I link to an article by two very long-term observers of water in New Mexico. They are factual, detailed, informed, careful, persistent, intelligent, public-minded people not motivated by private interests, money, power, or any ideology except public service. You need to hear what they say about your water.
Truth or Consequences City Manager Gary Whitehead has been doing a stellar job. If city commissioners gave him a "satisfactory" on his yearly evaluation, it shows how little they know about government.
The resolution to Texas’s suit against New Mexico for failure to deliver Elephant Butte water will depend on New Mexico curtailing its overuse. What we, as a whole, agree to do is laid out in non-technical language in a linked article.
Two critical water projects that will greatly lessen the massive leakage of water--up to 70 percent--will go out to bid in about a month.
I must admit that I have found it hard to write for the last year, ever since the Election of November 6, 2024. Many have asked me where my voice has been, and I say, "It is lost," It is their prod to speak again and this is the beginning.
The article inside on Steve Pearce being appointed by Trump to head the Bureau of Land Management was written by Jim Pattiz, who is a filmmaker and founder of More Than Just Parks. He has given his permission to the Citizen to reprint his article.
It's been almost a dozen years since a Democrat became a Sierra County Commissioner. Hopefully a plurality of views will now be entertained at the county level as a result.
Copper Flat Mine's efforts to reopen over the last 15 years have been supported via resolutions passed by Truth or Consequences city commissions in the past and by the current mayor's passivity and "trust."
Is it just coincidence that Day's resignation and federal job start coincides with the likely end of the government shutdown?
Xeriscape, public baths, if it's yellow let it mellow, eat off paper plates?
Doña Ana County has approved the construction in Santa Teresa (near El Paso) of the $165 billion Jupiter Project. What does that mean?
On August 19, State Engineer Elizabeth Anderson denied the mine's application to transfer water rights for use at Copper Flat Mine. This article reports on the reasons for her decision and analyzes some consequences of her action.
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