Oh for reality-based leadership instead of hunkydoryism. Elected officials bought too much new hospital, evidently expecting more people would move here and pay more in property taxes and gross receipts taxes--the revenue sources expected to pay off the loan. It wasn't enough then and it isn't enough now.
The Sierra County Commission is trying to get the question of a flood control taxing district on the Nov. 5 ballot without telling the people it is a taxing district.
This series of events happening in Kingston this coming weekend were meant to be included in the previous posting. Please join the folks in Kingston and the surrounding communities for their Gila Wilderness Centennial festivities.
New Mexico is at especially high risk for hospital aquisitions that could limit health care. It now has a new law that could make such deals more transparent to the affected communities.
Head out to Kingston this weekend for poetry, art and song celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Gila Wilderness. An event brought to you by the Southwest Environmental Education Center, Sierra County Arts Council, and Gila Ancestral Homelands.
Turtleback Mountain Resort in Elephant Butte will be hosting a regional art show & sale in late June that you won't want to miss. See the works of 50 local artists representing more than a dozen TorC galleries all in one place.
The city kept good books and kept spending down last fiscal year, according to the audit, which recently became public. Audit results are usually released in February, about eight months after the fiscal year ends. Blame the Housing Authority for the lateness of this audit.
Two growing wildfires and the threat of more starting cast a cloud over New Mexico's holiday celebrations. Federal funding to help the state detect and remove "forever chemicals" from our water supplies come with significant administrative challenges.