New Mexico State Land Office

Three Doña Ana County legislators who want to reform rules that govern the State Land Office have endorsed former Land Commissioner Ray Powell in his 2010 bid to regain the seat. Sen. Steve Fischmann and Reps. Jeff Steinborn and Nate Cote are all Democrats from Doña Ana County, where no-bid planning and development leases given [...]

Governor Bill Richardson echoed concerns made by sportsmen today about a land swap in the Whites Peak area. The Stanley Ranch is expected to get the land by exchanging 3,300 acres of its land for the 7,000 acres the State Land Office currently holds in the Whites Peak area.

Green power is taking a step forward. And Clovis, N.M., is at the center of the progress.
A flurry of stories over the past 24 hours,  from national news organizations like Reuters and the Wall Street Journal, have been published profiling the Tres Amigas Project.
What’s the Tres Amigas project? It may well be the answer — [...]