The county commission will hold their monthly meeting on Monday October 17 in their chambers at 1712 N. Date Street in Truth or Consequences. The public can attend the meeting in person or listen on the radio at 101.9 FM or observe either live or later on facebook.
The two sheriff's candidates were asked 11 questions and given five days to respond. Sierra County Sheriff's Deputy Lieutenant Joshua Baker responded to all questions. He is running as a Republican. Michael Lanford did not respond, indicating a disinclination to be transparent. He is running as a Democrat.
Must-read reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: accounts of flooding damage in southwestern New Mexico and a prediction of more damaging rain
Must-see reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: Governor Grisham allocates $750,000 in flooding relief funds to Sierra County.
Must-read reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: an analysis of the merits of a constitutional amendment on the ballot in November to increase annual distributions for education taken from New Mexico's Land Grant Permanent Fund.
Tony Soprano took over businesses, sucking the life out of them like a lamprey eel until it was "busted out." Truth or Consequences has similarly ridden its rate payers and exhausted its utilities. The trash utility is the new cash cow.
Must-read reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: Mexican gray wolf conservation advocates on Monday sued the federal government over the inadequacy of its revised recovery plan for this endangered species.
Owner of the Sentinel, Frances Luna, made it clear she and others decide things around here. Democratic public hearings to sound the citizens' will and to inform the public are a waste of time.
Must-read reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: how New Mexico government officials are attempting to prevent the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from creating a nuclear waste storage facility in the Permian Basin near Carlsbad and Hobbs.
Must-read reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: how New Mexico legislators "buddymandered" the 2021 redistricting process to protect incumbents.
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court decided a forfeiture case in Sierra County in favor of the public.
Must-read reporting and commentary from around the state and the country. Today's intelligence: Las Cruces's successful experiment with "sanctioned encampments" for the unhoused.