“Students First” policy guided T or C schools superintendent’s first year
…Shirley Muncy T or C Elementary and Sierra Elementary Complex Principal: Carol Bolke T or C Elementary and Sierra Elementary Complex Assistant Principal: Tracy Stout Cole Bartoo, appointed Hot Springs…
Sun to close, pass torch to Searchlight New Mexico
…work of keeping the community well informed about local government and public affairs. But we have each decided that the time has come to retire from our daily labors. Believe…
Carving up voting districts: First drafts of state redistricting maps ready for public comment
…redistricting process can attend meetings in person or virtually, or they can comment on the commission’s website: NMRedistricting.org. The meetings taking place closest to Sierra County are: Las Cruces: Monday, Oct. 4,…
A holiday message to our readers
…. . detailed how and when broadband services were coming to southern Sierra County . . . identified the 32 small business in the county that qualified for a CARES…
T or C’s Community Development Block Grant project selection process sloppily managed, produced slapdash choice
…city commission remained too disengaged and too ill-informed to make a strategic project choice in the competition for federal money. Stakeholders were not even informed of the basic financial…
American dead on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, 2021
…the influenza pandemic of 1918: 54,402 combat dead; 63,114 dead of the flu, according to “War Losses (USA)” on the website International Encyclopedia of the First World War. So, actually,…
Our big move: part 3
…themselves is fun to imagine. The garden is still mostly plans, at the moment, and compost in progress. This has been the closest I’ve ever monitored my compost. I bought…
Civil Rights Commission minority report claims proposed new law doesn’t fix police misconduct or enhance accountability
…citizens’ civil rights. The commission’s report is now being reviewed by New Mexico Legislature committees. The minority report, authored by the four commissioners, was recently released on the New Mexico…
Spaceport Authority board approves $20 million in “urgently required critical infrastructure developments” despite Spaceport’s lack of a strategic business plan
…infrastructure upgrades, including electrical, fire suppression, water, sewer, security, mission control, heating, ventilation and air conditioning and building systems at Spaceport America facilities in Sierra County.” Funding will also come…
Sierra County to disburse nearly $300,000 in CARES funds to local small businesses soon
…means of communication, according to Swingle. The county has received the CARES funds from the state. On Nov. 30, the county commission will meet in a special session to approve…