Just over $1 million in funding has been secured for renovation work at a more than 70-year-old school in the southeast corner of New Mexico.
Located at 701 West Avenue K, the one-story, brick Lovington High School was built in 1953 at a cost of around $278,000 and is part of the Lovington Municipal Schools District.
The one-story brick building houses a current enrollment of around 930 students, up from some 720 a decade ago, and has for some time has needed upgrade work.
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has put her signature to capital outlay legislation passed earlier this spring by lawmakers that will fund work at the high school, one of the largest capital outlays this year for Lea County.
Other capital outlays approved in Santa Fe for Lea County include $2.5 million for the construction of an early childhood development center in Eunice; and $1.5 million for improvements to the water system of the city of Hobbs.
Smaller Lea County outlays include $500,000 for upgrade work to the Jal Wastewater Treatment Plant in the city of Jal; and $115,00 for improvements to the Tatum Senior Center in the town of Tatum.
Altogether, Lea County received more than $16.1 million for nearly two dozen infrastructure projects.
May 20, 2025
By Garry Boulard
Photo courtesy of Unsplash
