Lea County News

A flash flood watch remains in effect until 3 p.m. for Eddy County, northern Lea County and the Guadalupe Mountains today.

Lea County has hired a new manager. County commissioners decided to hire Lovington native Michael Beverly -- who now lives in Duncanville, Texas.

A former Lovington police officer has been charged with an open count of murder in the shooting death of his father.

Although the fire danger in Eddy County have been downgraded from high to moderate, fire officials for the Bureau of Land Management's Carlsbad Field Office said the potential for wild land fires still exists.

Surrounded by old photographs and family mementos, Joe Byers shared his memories and stories of early Lovington.

New Mexico Airlines has announced it will suspend air service between Carlsbad and El Paso effective July 14.

A Eunice woman whose husband was fatally shot two years ago has pleaded guilty to solicitation to commit first-degree murder.

KRQE News 13, an aggressive and growing news organization in Albuquerque, NM is searching for an experienced general assignment reporter to join our news efforts.

SUN Since he setting up camp at 8 a.m. Saturday, Henry Crawford, depicting a buffalo soldier, had been visiting with and answering questions from people attending the Hobbs Juneteenth celebrations at Booker T. ...

Arena Resources Inc. , Tulsa, Okla., has acquired a property in Lea County, New Mexico, from an undisclosed seller for $10.3 million in cash.

It was a night of close races in Lea County as two local races were decided by less than 100 combined votes in Tuesday's primary election.

While it isn't one of the "heavy hitters" in the oil & gas industry, Arena Resources, Inc.

Computer problems are affecting ballot verification procedures in some counties across the state.

New Mexico voters headed to the polls Tuesday in an unprecedented primary election in which two Republican representatives are battling for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate and 21 Democrats and Republicans ...

Tony Pearson can always tell when times are good in the New Mexico oilpatch. It's all in the quality of goods that are passing through his pawn shop.

Little more than half the local candidates seeking the Democratic nomination attended the last candidate forum before Tuesday's general election at the Silver City Woman's Club Thursday night.

Kyle Marksteiner/Current-Argus The Eddy County Juvenile Detention Center, which was recently reopened, was the site where three prisoners escaped Thursday night.

Second Congressional District candidate Harry Teague says economic development is vital to the district, renewable energy and withdrawing from Iraq are important to the country and fencing the border is no ...

A Tatum, New Mexico man is listed in critical condition after being shot over the weekend.

An agreement has been signed between the existing lease owner and Samson which will give Samson a 100% working interest in the 320 acre half section immediately west of the producing State GC Oil Field operated ...