The water and sewer systems are dying carcasses that are attracting vulture-like opportunists. Meanwhile, the people are paying ever-increasing water and sewer fees. Who is protecting us from the vultures? No one. The city needs to hire an engineer who can coordinate and communicate. No mumblers or wonks.
Republication of article by "Capital & Main" in New Mexico Political Report, September 12, 2024. Its topic is the wastewater produced in fracking for gas and oil operations in New Mexico: its toxicity, the earthquakes produced by its injection into the ground, and the proposal to reuse it.
For us older people living in Sierra County (and there are an unusually large number of us), this bit of news might be welcomed: a common drug usually prescribed for type 2 diabetes has been shown to slow down the aging process in monkeys that are very like us.
One of the consequences of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision is the lack of abortion care training for medical residents training to become OB-GYN doctors in states where abortion care is banned. This is a republication of an article by Susan Dunlap in New Mexico Political Report, September 11,2024.
In New Mexico, horse racetracks have become centers of political power. This is a republication of a September 11 article by Noah Raess and Joshua Bowling in Searchlight New Mexico.
The ballot measure for $3 million in general obligation bonds for water, sewer and roads passed two years ago. How many voters knew or cared that property taxes would double or triple to pay off that debt?
Odd that the Sierra County Citizen is breaking the news and not the Sentinel about the sale of the radio station. The sale has been in the works for a year and the deal closed over three months ago.
Attorneys for the state say that landowners are refusing to comply with a 2022 NM Supreme Court ruling allowing public access to rivers and streams. Republication of article by Danielle Prokop, of Source NM, September 6, 2024.
Republication of an article by Ed Williams, from Searchlight New Mexico, July 18, 2024, describing the choices undocumented people in Las Cruces face in dealing with serious health issues that can only be treated in Albuquerque.
'Astonishing' Study Shows Infant Deaths Rise in US When Bat Populations Fall. Common Dreams has published an article examining the implications of this study. Ecologists assume that life on the planet is interconnected. While that makes sense, hard evidence has been slow to accumulate. This study seems a major demonstration.