Pickamania 2025 in Kingston
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Final T or C 2025-2026 budget is $90 million: one-third operations, two-thirds capital projects
Thank goodness the city is receiving about 70 percent grant money of the $60 million needed for capital projects. Local citizens will be paying off another $15 million in debt, which doesn't include interest.
Nature’s resilience
Twelve years after the 2013 Silver fire new growth sprouts along the headwaters of Middle Percha Creek.
T or C to spend about $250,000 to correct some of its employees’ low pay
Walmart has essentially set the local minimum wage at $15 an hour--which the city hasn't beat for years. The second compensation study in the last three years once again establishes market rate and competitive pay.
Virgin Galactic Just Settled With Investors Over Issues with Unity 22 – How to Claim Your Payout
Linked article: Remember that July 2021 flight at Spaceport America that had Sir Richard Branson on board? Virgin Galactic didn't report what went wrong for a few weeks--the flight went off course. Investors sued, and won, claiming the company exaggerated flight safety, jacking stock prices that subsequently fell.
City gets over $7 million grant for “Cantrell Dam Project”
With the July 2020 flood and dam failure creating ongoing liability to the city, with the Office of the State Engineer requiring it be fixed "timely," this project became a priority. It will cost $9.725 million in engineering fees and construction costs, if the bids come in within budget.
Virgas
The storm had been building up all afternoon. It produced a formidable soundtrack but no moisture to speak of..
Welfare queen mentality combined with rah-rah palaver reveals mayor’s conceit and ignorance
If you are going to brag, it shouldn't be about getting a welfare check from the government.
What you need to know, July 3, 2025: Shooting fish in a barrel
We’ve heard accusations that the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation food distribution in Gaza attracts starving people to dangerous locations where they become targets, but these were just suppositions based just on shooting events. Now evidence has been gathered to show that these shootings are intentional and that Americans participate in them.
Big Beautiful Bill: B3, or The Big Business Budget
The media and the Democrats have been treating the B3 as if it were a budget bill. It is not. It is a demonstration of how corporate business works when it becomes a government. Perhaps, it’s time to say how a business differs from a state.
Clark’s Spiny Lizards mating
These 2 lizards have been hanging out in our yard for years. The blue color intensifies around mating season.
Five inmates test positive for measles at Luna County Detention Center
After the appearance of measles in Las Cruces, new cases in Deming suggest that we will likely see cases in Sierra County soon. This article is a republication of a staff article in Source New Mexico (https://sourcenm.com).