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Feds to seize land in Santa Teresa for border wall

By Algernon D’Ammassa | Albuquerque JournalApril 16, 2026 Federal authorities are eyeing a 7-acre parcel of New Mexico trust land near the Santa Teresa Port of Entry for border wall construction. U.S. Customs and Border Protection offered in March to purchase...

State Land Office sells 14 leases for $56 million

By Alaina Mencinger | Santa Fe New MexicanJuly 16, 2025 A recent sale of primo oil and gas tracts brought in record-breaking profits for the State Land Office. The auction — the first held since a law went into effect increasing royalty rates on the state’s most...