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New Mexico Copper Corporation, Turner Ranch Properties and Hillsboro citizen group await imminent Appellate Court decision

by Kathleen Sloan | June 22, 2021
10 min read

…said at the oral arguments depended on one, an enormous amount of factual information (almost 10,000 pages of information) and two, pretty subtle and complex legal reasoning coming out of…


T or C still mum about problems with city’s water wells, despite only two of eight working properly

by Kathleen Sloan | May 25, 2021
6 min read

…additional details about the conditions of Wells 7 and 8. Well 7 went offline temporarily in July 2017, when it was examined via video camera by Wells Surveys Company of…


Swingle puts key pieces of city governance in place

by Kathleen Sloan | September 29, 2021
8 min read

…outdated and “not comprehensive, Swingle explained.   The city commission, without discussing or commenting on the 60-page document, unanimously adopted the policy via resolution. RISK CONTROL PROGRAM Swingle had reported…


Fewer people here means fewer dollars from federal and state government

by Debora Nicoll | November 15, 2021
4 min read

…be about $1.2 million per year in decreased state and federal funding to the county. The monetary figures come from former County Manager Bruce Swingle. During last year’s drive to…


The continuing rise of nonprofit news

by Institute for Nonprofit News | June 18, 2021
3 min read

…by 43 percent, newsletter lists by 36 percent. Direct audiences remain small and targeted compared with broad commercial media, but nonprofits also collaborate to provide coverage to millions through partners:…


Health security for New Mexicans a step closer to reality  

by Véronique De Jaegher | March 18, 2021
3 min read

…interconnected assignments: establish an advisory council seek technical advice and assistance research and design a system of comprehensive health coverage for all New Mexicans. On behalf of my fellow Health…


T or C City Commission Candidate Forum, Monday, January 27, 2020 at 6:30pm. Civic Center Auditorium, 400 W 4th Street. Doors open at 6:00pm. “Meet and Greet” afterwards. Moderated by John Masterson. Hosted by Sierra County Indivisible.

by Kathleen Sloan | January 11, 2020
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T or C’s Community Development Block Grant project selection process sloppily managed, produced slapdash choice

by Kathleen Sloan | January 29, 2021
6 min read

…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…


City officials accuse P & Z chair Rick Dumiak of lying about trash at T or C’s Rotary Park

by Kathleen Sloan | January 15, 2021
3 min read

…liar during the city commission meeting on Jan. 13. During the time allotted for public comment, Dumiak, who is chairperson of the Truth or Consequences Planning and Zoning Commission, asked…


“Spacepork” nickname borne out in investigation into wrongdoing by former Spaceport director Dan Hicks

by Kathleen Sloan | November 24, 2020
4 min read

…vision, which was often at odds with the Spaceport’s stated mission. Hicks hired non-registered lobbyists to attract commercial orbital spaceflight companies to the Spaceport, the report states, although booster rockets…


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