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This 'Dune' isn't fiction. It's the longest conveyer belt in the US and moving sand in Texas
KERMIT, Texas (AP) — It’s longer than the width of Rhode Island, snakes across the oil fields of the southwest U.S. and crawls at 10 mph – too slow for a truck and too long for a train. It’s a new sight: the longest conveyer belt in America. Atlas Energy Solutions, a Texas-based oil field company, has installed a 42-mile long (67 kilometers) conveyer belt to transport millions of tons of sand for hydraulic fracturing. The belt the company named “The Dune Express” runs from tiny Kermit, Texas, and across state borders into Lea County, New Mexico. Tall and lanky with lids that resemble solar modules, the steel structure could almost be mistaken for a roller coaster. In remote West Texas, there are few people to marvel at the unusual machine in Kermit, a city with a population of less than 6,000, where the sand is typically hauled by tractor-trailers. During fracking, liquid is pumped into the ground at a high pressure to create holes, or fractures, that release oil. The sand helps keep the holes open as water, oil and gas flow through it.
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Police launch homicide investigation in Barelas neighborhood
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque Police are investigating a homicide in the Barelas neighborhood Wednesday morning. Police said a male was found dead outside a home along the 700 block of 7th Street SW. This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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Albuquerque man sentenced for killing girlfriend during argument
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque man was given a 15 year sentence Wednesday in court for the murder of his girlfriend in 2023. According to a criminal complaint, Mykyle Lewis-Robinson pulled a gun on Talia Wills and killed her during an argument at their apartment near 12th and Griegos. Lewis-Robinson previously pleaded guilty to second […]
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Girls basketball again in spotlight at state tournament
FARMINGTON – Having success in the sport of girls basketball is one of the most prestigious accomplishments in the state of New Mexico for any high school. If the sights and sounds of more than 10,000 fans in attendance during the championship rounds of the New Mexico Activities Association’s state tournament weren’t enough of an indicator, it’s even more obvious when seeing the sport’s popularity through the lens of social media.
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APD: Two people killed in crash in southwest Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Albuquerque police are investigating a fatal crash that left two people dead near 98th St. and Rio Clara Ave. in southwest Albuquerque. Police say officers responded to the crash around 8:40 p.m. Monday. They say a Honda Odyssey was at a stop sign on east Rio Clara at 98th. The Honda entered […]