Editor’s note: The Artesia Daily Press has submitted questionnaires to each candidate for Artesia City Council and mayor running in this year’s municipal elections on March 3. The paper is publishing each of the responses in the order they are received.

New Mexico motorists and truckers will pay higher fees and taxes on their vehicles under a law signed Thursday by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.

Editor’s note: The Artesia Daily Press has submitted questionnaires to each candidate for Artesia City Council and mayor running in this year’s municipal elections on March 3. The paper is publishing each of the responses in the order they are received.

Oil and gas companies could lease another 30,000 acres of public land in New Mexico this spring.

The New Mexico Senate passed a bill Tuesday, Feb. 3, that would prohibit local governments in the state from entering into immigrant detention agreements with the federal government.