Interior Department rule aims to crack down on methane leaks from oil, gas on public lands By MATTHEW DALY Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration issued a final rule Wednesday aimed at curbing methane leaks from oil and gas drilling on federal and tribal lands, its latest action to crack down on emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas …

Goodbye Tokyo: Hello Kobe and Noodles Levi Hill/News-Sun Hobbsans who enjoy a different dining experience from hamburgers and Mexican food will be saddened to hear Tokyo Steakhouse is closing. But don’t fret, the Asian cuisine isn’t going far — it’s just moving over to Joe Harvey Boulevard under a new name. “We are going with the same name as our …

Goodbye Tokyo: Hello Kobe and Noodles Levi Hill/News-Sun Hobbsans who enjoy a different dining experience from hamburgers and Mexican food will be saddened to hear Tokyo Steakhouse is closing. But don’t fret, the Asian cuisine isn’t going far — it’s just moving over to Joe Harvey Boulevard under a new name. “We are going with the same name as our …

Oil lease moratorium holding students hostage? Levi Hill/News-Sun State Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard is holding New Mexico’s schoolchildren hostage for more money. That’s what some of the state’s Republican legislators say about her recently announced moratorium on oil and gas lease sales on state trust lands, which came after two bills failed to find their way to the governor’s …

Oil lease moratorium holding students hostage? Levi Hill/News-Sun State Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard is holding New Mexico’s schoolchildren hostage for more money. That’s what some of the state’s Republican legislators say about her recently announced moratorium on oil and gas lease sales on state trust lands, which came after two bills failed to find their way to the governor’s …

AT&T says the outage to its US cellphone network was not caused by a cyberattack By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer AT&T said the hourslong outage to its U.S. cellphone network Thursday appeared to be the result of a technical error, not a malicious attack. The outage knocked out cellphone service for thousands of its users across the U.S. starting …

AT&T says the outage to its US cellphone network was not caused by a cyberattack By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer AT&T said the hourslong outage to its U.S. cellphone network Thursday appeared to be the result of a technical error, not a malicious attack. The outage knocked out cellphone service for thousands of its users across the U.S. starting …

Explore 2024 with your local newspaper Levi Hill/News-Sun I miss Calvin and Hobbes. Hard to believe it has been 28 years since I would rush to grab the Sunday comics to see what hijinks Calvin was up to. Was he Spaceman Spiff this week? Was Calvin a T-Rex terrorizing the neighborhood? Had he tried another dose of his transmogrifier and …

Explore 2024 with your local newspaper Levi Hill/News-Sun I miss Calvin and Hobbes. Hard to believe it has been 28 years since I would rush to grab the Sunday comics to see what hijinks Calvin was up to. Was he Spaceman Spiff this week? Was Calvin a T-Rex terrorizing the neighborhood? Had he tried another dose of his transmogrifier and …

Exxon profit falls compared with record-setting numbers last year, but consolidation in full swing By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Exxon Mobil’s third-quarter profit declined compared with last year’s unprecedented numbers, but they’re up 15% compared with the previous quarter. The oil giant had its strongest ever refinery throughput for the period. It also raised its quarterly dividend. Exxon Mobil …