Seniors from throughout Eddy County rely on meals served at the Alejandro Ruiz Senior Center on Pate Street – meals that U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez worried could be at risk amid a continual funding battle in Congress.
The Permian Basin, shared by New Mexico and West Texas, is the busiest oil and gas field in the U.S., producing about half of U.S. production which was expected to grow to 13.4 million barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2025.
Ongoing capital projects such as those to rebuild the Eddy County jail and its administrative complex were driving up the county’s expenses for the next fiscal year, commissioners were told during their meeting July 29 as they approved a $148 million operating budget for Fiscal Year 2026.
Ruidoso village officials are urging residents to vacate the Upper Canyon area for two weeks or more as major repairs are made to water and sewer infrastructure damaged by flooding throughout July.
