Stuff you need to know, 8.15.23
Today's intelligence: Why did New Mexico rank last in a new study of the U.S. states that offer the best quality of life?
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, 8.14.23
Today's intelligence: The EPA is offering free technical assistance to communities like Truth or Consequences to help them address their water infrastructure problems.
Stuff you need to know, 8.12.23
Today's intelligence: good news for recreationists about the Rio Grande's continuing flow through Sierra County. Plus: Virgin Galactic FINALLY sends its first tourism passengers to the edge of space.
Stuff you need to know, 8.10.23
Despite proactive Republican opposition, the U.S. Department of Agriculture continues to run a grant program to incentivize sustainable growing practices that is expected to reach more than 60,000 farms, encompassing more than 25 million acres of working lands.
Stuff you need to know, 8.7.23
Today's intelligence: how this summer's scorching heat is affecting the chile harvest in southern New Mexico
Stuff you need to know, 8.4.23
Today's intelligence: update on the proposed New Mexico-Colorado "Space Valley." Plus: The state Supreme Court strengthens protections for domestic abuse victims. And . . . remind me: Who were New Mexico's fake electors?
Stuff you need to know, 8.3.23
Today's intelligence: How a groundbreaking collaboration is making the SunZia Transmission Project a win-win for green energy production and migrating birds. Plus: this weekend's Tax Holiday and Virgin Galactic's second-quarter revenue report and future projections
Stuff you need to know, 8.2.23
Today's intelligence: why yesterday's Trump indictment references New Mexico. Plus: New Mexico's "non-soon" is predicted to return in August.
Stuff you need to know, 8.1.23
Today's intelligence: a complete accounting of this season's wildfires in the Gila National Forest; West Nile virus diagnosed in the state; and progress toward financial compensation for New Mexico's downwinders and uranium miners
Stuff you need to know, 7.31.23
Today's intelligence: Technical support to cut through red tape made available to small municpalities seeking some of New Mexico's share of federal Infrastructure Investment monies for water projects. Plus: no more driver's license suspensions for failure to pay traffic fines
Stuff you need to know, 7.28.23
Today's intelligence: Air Force whistleblower testifies before House Oversight subcommittee that the U.S. government is covering up its indepth, longstanding research into "unidentified aerial phenomena."
Stuff you need to know, 7.27.23
Today's intelligence: How did New Mexico turn blue? Hint: It has a lot to do with the state population's overwhelming urbanization.