Truth or Consequences Daily Digest Thursday, November 12, 2026
Ty's Take
The Copper Flat Mine keeps showing up in these pages, and this week it's the wastewater discharge permit that's got folks asking hard questions about what ends up in our water. You can't live downstream on the Rio Grande without paying attention to what happens upstream, and a public hearing on that permit is exactly where this thing belongs, out in the open where people can see it and say what they think. Meanwhile, the talk about regionalizing our wastewater and solid waste systems is running into the same headwind it always does around here: folks don't trust distant solutions to local problems. It's the old story, repeated enough times that we ought to know better by now, but we keep learning it fresh.
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Sierra County Citizen
Will local legislators bend the rules on capital outlay for T or C?
New Mexico's $7.6 billion backlog in unspent capital outlay has triggered stricter rules for Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plans, which T or C officials say they missed. Local legislators may work to help the city navigate around the new requirements.
Ask for a public hearing on Copper Flat Mine’s wastewater discharge permit
Residents are urged to request a public hearing on Copper Flat Mine's wastewater discharge permit, which critics say lacks clarity and fails to address the mine's heavy reliance on dewatering operations. The State Engineer's office has not weighed in on the draft permit, raising questions about...
Sunshine on plans to “regionalize” wastewater and solid waste unlikely
A regionalized wastewater and solid waste system faces little public scrutiny in the area, where residents traditionally defer to elected officials without demanding transparency or involvement in major infrastructure decisions. City managers have historically shaped the built environment with...
Hearing on Copper Flat Mine, X: So what happened?
Coverage of the Copper Flat Mine hearing held in Hillsboro two weeks ago has finally appeared in regional media, with the Las Cruces New Mexican publishing articles on both the hearing itself and the mine's historical timeline.
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Sierra County Sentinel
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