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Elephant Butte gives Spirit Golf a five-year management contract with easy-out termination

by Kathleen Sloan | February 20, 2020
3 min read

…inventory and other matters were completed.  Spirit Golf will be on a fairly short string, being responsible for all operating costs laid out in an “operating plan and budget,” to…


Preview of Elephant Butte City Council meeting Jan. 22, 2020

by Kathleen Sloan | January 19, 2020
2 min read

and Zoning Commission will revise the comprehensive plan. In addition, the P&Z will review and revise “zoning ordinances and land-use regulations.”   SIERRA DEL RIO GOLF COURSE The City Council…


Police show up in force to show support for chief’s firing

by Kathleen Sloan | September 25, 2019
3 min read

…last week on his firing and the week before he would not comment on the reason for being placed on administrative leave. He did not return a call for comment…


Supporters for Sheriff Glenn Hamilton claim he’s upholding the Constitution and detractors don’t know the law

by Kathleen Sloan | June 16, 2020
4 min read

​Ten letters of support for Sheriff Glenn Hamilton were read into the record during the Sierra County Commissioner’s meeting on June 16, many proclaiming he was doing his job to…


Proposed borrow pit near Lakeshore Highlands has homeowners perturbed

by Kathleen Sloan | May 2, 2020
5 min read

…to come before the commission and express your views on any subject at one of our meetings as well as provide us written comments such as your email. However, I…


Preview Sierra County Commission Nov. 19 meeting

by Kathleen Sloan | May 2, 2020
3 min read

​​There are two important items on the Sierra County Commission agenda, starting at 9 a.m., Nov. 19. The meeting has been moved to the Albert J. Lyons Events Center at…


Sierra County passes dangerous and at-large dog ordinance

by Kathleen Sloan | April 28, 2020
3 min read

​Sierra County Commissioners passed a dog ordinance that will allow working dogs to run free on private land while requiring dogs on public land to be under immediate control by…


Karen C. Whitlock responds to the Sun’s questions about Sierra Vista Hospital, Copper Flat mine and more

by Kathleen Sloan | October 20, 2020
6 min read

…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…


City Manager Madrid resigns after two years in office amidst signs he may have been pushed

by Kathleen Sloan | February 11, 2021
8 min read

…on Facebook.” Aragon may have been referring to a recent flurry of comments on Facebook in response Rick Dumiak’s query whether the community wanted to see Madrid replaced. Dumiak recently…


Sierra County’s flood and drainage master plan will serve the public for years to come

by Kathleen Sloan | January 5, 2021
5 min read

…from the company’s Las Cruces office doing the work. The commissioners had been briefed on the master plan at their Nov. 17 meeting by Wilson & Company Project Manager Eric…


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