T or C electrical transformer fixed, still needs to be replaced
The repair cost nearly $33,000, and the estimated price for replacing the aging transformer altogether could run as high as $1.5 million. The electric department’s other transformer is also a decade past its expected lifespan.
Elephant Butte news roundup
News made at Wednesday’s Elephant Butte city council meeting: local housing starts are up, so is patronage at the municipal golf course, and raises for city councilors are in the works.
Special hospital district petition fails
The petition drive that would have put the question of whether to form a special hospital district in Sierra County on the November ballot came up 119 signatures short.
Welcome back: Sierra County Farmer’s Market returns to Ralph Edwards Park
A guide to the market’s 2021 season and its vendors of the freshest locally grown produce and fruits, free-range eggs, delectible baked goods, beautiful flowers and unique handmade crafts.
Reader at Large: June 5–June 18, 2021
A digest of some of the best and most thought-provoking articles and books enjoyed by the author in the past two weeks
The Trial of the Chicago 7
In time for Memorial Day reflection, a review of the 2020 film that dramatized the Nixon administration’s attempt to discredit the anti-Vietnam war movement by prosecuting some its most prominent leftist leaders.
Reader at Large: May 22–June 4, 2021
A digest of some of the best and most thought-provoking articles and books enjoyed by the author in the past two weeks
Reader at Large: May 8-21, 2021
A digest of some of the best and most thought-provoking articles and books enjoyed by the author in the past two weeks
The continuing rise of nonprofit news
The Institute for Nonprofit News published its 2021 report this week on the health of nonprofit civic news organizations. Here are its key findings about the state of this emerging field of journalism to which the Sierra County Sun proudly belongs.
Come by and say hi
Starting this Saturday, June 12, the Sun will host a table at the Sierra County Farmer’s Market at Ralph Edwards Park in Truth or Consequences.
Why I want to be a reporter
In my high school’s Newspaper Club, I learned that journalism is different from the creative writing I enjoyed. That realization didn’t intimate me, but rather stirred my curiosity and drive to master fact-based reporting.
Wildlife trail or commercial development for Rotary Park?
Please, let us come together to prevent one more desecration. Please let us create, instead, a preserve for wildlife with access for people to the Rio Grande that will stand into the future to preserve the precious, irreplaceable quality of life that we are able to enjoy here.
Back to the well
Oil and gas funds everything from campaigns to government functions in New Mexico, complicating the state’s transition away from fossil fuels.
T or C city commission violated Open Meetings Act in handling smart meter appeals and their actions must be reconsidered, AG determines
The AG’s Office determined that descriptions of agenda items involving the appeals either lacked the specificity required to adequately inform the public of the nature of the business to be discussed or to cover actions subsequently taken by the commission. As a result, the commission must reconsider an order denying the appeals and its imposition of a monthly $50 meter-reading fee on residents who wished to retain their analog meters.
Foundation for Open Government determines T or C’s fees to deliver requested electronic documents not allowed under state law
Truth or Consequences has recently begun to charge a fee of 25 cents per page to deliver electronic records requested under the Inspection of Public Records Act. FOG responded to a citizen request to determine the fee’s validity.
T or C police news roundup
The Truth or Consequences city commission has approved a new taser policy, received a briefing on the selection process for the new police chief and discussed behind closed doors possible litigation involving two police officers.
