LOVINGTON — The city of Lovington on Wednesday took a double-dip on upcoming projects with back-to-back groundbreaking ceremonies for a $21 million project to rebuild a portion of the New Mexico Hwy. 82/Main Street corridor downtown and a $6 million build to house the city’s Magistrate Court. Francisco Sanchez, New Mexico Department of Transportation district engineer for southeast New Mexico, …

Gas tax hike backers say NM roads need funding By Andrew Oxford aoxford@sfnewmexican.com New Mexico’s government has not raised the tax on gasoline since 1993. This year, that could change. A sweeping tax bill sponsored by Democrats in the state House of Representatives would increase the tax on gasoline by 10 cents a gallon, from 17 cents to 27 cents, …