Lovington News

A car crash kills a Lovington man. The crash happened just after 11 p.m. on Friday on Lea County Road 125.

A total of 7.3 pounds of cocaine were seized Saturday night after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found the drugs hidden in the battery of a pickup truck.

High winds and heavy fuels are causing the quick spread of a wildfire this afternoon about 12 miles NW of Lovington.

Authorities said an arcing power line was responsible for igniting a wind-whipped grassfire that burned 6,772 acres and forced the brief evacuations of seven homes north of Lovington.

Fire officials said high winds and heavy fuels caused the quick spread of a wildfire Wednesday afternoon about 12 miles northwest of Lovington, N.M. New Mexico State Forestry spokesman Dan Ware said the Etchevery Fire is now 100 percent contained.

Olin Lynch is moving quickly through the ranks in the Luna County Sheriff's Office.

Services to celebrate the life of Homer L. Robinett are scheduled for Wednesday, January 20, beginning at 11:00 a.m. at Sanders Funeral Home, 1420 Main, Lubbock, Texas, with Dr.

Authorities say a Lubbock man driving too fast caused a fatal accident near Lovington, New Mexico.

The D4-3A Ruidoso softball champions strike a pose shortly after defeating Lovington, 10-0 and 9-2, May 8. Front row, l-r, Shelby Walker, Jordan Mowdy, Alisha Trujillo, Claudia Morales, Maribel Villegas, Maritza Nava, Alaitia Enjady, Brandi Guevera, Catherine Landry, Gabrielle Smith and Marjanel Vigil.

Services for Kent Wright, 78, will be 2 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009 in the W.W. Rix Chapel.

Adults in Lea County do something better than anyone else in the state - light up.

Who would have thought dialing a wrong telephone number would lead to a beauty queen title? It did for a New Mexico State University junior majoring in animal science with a pre-veterinary option.

A Hobbs, N.M., man was killed Tuesday in a rollover crash in Andrews County. Authorities said icy conditions could have contributed to the death of 45-year-old Martin Alaniz-Velasquez. A second man, Alanso Salido, 24, of Lovington, N.M., is in critical condition at Lea Regional Medical Center.

Alamogordo will host one of a series of capital outlay application workshops early next year.

The Luna County Sheriff's Office has promoted Olin Lynch to sergeant. Lynch, with the LCSO 2 1/2 years and assigned to Lt.

Friendship Rebekah Lodge members met Oct. 27 for their regular social time. Una Cronable of Rio Ranch was installed president of the New Mexico Rebekah Assembly in Lovington in September and Serena Goar was installed as vice president.

Phil Harris knows the concept of an electrical supergrid isn't as tangible, say, as the potential opening of a retail store or restaurant.

Daniel Carroll Berry, 87, of Hobbs, N.M. and formerly of Eunice, N.M., died on Oct.

Not many people in this area know Dale Cooper. But mention Tuffy Cooper and everyone who has spent any time at the National Cowboy Symposium in the past 21 years, or rodeos since the 1940s, will know his name.

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