News & Press
October 12, 2020
Gobat Earns Professional Economic Development Certification
The Economic Development Corporation of Lea County’s (EDCLC) Elyce Gobat has earned the Certified Economic Development Certification (CEcD) through the...
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October 6, 2020
CTE construction begins
Reposted with permission from the Hobbs News Sun $46 million facility expected to open for 2022-23 school year TODD BAILEY...
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September 2, 2020
Data backs Hobbs for new business
Reposted with permission from the Hobbs News Sun CURTIS C. WYNNE | NEWS-SUN The COVID-19 pandemic hit some Hobbs retailers...
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August 30, 2020
Phase one of terminal expansion complete
Reposted with Permission from the Hobbs News Sun. CURTIS C. WYNNE | NEWS-SUN Passengers waiting to board a United Airlines...
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August 10, 2020
Chevron donates PPE across Lea County
August 5, 2020 Chevron donated personal protective equipment (PPE) worth approximately $19,000 for healthcare workers and others on the front line to help Permian...
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July 20, 2020
Lovington MainStreet’s Local Innovators Institute Inaugural Program Thriving, Funded for Next Year
Lovington MainStreet’s Local Innovators Institute Inaugural Program Thriving, Funded for Next Year Food Service Accelerator Program Supported Five Restaurant...
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July 13, 2020
What does a covenant hospital and CTE bring to Hobbs?
Of the variety of construction projects in Hobbs and planned for the near future, two projects stand out both in actual size and importance to the community — The Hobbs Municipal Schools’ Career Technical Education Center and the planned Covenant Hospital.
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July 13, 2020
Retail set for boom in Hobbs
Business diversity guides the Kassis family, initiating stores in Hobbs and branching out to nearby communities for 21 years.
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June 29, 2020
EDC: Unemployed oilfield workers sought for construction jobs
Effective today, the Economic Development Corporation of Lea County, in a joint project with the Hobbs Municipal School System, offers a solution to “get Hobbs back to work.”
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June 16, 2020
Major interstate power line boosts Texas-New Mexico grid
Xcel Energy’s three-year-long effort to build a 240-mile superhighway for high-voltage electricity between West Texas and southeastern New Mexico is a major achievement of Xcel Energy’s Power for the Plains grid enhancement initiative.
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