Two gas pipeline explosions occurred in New Mexico on Oct. 6, killing two people in Lea County and sending flames 100 feet into the air in San Juan County, KOAT reports.
A deal between Arizona Public Service and the Navajo Transitional Energy Co. could keep the Four Corners coal plant in northwestern New Mexico running until 2038, seven years past its planned 2031 closure, The Arizona Republic reported.
The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center is evaluating options to expand clinical facilities in rural San Miguel County after lawmakers approved $15 million for the effort, but Alta Vista Regional Hospital says no deal with UNM is planned, Searchlight New Mexico reports.
Two people died in a pipeline fire at an oilfield near N.M. 176 and Bootleg Road on Oct. 6, the Lea County Sheriff’s Office said. Officials called it an isolated incident.
According to KOB 4, the New Mexico Department of Transportation implemented the road closure on State Road 309 at the river bridge as a precautionary measure while crews examine the area.
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