Sheriff Glenn Hamilton deputized a church; public fears power given to religious sect, lack of vetting, mixing of church and state
…sites at this point, but many people viewed it on Sierra County NM Square’s Facebook page before it was deleted. Of the over 100 people who commented, the vast majority…
Public outcry ignored, smart meters are still a go with City of Truth or Consequences
…is facing were also not addressed. Activist Ron Fenn said the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission, which oversees commercially-owned utilities in the state, rejected electric-company PNM’s proposal to install 500,000…
Sierra County has tested between 1 percent and 2 percent of County population for COVID-19, woefully small sample size
…weekly by both county and zip code at https://cvprovider.nmhealth.org/public-dashboard.html.” According to that website, Sierra County has tested a total of 178 people, which is between 1 percent and 2 percent…
Public Utility Advisory Board in lockstep with City, deaf to citizens’ concerns on smart meters
…question. The City Commission will choose to adopt or reject the moratorium at the Jan. 7, 2020 meeting, making the PUAB’s opt-out discussion premature. The Sierra County Sun spoke…
Using utility-fee revenue as city cash machine will stop as requirement of USDA loan
…last five years of utility-fee transfers and the current state of utility infrastructure, read the Sierra County Sun’s previous article: Analysis: Why Truth or Consequences City Commissioners don’t have to…
Truth or Consequences’s water lines are breaking at an escalating pace
…however, record every break that has taken place in the last 14 months, nor do they usually provide detailed accounts. The Sierra County Sun submitted on Jan. 11 an Inspection…
Sierra Vista Hospital ends general surgical services for now
…statewide. Sierra Vista Hospital CEO Eric Stokes: “If I can’t guarantee a high-quality, financially viable service, then we shouldn’t be offering it.” Source: Sierra Vista Hospital “The open, close, open,…
Spaceport America to repair nine-year-old operations center without seeking reimbursement
…then hired SMPC Architects and SDV Construction of Albuquerque to complete the project, McLaughlin said. These firms “expressed concerns about soils reports and drainage.” The payment they received “is not…
Rural Sierra County’s future broadband provider will draw on its experience bringing telecommunication services to the Navajo Nation
Sacred Wind Communications will again be an industry pioneer in bringing broadband access to the Sierra County south of Williamsburg. Company CEO John Badal described SWC’s broadband partnership with Sierra…
Karen C. Whitlock responds to the Sun’s questions about Sierra Vista Hospital, Copper Flat mine and more
…during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. The state allowed companies to shut down wells with no provision for environmental cleanup in the event the company remains shuttered. The state also capped…