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Main Street District waterline replacement will cause some to go without water for only hours or up to a week

by Kathleen Sloan | August 11, 2020
2 min read

…peak hours of water use, Holguin said. To fill out the questionnaire, go to: MSD.information@wilsonco.com. The company has done 30 percent of the design work so far and expects to have…


Fire and then flood show prevention could have mitigated extent of damage (Part 1)

by Kathleen Sloan | October 16, 2020
10 min read

…the plan two years ago. He formed a planning committee comprised of representatives from Sierra County, Truth or Consequences, Elephant Butte and Williamsburg. The three municipalities and the county adopted…


Petition to Protect T or C’s Historic Downtown and Dark Skies

by a Collective of Concerned Citizens and Business Owners | November 18, 2020
4 min read

Editor’s Note: The following letter was presented to the Truth or Consequences City Commission during the public comment portion of its meeting today. Signed by 35 citizens and business owners,…


Cops and Electric Department Director Easley descend on community activist Fenn, leaving him without electricity and in the cold

by Kathleen Sloan | December 10, 2020
6 min read

…The moratorium would give time for definitive research on their possible health and safety threats to be completed. The city’s commission-manager form of government is supposed to allow “initiative ordinances,”…


Nor-Lea Special Hospital District CEO David Shaw attributes success to public engagement

by Kathleen Sloan | December 2, 2020
4 min read

…only.” The website also publishes a price list comparing medical-service charges among the five surrounding hospitals. Nor-Lea is the most competitive. The year-end audit report presented annually on the website


T or C water department director mum on possibly major problems with city’s well field

by Kathleen Sloan | February 25, 2021
8 min read

…came during a Jan. 27 discussion of priorities for this year’s Community Development Block Grant request. When a city commissioner suggested that replacing water pipes was more urgent than a…


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

…station. A legal ad in the Sierra County Sentinel’s May 21 edition was the first public notice and acknowledgment that two more wells in the city’s eight-well field are in trouble. Four others are…


Sierra County to provide $1 million to upgrade power poles for broadband

by Debora Nicoll | July 29, 2021
4 min read

Ethos Broadband representative Misti Willock and Sierra Electric Cooperative manager Denise Barrera told the Sierra County Commission this week that the project to deliver broadband access via fiber optic infrastructure…


Hired for a Texas police post, Commissioner Randall Aragon announces resignation this week

by Diana Tittle | September 24, 2021
6 min read

…text have been changed to eliminate the erroneous information. Truth or Consequences City Commissioner Randall Aragon broke a well-kept secret in announcing his resignation from the commission at the body’s…


How reliable is vaccination data for Sierra County?

by Debora Nicoll | October 15, 2021
8 min read

…had reported: Sierra County’s vaccination rate falls far below that of the state as a whole. According to the CDC, as of Sept. 28, 52.2 percent of all eligible Sierra Countians…


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