Local News Releases
These releases come from other sources than the Grant County Beat. This category will include events in and news releases from Grant, Catron, Hidalgo and Luna counties.
Future Forge to host Gardening Class
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- Published: 29 March 2023 29 March 2023
The Future Forge is proud to announce that we will be hosting a Garden Class. If you are interested in joining the class email the contact on the Flyer (below).
SCCT Auditions for May Day in the Ditch event
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- Published: 28 March 2023 28 March 2023
Silver City Community Theater seeks actors and production team members for an event in May
Aman Khan to speak to Rotary
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- Published: 28 March 2023 28 March 2023
Aman Khan will be the Rotary speaker on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Khan will speak about his personal journey from India to Pakistan to America.
Khan has had an interesting and varied career, having been born in India and migrating to Pakistan during the partition of India, then eventually immigrating to the US, where he worked in the Pakistani Embassy and later for technology companies before starting his own business and eventually retiring to Silver City.
Rotary meetings are held every Tuesday from 12 noon to 1 pm, at WNMU’s Student Memorial Building, Second floor, Sunset Room. Meetings are free and the public is invited to attend. To attend via zoom, contact: info@silvercityrotary.org for the link. If lunch is desired, go through the cafeteria line after paying the cashier $10.75.
Art Show Opening Reception “Reflections by 2 Artists: Tilton & Thomas”
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- Published: 28 March 2023 28 March 2023
Everyone is invited to the opening reception of the FIRST Grant County Art Guild art show in our beautiful new show space: THE STUDIO. "Reflections by 2 Artists: Tilton & Thomas" features literal and figurative reflections by two local artists, Sally Tilton, and Jo Thomas. The reception will be held from 5-7pm during the SCAA First Fridays Gallery art walk. Refreshments will be served and both artists will be on site to discuss their work. Easter weekend show dates are Sept 7-9. Show hours are 10am-5pm. For more information about the Grant County Art Guild see gcag.org.
Gila National Forest hosts business outreach conference April 12
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- Published: 28 March 2023 28 March 2023
Staff will be available to help contractors and job seekers enroll and start earning
SILVER CITY, NM, March 24, 2023 – The Gila National Forest is partnering with the Small Business Administration and Procurement Technical Assistance Centers to help southwestern New Mexico contractors become eligible for opportunities to win federal government contracts and help job seekers learn about and apply for federal jobs. Together, they are hosting a day-long workshop at the Grant County Convention Center at 3031 US-180 in Silver City from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 12.
“There are dozens of job openings on the Gila National Forest, hundreds on public lands in the Southwestern Region, and thousands across the United States,” said Gila National Forest Supervisor, Camille Howes. “We have a lot of work to do and funding available to accomplish it. We need employees and contractors to help us get the work done, and we want to spend locally whenever possible.”
Widows Community April Meeting
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- Published: 27 March 2023 27 March 2023
Widows Community welcomes friends and neighbors to our regular meeting, Monday, April 10, sign in at 10:30 am. Cross Point Church, 11600 Hwy 180. Speakers Cecelia and John Bell from Fort Bayard Society will talk about activities like movies and other events followed by lunch which is $14.00.
Silver City Mainstreet Director to Speak at PFLAG Meeting
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- Published: 27 March 2023 27 March 2023
Silver City, NM, March 27, 2023—Sharla Lefkowitz-Oberg, director of Silver City MainStreet, will be the featured speaker at the April 4 meeting of PFLAG Silver City, 6:00 PM at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 3845 N. Swan. The public is invited, and refreshments will be served.
Lefkowitz-Oberg has extensive experience in downtown revitalization, community building, advocacy, marketing, communications, and administration. Originally from Upstate New York, she lived in Silver City from 2012-2013 and now has returned with her family. Meeting attendees will learn of MainStreet’s past successes and upcoming projects and be able to ask questions about how MainStreet and the LGBTQ+ community and its allies might collaborate and support one another.
PFLAG is the nation's first and largest organization dedicated to supporting, educating, and advocating for LGBTQ+ people and those who love them. For more information, call 575-590-8797 or go to pflagsilver.org or pflag.org.
AARP Smart Driver Course May 11
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- Published: 27 March 2023 27 March 2023
AARP is holding a 4 hour Smart Driver course on May 11, 2023 at the Silver City Library from 9:30am to 1:30pm.
$20 for AARP members, $25 for non-members. Please contact Flavio @ 575-208-6072 to register.