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WNMU mum on historic home purchase, demolition
With commencement on Friday, the Western New Mexico University Board of Regents had a mostly routine agenda for Monday morning’s meeting, but an item regarding acquisition of property was tabled at the suggestion of President Joseph Shepard. Following the meeting, Shepard said he could not comment on whether or...
Gila Monster Road Race wraps Tour of the Gila
Elizabeth Dixon clenched victory on the final Gila Monster Road Race on Sunday to wrap a tough five days of racing in Silver City. The FOUNT Cycling Guild rider finished over a minute ahead of the Tour of the Gila 2024 overall leader, Lauren Stephens of Cynisca Cycling. Dixon’s teammate, Eleanor Wiseman, finished third to wrap the podium.
Citizen Race a big draw for this year’s Tour
The Citizen Race held during Saturday’s Downtown Silver City Criterium of the Tour of the Gila might not require the same speed and stamina of the Tour’s bigger races, but it brings no less excitement for its participants and spectators. “This is the best part of the day,”...
World War 2 vet from New Mexico laid to rest in Ft. Bayard National Cemetery
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – A World War 2 veteran from New Mexico has finally been laid to rest in his hometown. According to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Army Private First Class Richard G. Pitsor of Fort Bayard, New Mexico died as a prisoner of war in 1942. They say Pitsor was a member of the 200th […]
- Grant County POW’s remains return home after 81 years
Of the more than 1,800 New Mexico men who fought on the Philippines’ Bataan Peninsula in World War II and were taken prisoner, only about 900 made it home. On Wednesday — 81 years after he died in a prisoner of war camp — one more of those soldiers returned to Grant County.
Prosecutors seek to hold robbery suspect
A Silver City man with a prior felony conviction was arrested Sunday in connection with the robbery of a downtown gallery at knifepoint — a crime similar to one for which he was convicted a year and a half ago. Caesar E. Leyba, 29, has been charged with armed...
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