With no grant dollars available, county embarks on partnership with Department of Environmental Quality to clean up former Mill Pump property

More than 30 days into her contract with Eddy County, Sarah Smith Warren addressed commissioners by phone Tuesday to discuss a path forward for cleaning up the former Mill Pump property.

In February, the commission had agreed to pay Smith Warren $2,000 to write a grant that would provide funding for the work. She told commissioners Tuesday she quickly realized that the course of action was not...