Prison closures generally stir hand-wringing among local government officials over the loss of jobs. But there has been a noticeable lack of panic in southeastern New Mexico’s Lea County, where a ...

the state Department of Workforce Solutions and Hobbs Mayor Sam Cobb that it would stop operating the prison on June 30, Caldwell said. Then last week, the New Mexico Corrections Department told ...

GEO Group on May 1 informed its 203 workers, the county, the state Department of Workforce Solutions and Hobbs Mayor Sam Cobb that it would stop operating the prison on June 30, Caldwell said. Then ...

A pump jack is pictured in Eddy County. Provided by the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association By: Mayor Sam Cobb As the mayor of Hobbs, I see firsthand the benefits the oil and gas industry contributes ...

It is the middle of the week in the middle of July. Sam Cobb, wearing a long-sleeved shirt, bright-green cap and jeans, is hunched over the flood irrigation system at his farm in Blythe ...

HOBBS, New Mexico — According to the Hobbs Police Department, officers responded to a call at approximately 3:24 a.m. Sunday in the area of Marland Blvd and Leech St., where they found 22-year ...

RMS Foods is operated as an independently owned facility by Sam ... in New Mexico. “We’re based in Seattle, Washington, and we’re super excited about getting to know the community of Hobbs ...

Hobbs, New Mexico mayor Sam Cobb on Tuesday presented a proclamation from the city at New Mexico Junior College which proclaimed the day as Tapiwanashe Makarawu Day. The 24-year-old sprinter ...

Although it has miles of character, in Monday’s City of Hobbs Commission meeting, commissioners and Mayor Sam Cobb paved the way for improvements on West County Road after authorizing a Grant ...

Mayor Sam Cobb of Hobbs, New Mexico, is very open about his support for the oil and gas industry. “I’m very glad that Chevron is part of our community,” Cobb said. Cobb remembers the 1980s when oil ...

Earlier this month, a safe surrender baby box at a New Mexico fire station was used for the second time since being installed. According to a news release from the City of Hobbs, on the week of ...