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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday signed most of the legislation passed during this week’s special session of the New Mexico Legislature, according to a news release from her office.

The special session, the first of 2025, was called by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to address a sweeping list of topics including the state’s efforts to account for federal funding cuts enacted July 4 when President Donald Trump signed a spending bill known by supporters as the “One Big Beautiful Bill.”

The investigation by the Bureau of Land Management began in June 2025, when special agents received a tip that the men were using a vacuum truck to pump oil out of the lines owned by Plains All American Pipeline, storing it at a facility in Carlsbad and driving it to Texas for sale.

There are 40 cows and 1,760 acres participating in the virtual fence program.

Drug overdose-related emergency department visits also rose by 81% in Rio Arriba County, 131% in Santa Fe County and 206% in Taos County.

Information taken from Artesia Police Department arrest records and dispatch calls. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty.

The Artesia Recreation Center project is not being delayed amid the proceedings.

He is unopposed for a second term on the Artesia Special Hospital District (ASHD) Board of Directors District 4.

The special session, the first of 2025, was called by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to address a sweeping list of topics.

Perry Williams is an Artesia native and resident who is a retired Army veteran and emergency medical technician.

She is a pharmacist at Lowell’s Pharmacy and is seeking re-election in District 5 for the Artesia Special Hospital District Board of Directors.

A train conductor with BNSF alerted police to the remains at about 2:50 p.m. Monday, Sept. 29.