CCC statue in Elephant Butte Historic District
Bronze statue commemorating the Depression-era contributions of Civilian Conservation Corps workers to the Elephant Butte Recreational Area, scheduled to receive a significant new federal investment in its infrastructure

Stuff you need to know, 4.7.23

“New Mexico poised to receive more than $30 million for water infrastructure projects”
by Hannah Grover, NM Political Report
April 6, 2023

The U.S. Department of the Interior announced on Wednesday that $585 million of funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will be spent on 83 projects in 11 states, including six New Mexico projects, all on the Rio Grande. Upgrades to Elephant Butte Recreational Area will receive nearly $16 million of the federal investment in state projects.

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“Guv signs capital outlay bill, which includes $10 million pledge for reproductive clinic in Las Cruces”
by Susan Dunlap, NM Political Report
April 7, 2023

The bill allocating $1.2 billion worth of projects to be built across the state fulfills Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s pledge to build a full-spectrum reproductive health care facility in Las Cruces. Planners say the clinic is several years away from becoming a reality.

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Diana Tittle
Diana Tittle

Diana Tittle, a member of the board of Sierra County Public-Interest Journalism Project, was the editor of the Sierra County Sun, the Citizen's precursor. A former resident of Truth or Consequences who now lives part-time in northern New Mexico, she spent her 42-year professional career in Cleveland, Ohio, where she worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine writer and editor, book author and publisher and publishing consultant. She is the recipient of a Cleveland Arts Prize for Literature.

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