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Hobbs is a city in Lea County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 40,508 at the 2020 census , [ 4 ] increasing from 34,122 in 2010. Hobbs is the principal city of the Hobbs, New Mexico micropolitan statistical area , which includes all of Lea County.
Lea County is located in the southeast corner of New Mexico and borders Texas to the south and east. The Permian Basin, 250 mi (400 km) wide and 350 mi (560 km) long, underlies Lea County and adjacent Eddy County, as well as a large portion of West Texas. It produces 500,000 barrels of crude a day, and this number was expected to double in 2019.
The Hobbs News-Sun is a daily newspaper published Tuesday through Sunday in Hobbs, New Mexico, featuring news, sports and other features of interest to readers in Lea County. The News-Sun was the result of a merger between two of the many local newspapers that appeared in Hobbs in the 1930s, following the region's oil boom at that time.
The Eastern New Mexico News - Clovis; Enchanted Circle News - Northeast Taos County and Western Colfax County; Four Corners Business Journal - Farmington; Gallup Independent - Gallup; Green Fire Times - Santa Fe; Guadalupe County Communicator - Santa Rosa; Health City Sun - Albuquerque; El Hispano News Albuquerque - Albuquerque; Hobbs News-Sun ...
Pages in category "Cities in Lea County, New Mexico" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... Hobbs, New Mexico; J. Jal, New Mexico ...
Scorpion Oil and Gas says it bought 6,000 acres in southeast New Mexico oilfields and ... A Houston-based oil and gas company sought to make its first entry into the Permian Basin in Lea County ...
KHOB (1390 AM) was a radio station licensed to Hobbs, New Mexico, United States. The station was last owned by American Asset Management. [2] On May 21, 2017, KHOB changed to an adult standards format with local news and events. It previously carried a sports format. [citation needed] KHOB went off the air June 24, 2022. [3]
Jal is a small city located in Lea County, New Mexico, United States. It is New Mexico's south-easternmost city, and shares a border with Texas to the east and south. The population was 2,047 at the 2010 census. [4] Jal is historically important in the natural gas industry, from the early 1900s to the present day. [5]