T or C’s water rate increase is over 5 percent
…increase in solid waste fees was approved by the city commission some years ago. WATER RATE COMPARABLES The average American family uses more than 300 gallons of water per day…
Ethos closing in on broadband construction start date
…poles will physically support most of Ethos’s fiber-optic lines, informed the Sierra County Commission that SEC’s existing power poles were too short to meet governmental regulations. SEC asked the commission…
An appropriate wrap-up
News comes and goes, so you may not remember the hundreds of articles the Sierra County Sun published this past year—on the county commission’s passing the annual budget in secrecy,…
Manager Madrid justifies city’s contemplated land swap with businessman Randy Ashbaugh as enabling development of racetrack and RV park
…city’s developing a racetrack. An online search uncovered a discussion on the forum “race-dezert.com” about the first “jeep derby” in the country, held in 1956 in what was then…
Public comment second meeting of the month will have to wait some more
…campaigns for office. “That’s why we’re bringing it up,” Forrister said. City Commissioner Randall Aragon proposed they form an ad-hoc committee made up of more than the usual public commenters,…
Elephant Butte declares emergency
…or via the local radio station. Public comment is to be submitted to Clerk-Treasurer Rani Bush via email, cityclerk@cityofeb.com. Rani has also been charged with tracking costs of the emergency. …
Main Street District waterline replacement will cause some to go without water for only hours or up to a week
…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)
…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
…communities to meet strict light pollution standards in order in order to preserve optimal viewing of the stars.) Later in the meeting the commissioners approved a resolution authorizing the transfer…
Making sense of vaccine distribution in Sierra County
In a Thanksgiving address to the nation, President-elect Joseph R. Biden declared that America is “at war with the virus.” As is the case with military combat, the “fog of…