Preview of Truth or Consequences City Commission meeting, Wednesday, June 10: Water loan/grant, planning grants, extending health emergency resolution
…Commission will consider whether to accept the award via resolution. The $50,000 award is 100-percent grant money. The City has 18 months to complete the plan. Economic feasibility study for…
An Introduction to the Truth or Consequences City Commission Candidates
…an online radio station that can be found at LiveRadio.com. Hoeppner became a U.S. citizen in 2010. He served as a German air-force soldier and military-civil servant, mostly in air-transport…
Welcome, Bruce!
…skills to the job. If we have a complaint about his past performance, it’s that, during his watch, the Sierra County Commission publicly endorsed conservative political positions, usually in the…
Sentinel’s unconscionable breach of journalism ethics
…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…
Busy signal
…idea why the payments aren’t coming through. Meanwhile, the department reports rising hostility towards employees. Since the fall, McCamley said, more than 100,000 people have been receiving benefits at any…
Rooted: Our big move, Part 5
…not died, and I hold onto hope that my garden will not only survive, but thrive in the coming years. This town sometimes feels like it’s in survival mode, but…
T or C’s customers’ past-due utility bills skyrocket during pandemic, but collection problems date back earlier
…“That is my motion,” Commissioner Luna said. Commissioner Forrister seconded it, and the motion passed unanimously. The commissioners placed the onus for the collection problem squarely on deadbeat citizens. A…
Sierra County Commission passes resolution urging Governor to open all businesses
The Sierra County Commission unanimously passed a resolution that will go straight to Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s office asking her to give special consideration to Sierra County—which has no corona…
Fenn files court case against City for violating law requiring they hold a special election on smart-meter ban
…states if the City Commission fails to act, then it “shall” pass a special election resolution to let the people decide. In defiance of State law 3-14-18, the City Commission…
Truth or Consequences City Commission revives dead P&Z, this time with three members
The Truth or Consequences City Commission, after failing to appoint Planning and Zoning Commission members for over six years, has decided to start it up again. The last time the…