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Death of Grant County 5-year-old still under investigation
GRANT COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – On March 10, a 5-year-old girl was found dead at a Grant County home west of Silver City. Few details have been released as the investigation is ongoing, and no one has yet to face charges for the child’s death. The Grant County Sheriff’s Department says they responded to reports of […]
‘Rolling dips’ aim to save roads, rainwater
A company that implemented harvesting stormwater runoff on Silver City streets is taking the concept to the area’s dirt roads, offering a workshop this week for road crews from Grant County, the U.S. Forest Service and the Las Cruces District of the Bureau of Land Management. With a grant...
Bayard seeks a new clerk – again
Monday night’s Bayard City Council meeting marked the final one for City Clerk-Treasurer Gabriel Ramos, who has served the city since last year. Ramos’ last day in his role as clerk will be March 31. At their March 11 meeting, the council selected Martha Salas to assume the...
Cobre Parent Center aims to build community
A vision for a Mining District community resource center came to fruition Monday as Cobre Consolidated Schools opened its new Parent Center. Located in what was a district staff training center next to Bayard Elementary, the center offers clothing and food assistance and much more — all available for free to the public thanks to community partners like Freeport-McMoRan, The Commons: Center for Food Security and Sustainability and the Rotary Club of Silver City, said Theresa Villa, project coordinator for Cobre Schools.
Saving WNMU house may mean buying adjacent home
An endangered historic home adjacent to the Western New Mexico University campus could be saved from the wrecking ball if one of several options discussed at a meeting Thursday with university officials can be realized. Factors that could determine the future of the WNMU-owned house at 901 W. 12th St....
Meet Conservationist Luke Koenig
The grassroots organizer builds community around protecting our wild places. LUKE KOENIG’S CIRCUITOUS ROUTE from Maryland to Silver City included stops in several western states. While working with Wild Arizona, he regularly tuned in to the Gila Mimbres Community Radio Station KURU-89.1 FM from across the state line. Koenig rented a casita in Silver City and commuted to work for a year, until landing his dream job in November 2023. As the Gila grassroots organizer for the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance, Koenig conducts outreach and education by leading hikes, site visits, and discussions to ensure further environmental protections.
- Controlled burn planned for north of Fort Bayard
Fire crews with the Gila National Forest’s Silver City Ranger District are preparing for a prescribed burn just north of historic Fort Bayard, with ignition potentially coming as soon as next week, according to a press release issued Friday by the Forest Service. Given suitable conditions, crews may ignite...
Silver board: New schools depend upon more taxes
If the Silver Consolidated School District wants to build a new school, the only way it can happen is by raising the property tax mill levy in the district to at least 10 mills, board President Ashley Montenegro said at Tuesday night’s meeting. The current total mill levy in...
2022 bridge repairs near Gila win state award
In August 2022, when the U.S. 180 bridge over Greenwood Canyon was damaged by flash flooding — cutting off Cliff and Gila from the rest of Grant County — crews from New Mexico Department of Transportation District 1 worked around the clock to make repairs in just four days.
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