New contractor counts 1K waste shipments at WIPP

.Salado Isolation Mining Contractors (SIMCO), a subsidiary of international construction company Bechtel, officially took over the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant’s operations Feb. 5, 2023, replacing Nuclear Waste Partnership (NWP) which held the contract for the previous 10 years.

Federal cuts concern southern New Mexico communities

Federal agencies manage some of southern New Mexico’s biggest economic drivers, and Republican lawmakers warned they could be facing funding cuts in response to the state administration’s apparent opposition to President Donald Trump.

Hospital mill levy goes to voters

The mill levy was first established in 1979, when the Artesia Special Hospital District was established, and renewed by voters every four years since.

Bill would undue Permian Basin lizard protections

A pair of Republican congresspeople – one from West Texas and the other from Kansas – argued that without a legislative remedy, an imperiled lizard could threaten the U.S. oil and gas industry.