Stuff you need to know, 1.18.24
Today's intelligence from state and/or national reporting: Who gave campaign contributions to New Mexico lawmakers in the quarter proceeding this legislative session. Who knows?
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, 1.17.24
Today's intelligence from state and/or national reporting: New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science researchers reveal the identity of a massive Tyrannosaurus rex relative, after intensive re-examination of fossilized skull pieces discovered three decades ago in Sierra County.
Stuff you need to know, 1.16.24
Today's intelligence from state and/or national reporting: With the start of New Mexico's 2024 legislative session today, debate begins on the merits of the governor's and the Republican Senate's differing public safety agendas, as well as on the varying points of view among the Democratic majority about overall budget priorities and total expenditures.
Stuff you need to know, 1.15.24
Today's intelligence from state and/or national reporting: the issues that will dominate the abbreviated 2024 New Mexico Legislature session that begins tomorrow
Stuff you need to know, 1.12.24
Today's intelligence from state and/or national reporting: Even though Spaceport America's long-promised master plan has still to be completed, its representatives told a small audience at Wednesday's public meeting in Albuquerque to expect great growth of the taxpayer-funded Sierra County facility within five years.
CORRECTION to “Stuff you need to know, 1.8.24”
This re-post provides a working link to an article reporting the latest news about the SunZia clean energy project. A link to a similar story posted yesterday did not work.
Stuff you need to know, 1.7.24
Today's intelligence from state and/or national reporting: Sunland Park, New Mexico, has become a mecca for cannabis-seeking Texans.
Stuff you need to know, 1.5.24
Today's intelligence: A New Mexico in Depth special series examines whether the state has the ability to take care of its growing population of senior citizens.
Stuff you need to know, 1.4.24
Today's intelligence: Educator Barbara Pearlman breaks her silence about the unfounded attacks made against her and her philosophy of education during last November's Truth or Consequences school board election. Plus: public comment meeting on Spaceport America next week in Albuquerque
Stuff you need to know, 1.3.24
Today's intelligence from state and/or national reporting: Millions in federal funds lost to New Mexico community-based recreation projects because of inadequate state parks department staffing.
Stuff you need to know, 12.21.23
Today's intelligence from state and/or national reporting: The terms of the re-release into the New Mexico wild of the wandering female Mexican gray wolf nicknamed Asha may be determined by a court case in Arizona.
Stuff you need to know, 12.19.2023
Today's intelligence from state and/or national reporting: Feral cattle in the Gila Wilderness have been given a reprieve from culling by the U.S. Forest Service.