Eunice News

LUBBOCK, Texas - Later this month, the first trainloads of PCB-tainted sludge dredged from the Hudson River will arrive and, in the eyes of critics, will turn a stretch of West Texas into New York's "pay toilet." They argue that burying dirt so toxic that General Electric Co.

Christina Morrison and Ray Morrison and Rudy and Beth Lucero announce the engagement and upcoming marriaged of their children, Amanda Marie Morrison and Jason Rudy Lucero.

Heading to Texas, Hudson's Toxic Mud Stirs Town There are not many towns in America that would welcome the 2.5 million cubic yards of toxic sludge being dredged from the bottom of the Hudson River in New York, but to hear Mayor Matt White tell it, Eunice is one of them.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it has received nearly $25 million in federal stimulus money for the Albuquerque District, which covers New Mexico and southern Colorado.

Elections end. Campaigns crash and burn. But one thing that seems to be eternal is the fundraising machinery of campaign committees of both successful and unsuccessful candidates.

The magistrate court in Tatum is slated to close July 1 under a measure approved by the 2009 Legislature.

Fourth-graders at Mettie Jordan Elementary in Eunice took home baby trees they could plant, thanks to Lea County Community Federal Credit Union.

As of June, crossing international borders between the United States, Mexico and Canada will require U.S. citizens to have a passport book or a passport card.

Crusade of Christian Country '09 featuring cowboy preacher James Robbins is set for 7-9 p.m. today and Saturday at Otis Community Center, 2513 Bannister Road.

County Manager Scott Vinson's contract has been terminated. The Luna County Commission voted, 2-1, Tuesday after an executive session to dismiss its 16-year administrator, effective May 31.

Parsons has been awarded a two-year contract by Louisiana Energy Services to provide engineering, construction management, and construction services for the expansion phase of the National Enrichment Facility ...

Hiring additional teachers and freeing up more space in classrooms and schools has been the effect of enrollment growth on three Lea County school districts and Seminole Independent School District.

HOBBS a ' Residential and commercial construction in Hobbs has fallen to about $60 million in 2008 after a peak of nearly $86 million in 2007.

The first cascade isn't expected to come off the line at the National Enrichment Facility until the fourth quarter of 2009.

Outgoing U.S. Senator Pete Domenici doesn't mind a little adulation, though joking in his wife's absence he says she's had enough.

Loving setter DeAndrea Carrillo was named to the honorable mention Class 2A All-State volleyball team Tuesday.