John Sweetser News Today

Could there have been a worse way to announce the movement to create a national monument in Luna County? I doubt it. The event was not advertised in the Deming Headlight or the Deming Chamber’s weekly email. Ray Trejo, a county commissioner and supporter of the Mimbres Peak Monument Coalition was a guest speaker at the event, and did not even notify fellow Commissioners Colette Chandler and John Sweetser of …

Two of the three Luna County commissioners met in regular session on Nov. 16, with Commissioner Ray Trejo absent. Commissioners John Sweetser and Colette Chandler approved an ordinance establishing application procedures for low- to moderate-income housing assistance grants or loans in order to comply with the state’s Affordable Housing Act. County Manager Chris Brice said the county did not have plans to build or manage affordable housing projects. “There are …

D.A. Michael Renteria recapped measures he championed during the recent legislative session.

There was visible frustration in the gallery as heckling and interruptions persisted.

The three-member body will consider amending a 1996 ordinance reviving the dormant citizens' commission.

CalMatters Commentary - California was once home to the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River, but Tulare Lake disappeared as water was diverted to irrigate crops. This year,

California was once home to the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River, but Tulare Lake disappeared as water was diverted to irrigate crops.

In summary California was once home to the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River, but Tulare Lake disappeared as water was diverted to irrigate

Rain and snow are bringing so much water that an old inland freshwater body, Tulare Lake, could be restored for the first time in 40 years.

After recent meetings became a free-for-all, the new board of commissioners set some soft limits on public input while promising all would still be heard.