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 …

Oil prices creep higher, raise inflation concerns By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices are creeping higher and raising concerns about the impact on inflation’s cooling trajectory, consumers’ wallets and the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy. U.S. crude oil prices started rising in early summer after slipping or holding relatively steady for most of …

Oil prices creep higher, raise inflation concerns By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices are creeping higher and raising concerns about the impact on inflation’s cooling trajectory, consumers’ wallets and the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy. U.S. crude oil prices started rising in early summer after slipping or holding relatively steady for most of …

More jobs on deck for UUSA Eunice plant Andy Brosig/News-Sun EUNICE – Almost 50 new jobs will be opening up soon at UrencoUSA’s uranium processing facility in Lea County, that according to information presented at the regular Eunice Chamber of Commerce Breakfast on Wednesday. Karen Fili, president and CEO for UUSA’s Louisiana Energy Services LLC plant near Eunice, told Chamber …

More jobs on deck for UUSA Eunice plant Andy Brosig/News-Sun EUNICE – Almost 50 new jobs will be opening up soon at UrencoUSA’s uranium processing facility in Lea County, that according to information presented at the regular Eunice Chamber of Commerce Breakfast on Wednesday. Karen Fili, president and CEO for UUSA’s Louisiana Energy Services LLC plant near Eunice, told Chamber …