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Why watchdog journalism is disliked and essential

by Diana Tittle | October 16, 2020
4 min read

…its first Community Advisory Committee. The board meets regularly if virtually, and the Advisory Committee will be convened semi-annually to offer advice and counsel on the Sun’s coverage and fund-raising…


Crip Camp

by Michael Young | April 2, 2021
7 min read

…about hope and compassion. We see how people, sharing so much in common, learn that they are neither invisible nor powerless. We see them grow from adolescents sitting around the…


Sierra County Commission selects Commissioner Jim Paxon to serve on board overseeing Spaceport tax revenues

by Kathleen Sloan | January 12, 2021
3 min read

…expected vote on the allocation of the Spaceport’s gross receipts taxes. Sierra County Commission Chairperson Jim Paxon was selected, replacing Frances Luna, who finished her eight-year maximum term as a…


New Mexico built a spaceport—but will the payoff of space tourism ever come?  

by D. Jackson Warren | April 15, 2021
9 min read

company called Spaceship America (this sister company recently merged with Virgin Galactic). Branson also founded a new company in 2017 called Virgin Orbit, choosing California over New Mexico as its…


Remembering Philip Lee Goldston, 1937-2019

by Kathleen Sloan | November 12, 2019
2 min read

…brother, John Goldston and family; cousins, nieces and nephews. Cremation has taken place and a Remembrance Celebration will be planned. Go in peace…until we meet again! Philip Lee (Goldston’s) website: www.philipleeartist.com


State and county betting on the job creation prowess of experimental SpinLaunch

by Kathleen Sloan | January 25, 2021
14 min read

…the company’s history, experimental technology and business strategy that can be read in its entirety here.    At the county commission’s Jan. 19 meeting, Sierra County Manager Bruce Swingle claimed…


Neomi Martinez-Parra, running for state Senate District 35, doesn’t respond to questions

by Kathleen Sloan | July 17, 2020
4 min read

…of Common Core? It is gone and New Mexico is going to state testing. Common Core was a national test that made it possible to compare states’ performance, with New…


Middle Rio Grande Economic Development Association provides blueprint to guide Sierra County out of its “desperate” economic predicament

by Debora Nicoll | January 18, 2021
6 min read

…on the “Download” button below). At the Sierra County Commission’s December meeting, Swingle informed the commissioners only that the assessment was complete and that elements of it would be implemented over…


Foundation for Open Government determines T or C’s fees to deliver requested electronic documents not allowed under state law

by Kathleen Sloan | June 11, 2021
2 min read

…old. I’m updating the city’s resolution and will present it to the commission very soon.” T or C’s IPRA Procedures ResolutionDownload FOG made the determination at the request of T…


Preview of Truth or Consequences City Commission May 27 meeting

by Kathleen Sloan | May 23, 2020
5 min read

…At the May 7 meeting the City Commission agreed to form an ad hoc committee under the guidance of City Commissioners Randall Aragon and Amanda Forrister to get public input…


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