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.

Gardening Class at the Future Forge April 22, 2023

The Future Forge is happy to announce that it will be hosting another gardening class on Saturday, April 22!! If you are interested in joining the class please email the contact info on the flyer or click on the link below.

https://futureforgemakerspace.wildapricot.org/event-5248905

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City of Deming Construction Alert: Country Club Rd.

DEMING – The City of Deming has placed temporary traffic signals on Country Club Rd from Ash St. to Birch St. for milling and paving operations. 

Starting, April 17, 2023, the City of Deming will have a temporary traffic signal in place on Country Club Rd. from Ash St. to Birch St. for milling and paving operations. Access to Country Club Rd. will NOT be available on Ash St. and Birch St. Residents directly affected will be notified by the City of Deming.  Traffic control will remain in place 24/7, this closure is expected to be in place for 6 to 8 weeks. 

For comments or concerns please direct all calls to the City of Deming, (575)546-8848 or www.cityofdeming.org. The New Mexico Department of Transportation is committed to the safety of the traveling public and appreciates your cooperation with this closure.For updated information visit: New Mexico Department of Transportation at www.nmroads.com or call 511.

Tri-City police department blotters – Apr. 14 through Apr. 16, 2023

Bayard Police Department

Friday, Apr. 14

Criminal trespass warning
Budge Drive
Male is in the playground now/caller advised he has a CTW.

Saturday, Apr. 15

Domestic disturbance
Steyskal Street
Caller advised a 13-year-old female is getting beat by her mother. Officer requested ambulance for 13-year-old female for psych evaluation ref suicidal.

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Grant County Sheriff’s Office blotter – Apr. 14 through Apr. 16, 2023

Friday, Apr. 14

Welfare check
Chalcopyrite Court -- Tyrone
A named 75-year-old male sent caller a text saying he fell and slept on the floor overnight. Deputy made contact advising male is okay/called caller multiple times with negative contact.

Suspicious vehicle
Goathead Path – Arenas Valley
GCSO received a call advising a black car was pushed into some trees by some subjects. Deputy advised en route to an Orchard Street address/contact with (redacted).

Suicide threat
GCDC
No report.

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Silver City Police Department blotter – Apr. 14 through Apr. 16, 2023

Friday, Apr. 14

Weapons fired
405 N. Hudson Street
Caller advised he heard a gunshot/car left and is now at SWAG. Officers at SWAG/advised county of information/out with caller.

Welfare check
1220 N. Hudson Street
Female having a mental break/screaming at the bus stop area. Officer made contact with female who advised she was screaming because she was arguing with her boyfriend on the phone.

School threat
La Plata Middle School – 11:47 a.m.
Report, no narrative.

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Next Sunday, April 23, 2023 at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Silver City

April 23, at 10 am, 3845 North Swan Street –  “Through the Lens of Arturo Flores”

Javier Marrufo, Curator of the Silver City Museum, will talk about an exhibit which is currently on display at the Museum. It features Arturo Flores, a self-taught photographer who documented the Empire Zinc Mine Strike in Hanover, New Mexico.

Flores's photographs, captured in black and white, show the events from the perspective of an active participant rather than an outside observer. These photos are essential in understanding the conditions surrounding the Empire Zinc Mine Strike, a pivotal event in Grant County history. Marrufo will touch on the history of that strike, the importance of documenting your own personal experience, and the role of individual perspectives in history.

Javier Marrufo is the Curator of the Silver City Museum. A native of Silver City, New Mexico, he received a BA in History from Western New Mexico University in 2016, and will be completing his MA in History from the same institution in the fall of 2023.  

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Online GNPS program “Tales of Three Rivers”

gilamogollonview 20181111 harnerGila River, Mogollon view. (Photo courtesy of Mary Harner)On Friday, April 21, 2023, at 7:00 pm, the Gila Native Plant Society will sponsor an online presentation entitled “Tales of Three Rivers” by Mary Harner of the University of Nebraska at Kearney. As always, the public is welcome. Anyone interested in attending the Zoom presentation may request a link from gilanative@gmail.com

Mary explains: “As interconnected systems, rivers reflect landscape modifications and are influenced profoundly by human activities and ecological change. This presentation describes different approaches, such as use of time-lapse photography, repeat photography, and soundscape recordings, to document and convey riverine landscape change and biodiversity."

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Gila National Forest, Quemado Ranger District reopens Baca slash pit for public use

QUEMADO, NM, April 14, 2023 – The Gila National Forest, Quemado Ranger District has reopened Baca slash pit following burning of the debris starting in late March. “The Baca community slash pit is used all year long in partnership with the Catron County Firewise program – a program that helps remove hazardous fuels and vegetation on and adjacent to private lands,” said Quemado District Ranger, Randall Chavez.

An estimated 50,000 cubic feet of slash material (enough to fill a basketball court packed to the height of the baskets) was burned over the past couple of weeks on the 5-acre site northeast of Quemado, New Mexico. “The presence of a stable air mass made progress slow when the slash pit was initially ignited. As the week progressed, increased winds helped spread the fire through the target fuels and assisted with complete consumption,” said Dustin Roper, Quemado District Fire Management Officer and Burn Boss for the Baca Pit prescribed fire.

Ashes have cooled and the site is now safe for public entry and use for slash disposal. For more information contact Maribeth Pecotte at 575-388-8211 or Maribeth.Pecotte@usda.gov

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