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.
Glenwood Ranger District closed February 22, 2024
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- Published: 21 February 2024 21 February 2024
Glenwood Ranger District closed Thursday February 22
GLENWOOD, NM, February 21, 2024 – The Gila National Forest, Glenwood Ranger District office will be closed Thursday, February 22 for an all-employee team building event.
“While we regret any inconvenience to our customers, it’s important to be able to take a day out to work together on relationships and office norms so that we can all be more effective and efficient in our jobs” said Glenwood District Ranger Brian Stultz. “We will resume normal business hours on Friday, February 23.”
Anyone in need of information, maps, passes, or permits may obtain them from the nearest offices in Silver City or Reserve. For more information contact Maribeth Pecotte at 575-388-8211 or Maribeth.Pecotte@usda.gov .
Mad City Money – Reality Simulation
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- Published: 21 February 2024 21 February 2024
United Way of Southwest New Mexico will be hosting the Mad City Money event on Tuesday, March 26 at Cobre Consolidated High School. Our organization is seeking volunteers to be vendors and assist the students in making financial decisions based on a supplied budget. Volunteers can participate as a vendor during a morning (9:30-Noon) or afternoon (1:00-3:30pm) session or Both!
For more information contact Monica Whitman at monicaw@uwswnm.org or call the UW office at 575-524-7561.
Jimmy Santiago Baca Visits ALCS
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- Published: 21 February 2024 21 February 2024
On Tuesday, February 27 Aldo Leopold Charter School students in grades 6-12 will welcome award-winning author and poet Jimmy Santiago Baca.
Among many topics, students and faculty are looking forward to hearing about his journey from prisoner to celebrated creator and how literacy set Baca on a whole new path. At the age of twenty, Baca served five years in the Arizona state prison system for drug trafficking. During his prison term, he learned to read and write. Since his release, Baca has authored 32 books in genres ranging from memoir, essay, short story, and poetry. He also launched two films and two TV series. His work covers themes of social justice, marginalized and disenfranchised populations, and addiction.
Fiddling Friends at the SC Library March 2, 2024
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- Published: 21 February 2024 21 February 2024
Fiddling Friends at the SC Library March 2 - Noon to 12:45
These young fiddlers, students of Jeanie McLerie and Ken Keppeler, have been learning tunes from many places including New Mexico, Appalachia, Ireland, France and more.
They love to dance as well, and will dance a play party song called Here Comes Zodiac from Georgia. The audience will be invited to join in.
Contact Jeanie McLerie for more info. 575-313-4314 or Abigail Kipp akipp@silvercitylibrary.org
Grant County Water Commission -tentatively scheduled March 21, 2024
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- Published: 20 February 2024 20 February 2024
This communication is to notify that the GCWC (Grant County Water Commission) Meeting tentatively scheduled for this Thursday, February 22, 2024, is being cancelled. The next meeting will be tentatively scheduled for the March 21. Please advise if you have any concerns.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause; it was a result of the occurrence of circumstances that were out of our control.
Volunteer Trail Projects in the Gila ~ Join us!
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- Published: 20 February 2024 20 February 2024
Spring Trail Projects: March – May - All trail users welcome. No trail work experience needed.
Gila Back Country Horsemen (Gila BCH) organizes volunteer trail projects in the Gila National Forest and Gila Wilderness. View our spring 2024 trail project schedule details and RSVP: https://www.gilatrailsinfo.org/trail-projects
These projects are a great way to explore a new area while giving back. Trail projects range from front-country to remote back-country trails and are between 1 – 7 days.
The Gila Chapter partners with other trail users like hikers and bikers to keep trails open for all. Celebrating 20 years in 2021, Gila BCH’s mission is to “Perpetuate the commonsense use and enjoyment of horses in America's backcountry and wilderness areas.”
Silver City Police Department blotter – Feb. 16 through Feb. 18, 2024
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- Published: 20 February 2024 20 February 2024
Friday, Feb. 16
Suspicious vehicle
Gough Park – 12:39 a.m.
Parking lot/multiple vehicles. Officer advised vehicles left upon request.
Dog bite
Silver Street @Silver HIgh School
A dog a couple of houses up from the high school bit a student/three dogs in the yard/student in nurse's office/treated by nurse. Officers out at a N. Silver Street address.
Fraud/embezzlement
Reynolds Circle
Caller was scammed/she gave them $900.
Whiskey Creek Zócalo - March events
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- Published: 19 February 2024 19 February 2024
Friday, March 1
Hieronymus Bogs
Orchestral Folk/Performance Art
Music: 7:00pm/ by Donation
Hieronymus Bogs’s eclectic blend of orchestral folk, spoken word, and performance art nearly evades traditional classification altogether. Evoking an ancient crooner, Bogs’s voice sits comfortably between Roy Orbison and Scott Walker, with hints of Antony and the Johnsons’s theatricality. Commandingly fusing mystically inspired lyricism and delicately stark instrumentation, his songs set emotions free in an almost hypnotic way.