Grant County Commission work session 020624, part 3
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- Published: 22 February 2024 22 February 2024
[Editor's Note: This is the third of a series of articles on the Feb. 6, 2024, Grant County Commission work session. This concludes the director reports.]
By Mary Alice Murphy
At the Feb. 6, 2024 Grant County Commission work session, commissioners heard from county directors.
Jason Lockett, facilities maintenance and grounds supervisor, presented the next report. Under current projects he said they were remodeling the back bathroom behind the Commissioners' Chambers. The courthouse fire alarm install was at 90 percent completion. He also noted his department was working on addressing and completing deficiencies found in the safety inspection that was conducted Dec. 7 with James Chavez from New Mexico Counties. Lockett also showed photos of the new drainage grating behind the Administration Center and other photos of the various projects underway.
Little Walnut Improvements Continue -32nd St Nears Completion
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- Published: 22 February 2024 22 February 2024
Little Walnut Road Improvements to Continue this Summer; 32nd Street Nears Completion
Silver City -- With just one month to go before the official arrival of spring, Public Works Director Peter Peña and staff are gearing up for a new season of road improvements, while 32nd Street improvements slowly move toward completion, after construction delays, due to shallowly buried fiber optic cables.
"We're now looking at completing the improvements to 32nd Street by the end of March," said Peña. "It's taken the utility companies a bit longer than we anticipated to get those cables buried at the proper depth, so that we can move ahead with that project, Peña added, but we're close. We appreciate the community's patience through this process."
Grant County Commission work session 020624, part 2
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- Published: 21 February 2024 21 February 2024
[Editor's Note: This is the second of a series of articles on the Feb. 6, 2024, Grant County Commission work session. This continues the director reports.]
By Mary Alice Murphy
The next report at the Grant County Commission Feb. 6, 2024 work session came from Emergency Manager Scot Fuller.
With a smile on his face, Fuller said: "We finally have access to IPAWS (Integrated Public Alert and Warning System) since last week. Grant County is officially designated as a COG (council of governments), with access through the CodeRed/OnSolve software. I played with it and loaded some pre-existing maps and a bunch of material from the local COG. I put in a map of Hurley, so I can go in and if there is a tank spill, for example, I can click on it and send the alert out to the folks in Hurley. It took a while, with some issues with FEMA. As they say, the squeaky wheel gets the grease, so if you stay with it long enough, they will finally listen to you. I worked with Adam (Baca, IT director) and we will have a banner scrolling across the top of the new website for alerts, and if you click on that it will take you to more information on the website."
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If you commit a crime, don't leave your wallet behind
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- Published: 21 February 2024 21 February 2024
By Roger Lanse
Silver City Police Department officers responded to a shoplifting at Walmart at about 6:41 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. Officers met with an asset protection employee who advised that two females stole items and took off, one of them leaving her wallet with identification behind.
According to an SCPD incident report, the AP told officers that two females each filled a cart with an assortment of groceries, clothing, and other items. They then proceeded to the self-checkout where they failed to pay for all the items and walked out of the store with the two carts containing the stolen merchandise, refusing to show receipts to Walmart employees. The AP stated both females participated in the shoplifting.
One of the Consequences of Legalizing Marijuana in New Mexico.
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- Published: 20 February 2024 20 February 2024
By Frost McGahey, Investigative Journalist.
In 2021 New Mexico was 26th in number of burglaries. The next year the state was first in the nation.* What was the cause of the dramatic rise in burglaries?
On April 12, 2021, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, signed the bill to legalize adult recreational use of marijuana, the Cannabis Regulation Act. It had been passed by the state legislature rather than being put to a popular vote.