Should residential use of New Mexico's scare water resources take precedence over agriculture?
Read MoreStuff you need to know, 7.26.23Plan now to be a part of the litter solution by joining 50 million volunteers globally and MainStreet Truth or Consequences -- and others -- locally. Or simply adopt and embellish a TorC trash container to help with downtown beautification.
Read MoreWorld Clean Up Day 2023 in TorCNew Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham pledged to “limit adverse climate change impacts" and "build a clean energy future for our people.” Environmental activists and data on such green metrics as emissions and toxic spills say she hasn't followed through.
Read MoreStuff you need to know, 7.25.23Perspective is an interesting tool. How do we look at things? I spend a lot of time hiking up on wild ridges and find myself envious of the feathered soarers I watch in awe as they have fun with the skies. Cock your head to one side and observe?
Read MoreRoom with a viewOn August 12 -- Second Saturday Art Hop -- artist Jia Apple will open her show of new works titled Nosegay in my Buttonhole: "A Celebration of Women" at RioBravoFineArt in TorC.
Read MoreUpcoming show: “A Celebration of Women” by artist Jia AppleWhere does one go to escape the summer heat?
Read MoreSummer havenCan you imagine the terror wildlife experience when approaching a busy roadway? Deer and coyotes sense the danger but snakes, lizards, turtles and even tarantulas high-stepping their way do not. Can the Intruders become good neighbors? Please, be more observant of the wildlife that bring us joy in observation.
Read MoreThe intruderA review of "Oppenheimer," the epic movie opening this weekend, and the real-life and continuing fallout in New Mexico of Oppenheimer's achievement in organizing the wartime effort to create the world's first nuclear weapons
Read MoreStuff you need to know, 7.22.23Today's intelligence: New Mexico to require auto dealers to make increasing numbers of zero-emission vehicles available. Plus: discrimination lawsuit against the New Mexico Spaceport Authority settled
Read MoreStuff you need to know, 7.21.23Today's intelligence: New Mexico Governor Grisham's White House announcement and Sierra County's unfavorable unemployment rate
Read MoreStuff you need to know, 7.20.23Just imagine collecting pollen in a mandala many times your size. Awesome!
Read MoreFlowers and their pollinatorsLate last year, Congress allocated $3.95 billion to compensate victims of New Mexico's worst wildfire ever. So far,
the Federal Emergency Management Agency has paid out only about $3 million in Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire claims.
Read MoreStuff you need to know, 7.18.23