zero’ for N.M. screwworm response Levi Hill/News-Sun EUNICE – Eunice is ground zero for New Mexico’s first active response to the resurgence of the New World screwworm after it was officially eradicated from the country nearly 60 years ago. A dog was found to be infected with the flesh-eating parasite on June 8, …