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Elephant Butte City Councilman Michael Williams wants city website to reflect reality: “We are not a strong-mayor form of government.” 

by Kathleen Sloan | February 21, 2020
3 min read

…months later, only Trager’s elevation to mayor has been updated on the City’s website.  Williams’ email and picture aren’t even on the website yet and he doesn’t have cards, he…


Sentinel’s unconscionable breach of journalism ethics

by Diana Tittle | October 29, 2021
5 min read

…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…


New Mexico House District 38 candidates’ questionnaires

by Kathleen Sloan | October 16, 2020
14 min read

…rebeccadow.com She “is the founder of AppleTree Educational Center, one of Sierra County, NM’s largest private employers,” the website states. Dow Technology, described on the website as “a multifaceted technology…


Sierra County Commission passes resolution urging Governor to open all businesses

by Kathleen Sloan | April 21, 2020
4 min read

​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…


Truth or Consequences City Commission revives dead P&Z, this time with three members

by Kathleen Sloan | April 28, 2020
3 min read

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…


Spaceport America updates

by Kathleen Sloan | March 5, 2021
5 min read

…interference stemming from the new flight control computer, which caused the rockets not to fire, SPACENEWS reported. The Motley Fool.com, a stock analysis website, reported on March 4 that Virgin…


City of T or C plans to build electric vehicle charging stations, apparently without market study or cost-benefit analysis

by Kathleen Sloan | April 1, 2021
8 min read

…public comment segment of March 24 city commission meeting, T or C resident Ariel Dougherty brought up the car charging stations, the first mention of the project in a public…


Will Elephant Butte Lake’s SOS prompt statewide water management reform?

by Diana Tittle | July 19, 2021
19 min read

…EBL. Yet Albuquerque Area Manager Faler felt comfortable assuring the Sierra County Commissioners when she briefed them on the realities of situation at the commission’s regular meeting later in May…


T or C water/wastewater director responds to well field concerns in a rare public report to the city commission

by Kathleen Sloan | March 19, 2021
12 min read

…towns in this instance, it’s impossible to get any realistic comparison regardless of size.” After insisting the Sun shouldn’t compare T or C with Tucumcari, Cole then compared two towns…


Fenn files court case against City for violating law requiring they hold a special election on smart-meter ban

by Kathleen Sloan | January 30, 2020
5 min read

…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…


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