Lea County News

For kids, Halloween means one thing, candy. But for parents, it's taking on a whole new meaning thanks to the H1N1 virus.

Lindsay Martin CBS 7 News October 29, 2009 Lea County, New Mexico - A Tulia man, who shot himself in Lea County yesterday, is now facing charges of aggravated assault and aggravated kidnapping.

The company that is building a southeastern New Mexico uranium enrichment plant is preparing for its final review from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission before starting its centrifuges and going into production.

The LEACO Rural Telephone Cooperative is being awarded a federal loan worth more than $57 million to bring new and improved telecommunication services to rural Lea County.

Presbyterian Hospital and Medical Group in Albuquerque has activated its pandemic flu plan after seeing a spike in patients.

Officials from some school districts report absentee rates are much higher and in some cases double what they were at this time last year.

The 9th New Mexican has died from H1N1 and now hospitals are activating their pandemic flu plan.

The New Mexico Department of Health announced Wednesday that a 28-year-old man from Lea County has died from swine flu.

LANDER ENERGY CORPORATION , , is pleased to provide an update on its proposed business combination with Heathercrest Energy Ltd.

The New Mexico Department of Health announced that a 51 yearold woman from Lea County was confirmed with West Nile Virus.

Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will visit Hobbs next month to speak at the local Hispano Chamber of Commerce's annual banquet.

A federal indictment alleges a Hobbs farmer owes more than $18 million in federal taxes and has not filed personal taxes since 1986.

DALLAS, Aug. 17 /CNW/ - Saxon Oil Company Ltd. announces the Eumont State No. 2 development well in the Urssey Tank field of Lea County, New Mexico was successfully completed as a flowing oil well on August 12, 2009.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED AN * ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... CENTRAL LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... * UNTIL 515 PM MDT * AT 349 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL LEA COUNTY.

HOUSTON, Aug. 10 /CNW/ - Enhanced Oil Resources Inc. today announces the activation of the Crossroads No.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... * UNTIL 515 PM MDT * AT 410 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT...AHEAD OF AND IN THE VICINITY OF AN INCOMING COLD FRONT.

Dollars stand in the way of dozens of animals in Southern New Mexico being saved.

A convicted sex offender released from prison earlier this year remains in jail accused of exposing his himself to children again.

Heavy rains Wednesday caused a lot of problems in southeastern New Mexico, swallowing up rivers and damaging a school.