I am sponsoring this guest perspective and one more to follow by Sierra County Flood Commissioner Sandy Jones, who was appointed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham. He oversees flood-control projects using revenue from the 1.50 mills all property owners already pay for flood control. If the Sierra County Commission submits a counter-perspective, I will publish it.
I am sponsoring this guest perspective and two more to follow by Sierra County Flood Commissioner Sandy Jones, who was appointed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham. He oversees flood-control projects using revenue from the 1.50 mills all property owners already pay for flood control.
Have you looked at the ballot yet? I just did today, and I don't understand it. This happens every time I read a ballot. It's not at all like sitting in a meeting and discussing an issue with the others and voting on it. The ballot is insanely opaque.
The funds for the Citizen are down to the last few hundred dollars, enough to get us to October. But we hope readers will donate enough to get us through all of next year.
Three days ago, the summer grasses were pale and so dry. The alliums had come up thickly on the hills, but a very dry August kept them from blooming in the profusion as they usually do. The land was feeling fragile. Then the clouds opened up.
Who he? Why he? Understanding Kamela Harris's unconventional choice of a running mate.
All New Mexico waterways have a public easement. Why, then, has a private landowner placed fencing across Percha Creek near Kingston to restrict human and wildlife access and what can be done about it?
A high-profile New Mexican and IVF dad speaks out against the Republican presidential ticket's "chilling" plan to deny infertile people to access to IVF technology.
Will the New Mexico Legislature's acrimonious special session called by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham affect legislative races in the general election this fall?
Studies suggest climate change is increasing the risk that severe rainfall comes in the wake of wildfires. The Washington Post examines whether Ruidoso, New Mexico's devastation by fire and flooding is a bellwether for the entire West. Plus: Sunday's *other* earthshaking news.
How the “Trump-era Energy Dominance Agenda" outlined in Project 2025's policy handbook will "deconstruct" the administrative state that protects land, water and wildlife in the Western states.
This past year was occupied with many activities acknowledging the importance of the Gila Wilderness and its centennial. What was revealed was the interweaving of so many related topics all related to thinking about Wilderness. This article covers a new related program from the New Mexico Humanities Council.