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Local government meetings for June 2020

by Kathleen Sloan | June 6, 2020
3 min read

…87935. Please follow CDC recommended guidelines for proper sanitation prior to delivering your comments. “Any written comment must be no longer than 3 minutes when read out loud. The comments…


Passive City Commission leaves people at mercy of City Manager

by Kathleen Sloan | February 11, 2020
4 min read

…the process.  For more information on the City Commission’s Jan. 29 meeting, read:  www.sierracountysun.com/truth-or-consequences-city-commission-chooses-smart-meter-contractor-over-residentsrsquo-wish-to-ban-them For information on a court case filed the day after the Jan. 29 meeting, read:  ​www.sierracountysun.com/fenn-files-court-case-against-city-for-violating-law-requiring-they-hold-a-special-election-on-smart-meter-ban…


Community Service Announcement: There’s still time to express your opposition to Holloman Air Force Base’s proposed expansion of its F-16 training airspace by as much as seven million additional acres over southwestern New Mexico, T or C Indivisible, Nov

by Kathleen Sloan | November 25, 2019
2 min read

…of radar-deflecting chaff fibers. INFORMATION YOU’LL NEED TO COMMENT Impact reports, helpfully digesting the AF’s thousand-page Draft Environment Impact Statement (DEIS), are available at www.peacefulgilaskies.com, an informational website organized by…


Crip Camp

by Michael Young | April 2, 2021
7 min read

…about hope and compassion. We see how people, sharing so much in common, learn that they are neither invisible nor powerless. We see them grow from adolescents sitting around the…


Remembering Philip Lee Goldston, 1937-2019

by Kathleen Sloan | November 12, 2019
2 min read

…brother, John Goldston and family; cousins, nieces and nephews. Cremation has taken place and a Remembrance Celebration will be planned. Go in peace…until we meet again! Philip Lee (Goldston’s) website: www.philipleeartist.com


Sentinel’s unconscionable breach of journalism ethics

by Diana Tittle | October 29, 2021
5 min read

…the election to the commission of a known challenger of the status quo. Fenn acknowledges that he did not use the requested submission address (sierracountynews@gmail.com) and instead sent his completed…


UPDATE: Broadband company working to win BLM construction permit for fiber optics network in southern Sierra County

by Debora Nicoll | May 6, 2021
5 min read

…schools had received through the FCC (Federal Communications Commission). Since Arrey is not served by Sierra Electric Co-op, SWC is burying the school’s fiber optics cables along Highway 187’s public…


Welcome back: Sierra County Farmer’s Market returns to Ralph Edwards Park

by Diana Tittle with photography by Luis Rios and Nathan Maplesden | June 15, 2021
6 min read

…soil-building products NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS 4th Street Community Garden An organic community garden supported by volunteers and provided with water and land courtesy of the City of Truth or Consequences. Selling…


New Mexico: Land of Entrapment

by Mary Katherine Ray | December 4, 2020
5 min read

…had been introduced three times previously, but had never progressed even that far. Surely the time has come to end the awful carnage traps inflict, not just on companion animals,…


Why watchdog journalism is disliked and essential

by Diana Tittle | October 16, 2020
4 min read

…its first Community Advisory Committee. The board meets regularly if virtually, and the Advisory Committee will be convened semi-annually to offer advice and counsel on the Sun’s coverage and fund-raising…


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