The ICIP yearly update is required by the state to ensure the city is planning and prioritizing infrastructure projects at least five years ahead. It's supposed to be a continual and transparent process, informing the community and city commission about why projects are needed and in what order.
Must-read reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: a thorough revamp planned for state veterans' home and a heroic attempt to save a small-town newspaper.
Nothing tripped the usual planning and zoning commission's public review of the project. The city zoning map reveals the long-vacant lot is indeed zoned commercial and a department store is a permitted use.
Must-read reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: a personal bout with COVID-19 reveals the laxity of New Mexico's current pandemic recordkeeping.
Must-read reporting from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: the double-edged sword of record state oil and gas revenues; and Virgin Galactic's ever-retreating horizon for full passenger service,
Fire will be a topic I discuss for awhile as the Silver Fire still has influence on our ecology in the Black Range Mountains, nine years after the burn. The Black Fire still has hot spots and as the largest single fire in New Mexican history, it will for awhile.
Photos taken from Emory Pass vista point. Kingston Main st is the white curved line pretty much in the middle of the picture.
Must-read reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: a groundbreaking report on what happens to a pregnant person who is forced to carry an unwanted pregnancy and an analysis of Congress's powers to redress the Supreme Court's unjust ruling on abortion.
Must-see reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: the origins of birthright citizenship and the relationship between drought and extreme heat.
Must-see reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: a short documentary about the fire up north and Spaceport America's newest client.
Other cities fund their government services with taxes and use utility fees to operate, maintain and replace that utility's infrastructure. Not T or C. Now the infrastructure is failing. The solution? Raise taxes.
I love the vast open space surrounding us. My photographs document its wild beauty . Here is a series about the Black Fire, awesome and terrifying.