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The Hobbs News Sun reported this week that Lea County, New Mexico’s active drilling rig count totals 71 rigs. This amount places it as the leading active rig county in the entire country and only surpassed by the entire state counts of New Mexico and Texas. Lea County’s total active rig count is around...

Yesterday, the New Mexico Department of Transportation announced a several months long repair job of a bridge on Greene Street in Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico. Deterioration of cement on the bridge’s pier cab reached the point to render the bridge a major hazard to drivers. The bridge has been closed since early August...

On September 15, 2022, the City of Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico honored Dick Blenden as the outstanding citizen of Carlsbad for his 60 years of trial practice and service to the community. Mayor Dale Janway presented Dick Blenden with a plaque, proclamation from the City of Carlsbad, and designated September 15, 2022 as...

This week the Permian Strategic Partnership (PSP) released a report detailing the massive economic impact the oil and gas industry has and will continue to have on the national economy and also the regional economies of the Permian Basin in West Texas and Southeast New Mexico. The report goes on the focus on the...

This week TXDOT announced a new campaign with local law enforcement departments across the State of Texas to target and arrest drunk drivers.  The campaign hopes to prevent motor vehicle crashes, vehicular manslaughter, as well as motor vehicle crash and accident related fatalities and deaths. The anti-drunk driving campaign will focus on the end...

Mark Stout was awarded the top rating of a AV Preeminent lawyer by the lawyer rating service – Martindale-Hubbell. Mark Stout received the AV Preeminent rating for the highest level of professional excellence after receiving peer reviewed ratings reports from judges and lawyers across New Mexico and Texas.  The AV Preeminent rating is the...