Adrian Hedden

A new medical facility is coming to Eddy County as Artesia General Hospital announced plans to build a campus on the north end of town, replacing the hospital’s primary facility in the next five years.

A Permian Basin-based pipeline company sought to up its presence in the region by buying up almost a billion dollars in midstream assets in a merger announced last week.

Another $35 million in federal money was made available to New Mexico to help plug more than a thousand abandoned oil and gas wells throughout the state.