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Jeff Davis County Judge Curtis Evans says he “shut down” a construction crew that was working as a subcontractor for Barnard Construction on improving a rugged dirt road that leads to the Rio Grande. Barnard is the Montana firm that was recently awarded nearly $2 billion to build border walls in the Big Bend region.
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The Chisos Mountains Lodge at Big Bend National Park.
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Landowner Billy Meister Jr. is suing Blackbeard Operating, Goodnight Midstream and six other oil companies for damages on his West Texas property. The lawsuit alleges that injection wells and improperly plugged oil wells polluted the soil and groundwater.
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