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

by Diana Tittle | August 2, 2021
21 min read

…cliff,” King claimed. If and when that happens, Compact Texas will sue, and the federal courts will ultimately require Compact New Mexico to come into compliance through the institution of…


New Mexico: Land of Entrapment

by Mary Katherine Ray | December 4, 2020
5 min read

…had been introduced three times previously, but had never progressed even that far. Surely the time has come to end the awful carnage traps inflict, not just on companion animals,…


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…


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

by Diana Tittle | July 6, 2021
17 min read

…president of the board of the Sierra County Sun), pointed out. “New Mexico only has river water because of the Compact.” Rio Grande CompactDownload THE NEW NORMAL Under the leadership…


Last Rights

by Michael Benanav | February 12, 2021
13 min read

…Montana’s courts have ruled that doctors there aren’t forbidden from providing it. Oregon, the earliest adopter, reported that in 2019, 188 people chose to end their lives under its Death…


Public comment on Sheriff Hamilton during County Commission meeting

by Kathleen Sloan | May 22, 2020
8 min read

…executive session by the Sierra County Commission. That letter is appended to this article. Below are the public comments forwarded to the Sierra County Sun. Dr. Victoria Boynton The “Cowboys…


Passive City Commission leaves people at mercy of City Manager

by Kathleen Sloan | February 11, 2020
4 min read

…the process.  For more information on the City Commission’s Jan. 29 meeting, read:  www.sierracountysun.com/truth-or-consequences-city-commission-chooses-smart-meter-contractor-over-residentsrsquo-wish-to-ban-them For information on a court case filed the day after the Jan. 29 meeting, read:  ​www.sierracountysun.com/fenn-files-court-case-against-city-for-violating-law-requiring-they-hold-a-special-election-on-smart-meter-ban…


Local government meetings for June 2020

by Kathleen Sloan | June 6, 2020
3 min read

…87935. Please follow CDC recommended guidelines for proper sanitation prior to delivering your comments. “Any written comment must be no longer than 3 minutes when read out loud. The comments…


Sierra County Commissioners have blocked Spaceport tax board from exercising fiscal oversight for years

by Kathleen Sloan | February 3, 2021
11 min read

Sierra County on the Spaceport tax district board from 2013 until Jan. 1, 2021, when she “termed out” as a Sierra County Commissioner after serving eight years. Sierra County Commission…


County backs bill to reinstate state meat inspection, expand markets for local producers

by Debora Nicoll | February 5, 2021
12 min read

…the Sierra County Commission’s discussion of the resolution to support HB33, Commissioner Day made reference to a 2018 agribusiness capacity analysis conducted by NMSU and published by the Middle Rio…


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