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  • Quake concerns growing

    Carlsbad Current-Argus, Syndicated content|Updated Oct 12, 2021

    Growing concerns about earthquakes in the Permian Basin caused by wells oil and gas operators use to dispose of wastewater led Texas regulators to curtail the allowed amount of water being injected and block any new such wells in the Midland area. In New Mexico's side of the prolific oil and gas region, regulators said they've also noticed an uptick in seismic activity blamed on the oil and gas sector and its traditional method of water disposal. Recently, oil and gas boomed...

  • Former state rep wins GOP bid for 2nd Congressional District

    Carlsbad Current-Argus|Updated Jun 6, 2020

    The New Mexico Republican Party hoped to unite behind former-State Rep. Yvette Herrell in her bid to take back the state’s 2nd Congressional District for the GOP, after Herrell decisively won the nomination in Tuesday’s primary election. The Republican nominee will go on to the Nov. 3 General Election to challenge incumbent Democrat Xochitl Torres Small, who defeated Herrell to win the seat in 2018. Herrell was declared the winner in Tuesday’s election with about 45 percent of the vote, while Roswell oil executive Clair...