Stuff you need to know, 10.24.23
Today's intelligence: A wish list of Colorado River stakeholders' water use priorities has been gathered and released by the Bureau of Reclamation to inform the drafting of new water-sharing rules.
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.
Stuff you need to know, 10.20.23
Today's intelligence: An exploratory program to test the quality and extent of lithium reserves near Lordsburg, New Mexico, is in the permitting stage.
Stuff you need to know, 10.19.23
Today's intelligence:: Community members step forward to defend Dr. Barbara Pearlman, who is running for re-election this fall to a seat on the board of education of the Truth or Consequences Municipal Schools, from defamatory distortions of her educational principles published in the opinion pages of the Sierra County Sentinel.
Stuff you need to know, 10.18.23
Today's intelligence: New Mexico District 35 Senator Crystal Diamond has a new name and surprise campaign finance clout. Plus: U.S. Department of Justice lays out its objections to a federal judge's recommended settlement of the Rio Grande water dispute between New Mexico and Texas.
Stuff you need to know, 10.17.23
Today's intelligence: Rebecca Dow is back. Plus: a look at New Mexico's public-private effort to promote workforce development for the space industry.
Stuff you need to know, 10.16.23
Today's intelligence: New Mexico will create a new center to capture National Clean Investment Fund monies to boost energy efficiency statewide. Plus: NM CD2 representative Gabe Vasquez hosts listening session on border crossing conditions.
Stuff you need to know, 10.13.23
Today's intelligence: The culture warriers' quest for control of public schools reaches New Mexico.
Stuff you need to know, 10.7.23
Today's intelligence: The redrawing of New Mexico's Congressional District 2 map is ruled lawful—for now.
Stuff you need to know, 10.6.23
Today's intelligence: confirmation of unexpectedly advanced age of human footprints discovered in New Mexico's White Sands National Park in 2021
Stuff you need to know, 10.5.23
Today's intelligence: an investigative report on the threat fracking poses to fragile acquifers in New Mexico and elsewhere
Stuff you need to know, 10.4.23
Today's intelligence: why Sierra and Grant Counties have yet to begin Black Fire repair projects
Stuff you need to know, 10.3.23
Today's intelligence: Federal lands mining law is seriously antiquated. Will new task force recommendations for reform be implemented?