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By Lynn Janes
The Cobre Consolidated School Board held a regular meeting on August 17, 2026. Board members in attendance included Hector Carrillo, Gabriella Begay, Gilbert Guadiana, Agelina Hardin and David Wilguess. Dr. Verenice Gutierrez, superintendent also attended.
The board approved the agenda.
Public input none currently.
Action items
The board approved minutes from regular board meeting July 20, 2026, and August 5, 2026, special meeting.
The board approved a resolution to determine the necessity for lease purchase of educational technology equipment. Begay said this had been discussed in the finance committee and Kaeley Weimerskirch, bond council representative, had joined online to answer questions. Guadiana wanted to know if it would use the entire bond. Weimerskirch said this would take the entire education technology bond in the amount of $825,000 but does not have anything to do with the GO bond passed in November of 2025 in the amount of $6 million.
By Lynn Janes
The Silver City Consolidated Schools held a work session and regular meeting August 17, 2026. Ashley Montenegro, Michelle Diaz, Mike McMillan and Kimberly Klement attended. Superintendent William Hawkins also attended. Patrick Cohn did not attend due to work for his Grant County treasurer position.
Work session
Hawkins had a presentation of future bond projects specifically the athletic fields and Ben Altamirano Sports complex. They have been looking at how they can improve the athletic fields for the students and community. For the past five years he has been asked this question over and over. "What are we going to do about our fields. When are we going to do something to improve the fields?" Now with the GO bond passed they will have the funds necessary to make significant improvements district wide.
By Mary Alice Murphy
[Editor's Note: this author requests receipt of any errors in this explanation through email to
Grant County District 3 Commissioner Nancy Stephens also serves in the position of chair of the Southwest Solid Waste Authority.
So, the Beat asked her some questions. The first involved a term that kept getting used in the commission meeting on aug. 27, 2026.
What is a "tipping fee?' It is a fee assessed when a person delivers garbage to the landfill, usually by the weight of the refuse taken to the landfill.
ROAD ADVISORY
FLOODING – Mimbres/Lake Roberts Area
NM 35 from milepost 27 to 5, Mimbres, has water running over the roadway at low water crossings, roadway is still passable. NMDOT is currently monitoring and will notify as conditions change.
When the roadway is flooded do not cross and seek an alternate route. Turn around, don't drown.
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
242 PM MDT Fri Aug 28 2026
The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northeastern Grant County in southwestern New Mexico...
* Until 445 PM MDT.
* At 242 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
By Lynn Janes
The town of Hurley had a regular meeting August 11, 2026. Reynaldo Maynes, Aron Phillips, Ester Gil, and Jason Cox attended. Robert Candelaria did not attend.
Public input
Archi Padilla came to ask the council to pass the TNR (trap neuter release) resolution on the agenda. A lot of work had been put into it, and she thanked them for their support.
Arlene Lucero wanted to thank them for the TNR resolution, and she hoped it passed. Hurley will be the first in the county to enact this worthwhile compassionate resolution.
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