Early Monsoon
A very unexpected and pleasant surprise! On the nite of Saturday 5/13 Kingston got doused with 1.15″ of rain. You can see the enlarged photographs by clicking on them.
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Stuff you need to know, 5.18.23
Today's intelligence: The Lower Colorado River Basin states may have reached a conceptual agreement to accept equal reductions of their river water allowment. Plus: plans for stricter gun laws post-Farmington; Route 152's reopening; and Virgin Galactic's final crewed test flight before commercial operations begin
Stuff you need to know, 5.17.23
Celebrating a near-normal Rio Grande irrigation water release and a first-place award for "innoventure"
Solar farm’s inverter burns up
Truth or Consequences buys wholesale electricity from the solar farm located on Broadway, close to its border with the Village of Williamsburg.
The kilowatt rate was supposed to save the city money, but it hasn't, therefore its offline status may be a savings.
Stuff you need to know, 5.16.23
Today's intelligence: What was learned overnight about the yesterday's shooting in Farmington, New Mexico; and the New Mexico Supreme Court's ruling on the proposed PNM/Avangrid merger.
Gasowski’s rigor and experimentation must be seen to be felt
James Gasowski no longer lives in Truth or Consequences, but when he did he elevated the art scene with his art and art salons. His work is being shown at Rio Bravo Fine Art.
Stuff you need to know, 5.15.23
Today's intelligence: ramped-up local efforts to circumvent New Mexico's legal abortion guarantees and the surprising cause of the state's dramatic population decline
TorC Community Theatre Casting Call
Truth or Consequences Community Theatre announces a casting call for their September production of "A Southern Fried Murder."
Stuff you need to know, 5.12.23
Today's intelligence: cautiously optimistic predictions of the impact of the end of Title 42 on New Mexico's Mesilla Valley
Rooster Blackspur to perform in Hillsboro
Don’t miss this special performance on June 4th at the Hillsboro Community Center.
Truth or Consequences city commission approves massive draft budget—$51 million
City commissioners breezed through budget talks scheduled for two days but cut to one day. Nevertheless, its an insane amount of money to be spent for a city with a population of 6,042.
Stuff you need to know, 5.10.23
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission licenses a nuclear waste storage facility for southern New Mexico in the face of vociferous opposition from state officials and environmental activists. Virgin Galactic continues to tell investors and the media that it will soon begin commercial flights.