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Stuff you need to know, 1.3.23

“Lawmaker calls for feasibility study of high-speed rail between Chihuahua and Denver”
by Brianna Wilson, KOB TV Channel 4
December 29, 2022

New Mexico Senator Bill Soules says he is working on two bills for the upcoming legislative session that could bring a high-speed train through the state.

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“Southern NM counties unclear on how to access millions of state dollars to fix disaster damage”
by Megan Gleason, Source NM
December 22, 2022

New Mexico set aside about $3 million months ago for small, rural counties damaged by the Black Fire, the state’s second-largest wildfire in history. But after miscommunication and confusion, not one county has gotten a single dollar. Sierra County is eligible for up to $1.5 million.

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“Counties with the shortest life expectancy in New Mexico”
Published by Stacker, reposted on KRQE TV News 13
December 27, 2022

Sierra County ranks second worst.

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Diana Tittle
Diana Tittle

Diana Tittle, a member of the board of Sierra County Public-Interest Journalism Project, was the editor of the Sierra County Sun, the Citizen's precursor. A former resident of Truth or Consequences who now lives part-time in northern New Mexico, she spent her 42-year professional career in Cleveland, Ohio, where she worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine writer and editor, book author and publisher and publishing consultant. She is the recipient of a Cleveland Arts Prize for Literature.

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