Do not be duped by local government officials into signing the hospital-district petition. It will form a new taxing authority that can levy up to 4.25 mills and issue general obligation bonds that would also increase property taxes--taxes in addition to the taxes already being collected.
Today's intelligence: And the winner of the New Mexico Senate's floor vote on naming an official state aroma is . . . .
Commissioners heard an audit presentation then signed contracts to start projects on the Arrey baseball field, county fairgrounds, and Monticello Bridge of Grace. They also put in requests for road funding and selected a board to purge voter rolls. A decision for transferring a liquor license in Winston was delayed.
A roundup of stories of significance to Sierra County published by state and national news sources over the last 10 days
Utility fees hit the poorest hardest and T or C residents are among the poorest in the nation and the state. For generations the city has wrongly used utility fees to make up for budget shortfalls, and its only getting worse as neglected utilities fall apart.
A Gathering of Quilts show takes place this weekend at the Ralph Edwards Civic Center.
To say the day was a huge success is the epitome of understatement.
We often gaze at life through a filter, a window. What we see and experience from either inside or out varies and most often colors how we perceive. When you step outside, reality is a ready embrace
Today's intelligence: According to a special report by Searchlight New Mexico, Truth or Consequences's last best hope to avoid a water infrastructure meltdown is an infusion of cash drawn from the pools of discretionary monies that the governor and state legislators can use to fund high-priority projects.
A dreadful hike takes us to fairyland.
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Today's intelligence: Though a court decision on a deal that could end the fight over Rio Grande water distribution between New Mexico and Texas is months away, state officials recognize the need to spend millions to cut groundwater pumping below Elephant Butte. Plus: Proposed changes to the nomination and qualifications of state Game Commissioners move ahead at the Roundhouse.
Today's intelligence: why New Mexicans typically wait months to see a doctor, travel out of state to find one or use hospital emergency rooms for non-urgent medical needs