Hearing on Copper Flat Mine
State regulators announce the scheduling of a hearing on Copper Flat mine, and the Citizen begins a series of articles on the mine’s plan of operations and reclamation.
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T or C and Sierra County ink MOU to deal with development at city’s edges
This MOU is too ad hoc, too open-ended, too unpredictable to ensure consistent zoning for new development just outside the city. State law gives T or C extraterritorial zoning authority. I say the city should exercise it, instead of passing this less effective measure.
Whistleblower De Gregorio wins one, loses one, in Spaceport malfeasance case
Zach De Gregorio filed a whistleblower and other complaints about four and a half years ago, which will soon go to a jury trial in October. He named the State of New Mexico, previous-State Auditor Brian Colon and the Spaceport Authority as defendants. Colon extricated himself via summary judgement.
Solid Waste costs are exploding to $4.5 million
I predicted the City of T or C's collection center would be used to bilk citizens out of money instead of serving their interests, and that has certainly come to pass. I didn't foresee that T or C polycart customers would be exploited to pay for Elephant Butte's polycart customers.
Frugally minded more than profligate: T or C ends the year spending $3.6 million less than budgeted
Only the airport went over budget. The general fund is traditionally budgeted to spend more than it takes in, but the hole was partially covered by about $418,000 more in gross-receipts-tax revenue than expected.
T or C passes final budget for fiscal year 2026-2027
Nearly $84 million budget for a town with a population of 6,000 is a testament to infrastructure neglect and rising costs.
Up-fit of new police building is awarded to El Paso contractor
It's amazing how little money the city is spending on making the prior PNC Bank into a police building. That is largely thanks to City Manager Gary Whitehead, who digs out the best price using the design-build procurement method.
Sean Barnes settles with City of T or C
It must be tough and expensive to go up against the City of Truth or Consequences with its team of lawyers supplied by the New Mexico Municipal League's self-insurers fund, the city's insurer. Barnes settled for $45,000 and the city admitted no wrongdoing.
T or C’s development aspirations ignore water law and Texas v. New Mexico and Colorado at its peril
I wrongly assumed T or C had about 1,000 acre feet a year to parlay to attract development. The state lost a decade-long lawsuit to Texas and the city's unused water rights could be reclaimed, especially since it's wasting up to 47 percent of its water due to infrastructure neglect.
The uncertainty of water crisis and same water basics
Basic New Mexico water law will help you understand how the Settlement Agreement which ended the Texas v. New Mexico and Colorado lawsuit will affect your water use and your taxes.
Sierra County commissioners unanimously endorse 18-month moratorium to thwart data center at Spaceport America
Sierra County joins Santa Fe and Socorro counties with moratorium on new data centers before a record crowed at public hearing.
T or C’s water rights gives city a lot of say-so over development
The closure of the Hot Springs Basin three years ago has made Mark Twain's words even more applicable: "Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting over." The city is not using about 1,000 acre feet a year of its water rights, making it a heavy weight.