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By Lynn Janes
(Writer's note: this article was written using the minutes provided by the Village of Santa Clara)
The Village of Santa Clara held a regular meeting June 25, 2026. Mayor Arnold Lopez called the meeting to order Trustees Peter Erickson, Olga Amador and Ralph Trujillo attended. Mayor Pro Tem Albert Esparza did not attend.
The council approved the agenda and past meeting June 11, 2026, minutes.
Mayor's report
Lopez said he had been glad to get back from his fire assignment. The following day will be the grand opening of the bike park. Many legislators from the area would be attending as well as from other municipalities and the bike park will be big for the mining district. He thanked the council and staff for their support and work on these projects. Steel Radical made an extra bike cutout and labeled it "Santa Clara Bike Park Est. 2026" as a gift. Sheila Hudman, village administrator, will be meeting with the Central Elementary principal and the new superintendent for Cobre to discuss ideas for fixing the school's track and baseball fields.
Public comments none currently
New business
The council approved the mayor's recommendation of the Bradley Hotel renovation project as the selected project for 2027 CDBG (community development block grant) funding.
Resolutions
The council approved resolution 2026-09 certifying the assets for Santa Clara fiscal year 2025-2026.
The council approved resolution 2026-10 adopting the ICIP (infrastructure capital improvement plan)
The council approved resolution 2026-11 to do an annual utility rate increase.
The council approved resolution 2026-12 third quarter budget adjustments.
Proclamations
The council declared Stage 2 fire restrictions.
First regular meeting will be July 9, 2026, 2026, at 6:00 pm (cancelled)
Second regular meeting will be July 23, 2026, at 6:00 pm
Meeting Adjourned
By Lynn Janes
The Silver City Consolidated Schools held a special meeting June 25, 2026. Members in attendance Ashley Montenegro, Michelle Diaz, Patrick Cohn, Mike McMillan and Kimberly Klement. Superintendent William Hawkins also attended.
The board held a special meeting to address the superintendent's contract for the 2026-2027 school year. Montenegro said they had only made minor modifications.
The board voted to forego the executive session and move to action items.
July 13, 2026
Evacuations Lifted and Bursum Road Opened
Acres: 9,848 Start Date: June 21, 2026
Location: 15 miles east of Glenwood, NM Personnel: 140
Containment: 57% Cause: Lightning
MAP BELOW
Summary: On Sunday, crews finished removing structure protection equipment from the Willow Creek subdivision. Resources also completed dozer work on the 119 Road.
A grader began repairing Bursum Road to reduce impacts related to fire suppression activities. Road grading will continue working south toward Willow Creek.
By Lynn Janes
The Silver City Town Council held a regular meeting June 23, 2026. Attendance to the meeting included Mayor Simon Wheaton-Smith, Nicholas Prince, Stan Snider, Victor Nanez and Angela Salaiz.
The council approved the agenda with some changes. They moved public input to just before their executive session and adding a committee report from Prince on his recent training at the Municipal Legue policy committee.
Ceremonies
Although no ceremonies were on the agenda, they did celebrate that this would be the last meeting for Alfred Sedillo, town clerk, because he would be retiring June 30, 2026. Wheaton-Smith presented him with a recognition of his service as town clerk and congratulated him for his next job as probate judge.
By Lynn Janes
(Writer's note: Oonly a small portion at the beginning could be viewed because of technical issues.)
The Cobre Consolidated School Board held a special meeting on June 19, 2026. Board members in attendance included Hector Carrillo, Gilbert Guadiana, Agelina Hardin and David Wilguess. Dr. Verenice Gutierrez, superintendent attended, and Interim Superintendent Randal Piper also attended. , Gabriella Begay did not attend.
The special meeting had been called to approve next school year's budget, salary schedules and stipend schedules.
The board approved the agenda.
No public comment currently.
Action Items
July 12, 2026
Repair Work Underway on Sacaton Fire
Acres: 9,848
Start Date: June 21, 2026
Location: 15 miles east of Glenwood, NM
Personnel: 161
Containment: 52%
Cause: Lightning
MAP below:
Summary: On Saturday, crews worked to remove slash from along containment lines. Firefighters began chipping lighter fuels and transporting slash with dump trailers. An excavator was used to fill a dump truck with heavy material.
With a diminished risk of fire approaching the Willow Creek subdivision, crews also began disassembling structure protection equipment. They will complete that work today and begin returning supplies back to the regional fire cache.
Turkeyfeather Mountain, the area seeing the most fire growth recently, received a half inch of rain Saturday. The storm brought wetting rain to the entire east side of the fire. The west side received around one tenth of an inch.
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