Alamogordo Daily Digest Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Ty's Take
Steve Pearce's confirmation at the Bureau of Land Management is the kind of appointment that splits this town right down the middle—good news for the oil and gas folks who've been waiting on permitting, rougher news for the water-rights crowd already nervous about what gets pumped out of the basin. You add a gubernatorial race heating up with Turner talking business-friendly policy, and you've got the shape of New Mexico's next decade getting drawn right now, whether the folks out in the Sacramento foothills or down in the ranching country feel heard or not. The space museum and Holloman bring federal money, sure, but the real leverage in this state flows through land management decisions made in offices most of us never see.
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