Western Refining to halt operations in New Mexico

Western Refining is idling its refinery in Bloomfield, N.M., and putting all New Mexico refining operations at its Gallup, N.M., refinery to save $25 million per year, the company announced Monday.

[Publius]

90 % of our investment is gone ... Luckily I can go visit my money @ the new UTEP Basketball Facility. Thanks Paul Foster!

[Aww]

The article doesn't mention if anyone was laid off. Hopefully just relocated.

[My son]

Jobs are lost because my son is one (which by the way doesn't make much money at all) and he has a house and a small son and wife to worry about...She works also.

[Gunslinger915]

Wondering if maybe WE are looking at a tax increase in El Paso. Im thinking that maybe John Cook, the City Manager and Central Appraisal will be raising our property values AGAIN, followed closely by more tax increases to bail out Mr Foster. Oh, but he can just jack up gas prices anytime he wants. That might be enough, or maybe not.