CORRECTED: Stuff you need to know, 1.6.23
Today's intelligence: Is seawater desalination a feasible solution to the Southwest's water crisis? Watch what is happening in Arizona.
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, 1.5.23
Today's intelligence: A resolution has finally been reached between New Mexico and Texas over water unlawfully released from Elephant Butte Reservoir more than ten years ago.
Stuff you need to know, 1.4.23
Today's intelligence: The EPA has restored protections stripped from the Clean Water Act by the Trump administration, but for how long?
Stuff you need to know, 1.3.23
Today's intelligence: high-speed rail proposed for New Mexico; wildfire recovery monies go undistributed in southern New Mexico; and Sierra County ranks poorly in life expectancy rates.
Stuff you need to know, 12.19.22
Today's intelligence: a year-end roundup of good news and stories of progress from around the world. 2022 wasn't a total disaster, ya'll.
Stuff you need to know, 12.16.22
Today's must-read reporting: the dimensions of the humanitarian crisis brewing at the El Paso border crossing and the latest data about New Mexicans' unaddressed and growing alcohol consumption problem
Stuff you need to know, 12.12.22
Today's must-read reporting: a preview of a new documentary about domestic animal neglect; New Mexico gets a tourism boost from Lonely Planet; and Las Cruces-Albuquerque flights to debut in January.
Stuff you need to know, 12.8.22
Today's must-read commentary: A disparate group of thinkers says we should welcome humanity's demise.
Stuff you need to know, 12.5.22
Today's intelligence: The Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony (STOP) Act that is heading to President Biden's desk to be signed into law has roots in the theft of a ceremonial shield from New Mexico's Acoma Pueblo.
Stuff you need to know, 12.2.22
Must-read reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: A second attempt to create a special hospital taxing district for Sierra Vista Hospital is announced, and more details emerge about Truth or Consequences's handling of the animal cruelty complaint against T or C Mayor Amanda Forrister and her husband Lane.
Stuff you need to know, 12.1.22
Must-read reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: NASA drops greenhouse gas monitoring program and possible "dead pool" crisis next summer facing Colorado River ecosystem.
Stuff you need to know, 11.29.22
Must-read reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: New Mexico's utility regulatory commission set to become an appointed body after legal challenge fails.