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Seven Hours in May: Interim Budget Brings No Salary Increase for County Employees

This time last year, the Torrance County Commission held an eleven-and-a-half-hour session addressing the county’s interim budget and the use of ARPA funding before a feared clawback of federal funds. This year’s interim budget session was much shorter: just seven hours long. Torrance County Clerk and 3rd District Torrance County Commission candidate Linda Jaramillo reported […]

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Letter to the Editor: Estancia Valley Classical Academy Violated the Open Meetings Act

Submitted by Craig Springer, concerned citizen One year ago the Estancia Valley Classical Academy’s unelected governing council (school board) fundamentally transformed the public charter school in Edgewood. In doing so they violated state law, the Open Meetings Act, the school’s own charter, and have blasphemed America’s founding principles they claim to take very seriously.  The […]

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Edgewood Commissioners Try to Decide Who is in Charge of the Town 

The Edgewood Commission moved through its agenda quickly and approved road maintenance and the purchase of a new water truck before there was some confusion among commissioners regarding planning and zoning fees and the town’s organizational chart.  During the commission’s regular meeting May 14, Brad Hill, manager of the Planning and Zoning Department, presented town […]

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Edgewood Commissioners Try to Decide Who is in Charge of the Town 

The Edgewood Commission moved through its agenda quickly and approved road maintenance and the purchase of a new water truck before there was some confusion among commissioners regarding planning and zoning fees and the town’s organizational chart.  During the commission’s regular meeting May 14, Brad Hill, manager of the Planning and Zoning Department, presented town […]