Hobbs Police have made an arrest in connection with the death of an Odessa man.
68-year-old Robert Walter Forster was sentenced to nearly 3 and a half years in prison Thursday in Las Cruces.
Hobbs Police are investigating the murder of an Odessa man. Officers were called out to a single vehicle crash in the 700 block of North Marland around 4 a.m. Wednesday morning.
Police say 52-year-old Chris Phillips died after a fight with another inmate.
A volleyball coach in Eunice is under investigation. She's accused of slapping one of her players last week, during a game in Carlsbad.
A Pecos man is facing battery charges after police say he hit his estranged New Mexico wife and pulled her hair over her lack of a response to his Facebook status update.
A Hobbs officer will be taking the reigns as police chief in Eunice. Officer Jimmy Jones was announced as the new Police Chief earlier this week.
New information on a body found in Andrews County on Wednesday. NewsWest 9 has learned that discovery is linked to a murder investigation in Hobbs.
A Hobbs man has been killed after authorities in Eddy County say he was crushed by a piece of oilfield equipment near White's City.
A Wal-Mart in Carlsbad is being slapped with a lawsuit. It accuses the store of wrongfully firing at disabled worker.
A West Texas and New Mexico electricity provider is asking 375,000 customers to cut their energy usage because of high demand and unplanned maintenance.
The New Mexico Department of Health is warning pet and livestock owners in Eddy County and the surrounding area to make sure their dogs, cats, horses and other valuable livestock are vaccinated against rabies.
10 years in federal prison, that's what a Loving, New Mexico man faces. 32-year-old Brian Laxson pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Police arrested 35-year-old Alejandro "Jose" Castaneda for the murder of 36-year-old Jorge Morales.
Two people have died after a rollover accident in New Mexico. The accident happened Saturday night around 11:45 p.m., eight miles north of Hobbs.
28-year-old Eric J. Ahlskog of Roswell went missing on Sunday from the Champion Bay area of Brantley Lake near Carlsbad.
15-year-old Juan Rivas, Junior, is currently being held at the Lea County Detention Center.
Police are asking for the public's help in finding a vehicle of interest. The car is a 2002 brown Ford Taurus four door with New Mexico license plate JMT 612.
Fire crews near Carlsbad continue to battle flames from three separate fires. All three fires are said to have been started by lightning in the area.
One man is behind bars after a child solicitation investigation in Hobbs. According to Hobbs Police, an investigation began back on June 23 involving inappropriate text messaging between a 14-year-old female student at Houston Junior High School and Joshua Conder, who is an active duty Army National Guardsman and an instructor of at risk youth in the Stay on Track Program.
We have a scam alert involving credit and debit cards. The Hobbs Police Department is warning people not to give bank information over the phone or the Internet.
A Eunice Police Sergeant has been cleared of animal cruelty charges. Eunice Mayor Matt White tells NewsWest 9, charges against Sergeant Chuck Dudley have been dismissed.
Fire fighters say they are taking care of hot spots and trying to determine how many acres burned.
Several grassfires flared up in Lea County on Wednesday morning. Officials tell NewsWest 9, crews are mopping up three grassfires that started around 9 a.m.
A Hobbs tattoo artist will spend the next 12 years in prison. 44-year-old Phillip Ed Harrison plead no contest to attempted second degree murder.
Police in Hobbs are investigating a murder from early Monday morning. Upon arrival, officers found 36-year-old Jorge Galvez-Morales of Hobbs dead in the 400 block of West Temple around 7:05 a.m. Monday morning.
A Carlsbad man has been convicted of child abuse involving his infant daughter. A District Court jury on Friday found 19-year-old Arthur "Trey" McClintock III guilty of child abuse resulting in great bodily harm.
Our newsroom was flooded with phone calls on Friday night from Andrews. People were concerned about a fire they thought was headed towards town.
A Lovington man is dead following a single car rollover on Thursday morning. 50-year-old Michael Pennington was ejected from his car and died from his injuries.
Smoke forced Wal-Mart customers to evacuate in Hobbs. Customers were told to get out after smoke was seen near one of the entrances.
Officials have contained a grassfire north of Hobbs. The Dans Bar Fire is burning about eight miles north of the city near the Texas state line.
Authorities are looking for a man who was last seen with a Hobbs woman before she died.
The Police Chief in Eunice will have to look for a new job. The City Council decided not to renew Kevin Burnam's contract.
Crews say they've stopped the forward spread of a 500-acre grass fire that briefly threatened some homes near Lovington.
Officials at an oil refining facility in southeastern New Mexico say they have avoided damage from a fast-moving grass fire.
If your daily commute in Hobbs includes Copper Street, you may need to come up with an alternative route.
In Hobbs, a drive by shooting sends a teenager to the hospital on Monday afternoon. Police caught up with the alleged trigger-man, 18-year-old Carlos Navarrette.
44-year-old Randolph Breckon turned himself in to police Tuesday morning.
The New Mexico State Police Bomb Technicians were called in to investigate the package and it was nothing hazardous.
Hobbs Police need your help in locating a missing person. His name is Ismael Gonzales, he's a Hispanic male about 5'4", weighs 150 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes.
A wreck in Carlsbad claimed the life of an elderly man. The accident happened Monday afternoon on Highway 285, just south of Carlsbad.
They work just like the real thing, but if you're caught with synthetic drugs in Hobbs, you'll be sent straight to jail.
Hobbs Police tell NewsWest 9, 32-year-old Elgin Vine turned himself in to police on Tuesday morning.
18-year-old Michael Evans Junior was sentenced to 19 years in prison earlier this week.
A new rail line could be part of Lea County's future if Permian Basin Railways gets its wish.
If you had plans to see former First Lady Laura Bush in Hobbs next Tuesday, you're out of luck.
The board of the junior college in Hobbs unanimously approved the tuition hike Wednesday.
