HIGH WIND WEATHER ADVISORY:
High wind warning in Luna County. High profile vehicles please use caution. The NMDOT will continue monitoring the roadway. This event will be updated as conditions change.

ROAD ADVISORY
Difficult Driving Conditions Deming Area
Difficult Driving Conditions, NM 11 northbound and southbound from mile marker 26, Sunshine to mile marker 31, 2 miles south of Deming. High Winds - High profile vehicles use extreme caution. Blowing dust may cause limited visibility.

By Roger Lanse

A call came into the Grant County Regional Dispatch Authority at 4:34 p.m.Thursday, Mar. 26, 2026, reporting a large fire, described as involving both structures and grass, south of Silver City The blaze was later determined to be behind the Country Girl's Nursery on Truck Bypass.

According to Silver City Fire Department Chief Milo Lambert, the seemingly accidental fire damaged a hay barn at the property and approximately 1,200 bales of hay. Since hay bales are "notoriously difficult to extinguish," Lambert said, Runyan Construction Co. sent a front-end loader and a dump truck to the scene to haul the smoldering bales to private property at the end of the Rodeo Arena Road. The bales were then spread out on the ground to prevent re-igniting.

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THURSDAY FOR THE GILA REGION
IN SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO...

Abnormally warm and critically dry conditions will persist
Thursday with breezy winds which will create low-end critical
fire weather conditions in the southern portions of the Gila
region and Black Range. Minimum relative humidity values remain
very low at 5 to 10 percent. Dead, dieback fuels, and ERCs in the
90th percentile adds to increasing fire danger. An extended
duration of single digit minimum RHs will likely increase fire
behavior. Wind speeds will be marginal, reaching near critical
thresholds in the afternoon and early evening, but all of the
other ingredients suggest this being a Red Flag situation. 

Southwest Mountains/Gila NF/Apache NF/GLZ-
1246 PM MDT Wed Mar 25 2026

The Town of Silver City implemented Stage 1 Fire Restrictions today. Please see the  attached SCFD Stage 1 Restrictions for more information.

See the PDF below for more information: 

To download a PDF of the release, please visit the following link: Freeport Declares Quarterly Cash Dividends on Common Stock

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Freeport (NYSE: FCX) announced today that its Board of Directors declared cash dividends of $0.15 per share on FCX's common stock payable on May 1, 2026, to shareholders of record as of April 15, 2026. The declaration includes a base dividend of $0.075 per share and variable dividend of $0.075 per share in accordance with FCX's performance-based payout framework. The payment of dividends is at the discretion of the Board, which will consider FCX's financial results, cash requirements, global economic conditions and other factors it deems relevant.

By Lynn Janes

(Writers note: this article was written using the minutes provided by the Village of Santa Clara)

The Village of Santa Clara held a regular meeting March 12, 2026. Mayor Arnold Lopez called the meeting to order. Mayor Pro Tem Albert Esparza, and Trustees,Peter Erickson, Olga Amador, and Ralph Trujillo attended.

The council approved the agenda, past meeting minutes and department reports.

Mayor's report