Hobbs News-Sun

Hobbs News-Sun
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Sunrise Publishing
PublisherDaniel Russell
EditorBlake Ovard[1]
Sports editorJason Farmer
Founded1937
HeadquartersHobbs, Lea County, New Mexico
Circulation10,096
Websitehobbsnews.com

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. Competition fell away until only the News-Sun and the Hobbs Flare remained.

The Flare was sold to Golden West Free Press in 1993 and was sold to Sun Publishing of Lake Charles, La., in December 1996. It was closed in December 1997. Sun Publishing also owns the Hobbs News-Sun.

  1. ^ "Contact Us".