Artesia volleyball wins Silver bracket at Zia

JT Keith Artesia Daily Press jtkeith@elritomedia.com What a difference a year makes. What a difference it makes to have nine seniors on the Artesia girls’ volleyball team.

The saltwater dilemma at the heart of the Southwest

In the arid heart of Southeastern New Mexico, something remarkable is happening. Eddy and Lea counties—once quiet corners of the American Southwest—are now producing over a million barrels of oil per day, outpacing entire nations like Venezuela and Oman. But this boom comes with a byproduct that’s stirring both controversy and innovation: produced water.