Jal News

Nearly 50 teenagers came forward to make life changing decisions, making the choice to turn away from negative lifestyles, and embrace a positive life with God.

About a month after creating the city manager position, Jal also has a new mayor.

Alton Dunn, a Jal city councilor and mayor pro-tem, is the new mayor of the southeastern New Mexico city.

Kevin Wilson: Freedom Newspapers Clovis is creating a task force to work on controlling the pet population.

A Jal man has been killed in a traffic crash on New Mexico 18 near Eunice. State police identify him as 43-year-old Enrique Duran.

New Mexico state police say 59 year old roger D. Fletcher was found dead in his vehicle just before noon yesterday on a dirt access road near Deep Wells Road.

“The high winds here are helping fuel the fire”

About 100 people have been evacuated as a large grass fire that started Monday afternoon burned on the outskirts of Hobbs. via KOAT.com

“It was amazing how quick it was traveling.”

Firefighters are mopping up hot spots that remain from a fast-moving grass fire that burned an estimated 52,000 acres and threatened about 100 homes and businesses west of this southeastern New Mexico city. via Las Cruces Sun-News

“Arctic air dug in Tuesday and refused to move eastward and out of the local area”

All the talk of wet weather may soon become a reality, area weather watchers said Wednesday. via Carlsbad Current-Argus

“I'm very thankful our constitution calls for that.”

With the opening of New Mexico's annual Legislative Session looming Tuesday, lawmakers are looking to prioritize the challenges they face over the next 30 days. via Carlsbad Current-Argus

Traffic will be switched on NM 128 near mile marker 6.7 today . The speed limit in this area will be reduced to 35 mph. via Carlsbad Current-Argus

“All we ask is that you respect that.”

LOVINGTON A state judge asked Lea County commissioners to form a committee to study the feasibility of a state District Court annex in Hobbs. via Las Cruces Sun-News

“How did you ever get that gig?”

Contestants put heart and soul into each dish Nothing I have achieved in this life inspires envy like the announcement that I judged the chile contest at the New Mexico State Fair this year. via Santa Fe New Mexican

“It could bring between 10,000 and 20,000 jobs and millions of dollars”

To build or not to build the nation's first integrated nuclear fuel reprocessing facility? The answer to that question is at least a year away, members of the New Mexico Legislature's Economic and Rural ... via Carlsbad Current-Argus

The Loving Falcons football routed the visiting Jal Panthers , 48-14 in Friday's non-league bout. via MaxPreps

“If the remnants of Ivo do get pulled up into southern New Mexico it appears that the majority of his moisture would arrive around Sunday and into the first of next week.”

Given the wetter than normal weather this year, it should come as no surprise that rainfall totals are higher than normal in many local areas. via Carlsbad Current-Argus

In Friday's non-league game, the host Wink Wildcats football team scored a nice 37-6 triumph over the Jal Panthers. via MaxPreps