Love’s Travel Stop coming to Truth or Consequences
About 40 jobs will come with Love's arrival, along with more gross receipts tax and fuel-tax revenue. Free education to employees!
Kathleen Sloan
Kathleen Sloan has been a local-government reporter for 17 years, covering counties and cities in three states—New Mexico, Iowa and Florida. She has also covered the arts for various publications in Virginia, New Mexico and Iowa. Sloan worked for the Truth or Consequences Herald newspaper from 2006 to 2013; it closed December 2019. She returned to T or C in 2019 and founded the online newspaper, the Sierra County Sun, with Diana Tittle taking the helm as editor during the last year and a half of operation. The Sun closed December 2021, concurrent with Sloan retiring. SierraCountySun.org is still an open website, with hundreds of past articles still available. Sloan is now a board member of the not-for-profit organization, the Sierra County Public-Interest Journalism Project, which supported the Sun and is currently sponsoring the Sierra County Citizen, another free and open website. Sloan is volunteering as a citizen journalist, covering the T or C beat. She can be reached at kathleen.sloan@gmail.com or 575-297-4146.
T or C contracts Jesse Cole part-time as water and wastewater manager
The city, by law, must have a certified level-three water and level-three wastewater operator on staff or under contract.
Judge chooses Sierra County Arroyo Flood Control District Directors
The first board of directors will have no tax money in hand for a year. That means they have to scrounge for legal help to set up bylaws, administrative help to notice their meetings, draft agendas and minutes. This makes them vulnerable to outside influences, like the county.
Hot Springs Land Development and City of Truth or Consequences settle 2014 court case
Looks like HSLD is walking away pretty bruised, having expended nearly $5 million in land purchase, option agreement, engineering and well development and getting $100,300 in settlement from the city.
Whitehead does deep dive on OMA
I was deeply impressed by new Truth or Consequences City Manager Gary Whitehead's response to my question on whether the city was violating the Open Meetings Act. It changed a misconception I had held to for years.
Special election slated for March 4 is cancelled
The City of T or C's third referendum on the purchase and renovation of a police building will not be held, but the people were snookered anyway.
Whitehead brings transparency to $9.7-million water project
New City Manager Gary Whitehead is a very good communicator, which was put to the test his first city commission meeting.
New “Chief Administrative Officer” Gary Whitehead’s contract with City of T or C
Want to know the details of the new city manager's contract? A cumbersome synonym instead of city manager is one detail.
People of T or C left out of loop on city’s legislative priorities
Ours is not to reason why, ours is to pay higher utility bills and taxes to support a plethora of capital projects.
Gary Whitehead is selected as city manager
Whitehead starts Monday, his native status and familiarity with the city and its people perhaps giving him a leg up in hitting the ground running.
Pay raise still puts T or C police salaries way below nearby cities and county
Pathetic pay raise for T or C police is not enough to stop the revolving door.
Not even trying to look impartial–elected officials and county manager nominate Sierra County Arroyo Flood Control District directors
Fair and equitable distribution of the new flood control tax? Most likely ranchers will continue to benefit much more than city dwellers.