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CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY... .Upper level ridge will flatten on Saturday and Sunday as an upper level trough races across the Northern Rockies. As a result, the mid to upper level pressure gradient will tighten across the region, orientated from SW to NE inducing SWerly flow aloft. This will ultimately promote daily afternoon/evening occurrences of lee-side low development over the Front Range and sufficient surface troughing across New Mexico. Thus, increasing surface and low-level winds across the area. This coupled with very low Minimum RH values and dry fuels will promote Critical Fire Weather conditions this weekend.
Southwest Deserts and Lowlands/Las Cruces BLM/GLZ-
410 AM MDT Thu Apr 10 2025
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING FOR BREEZY WINDS, DRY FUELS, AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO...
Eric Dominguez was found guilty by a Lordsburg jury for First Degree Criminal Sexual Penetration of a child.
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 I Sixth Judicial District Attorney Norman R. Wheeler announced today that Eric Dominguez, 33, was found guilty by a Lordsburg Jury of 1 count of Criminal Sexual Penetration [1st Degree], and 1 count of False Imprisonment [4th Degree]. This case was prosecuted by Deputy DA Gerald Byers and Chief Deputy DA Cynthia Clark. Sentencing for Dominguez will be held at a later date.
On May 16, 2023, A Hidalgo County Sheriff's deputy was dispatched to a Lordsburg Municipal School regarding a child victim who.reported a sexual assault by her mother's boyfriend.
Photos by Mary Alice Murphy
[This photographer sat in the audience with heads between her and the models. And pardon the blur in some photos as the models moved quickly. Also pardon any typos in the captions. Please contact
The Southwest Fiber Arts Collective held its annual Tapestry of Talent fashion show at the Silco Theatre on Saturday, April 5, during a late spring snowstorm. The place filled with those wanting to see and perhaps purchase an item or two and/or buy tickets for the large baskets to be raffled.
Below is the PDF of fire restrictions that the Grant County Fire Management Officer has put into effect as a fire emergency due to severe and extreme drought.
By Roger Lanse
According to a Grant County Regional Dispatch Authority blotter, a Silver City Police Department officer responded to 204 W. Broadway on Thursday, Apr. 3, 2025, at about 2:17 p.m. to a suspicious activity call. According to the GCRDA blotter, a male caller stated their father is a drug dealer and caller and his brother are in fear for their life. Caller also told the dispatcher that he and his brother are being held hostage in a white trailer in front of the Little Toad, and his dad has an Uzi and a meth lab.
Additionally, caller advised the GCRDA dispatcher, that the brother inhaled meth and isn't feeling well, the brother isn't breathing, and that the trailer is locked from the outside and they can't get out.
Photos by Mary Alice Murphy
The Home and Garden Expo at the Grant County Veterans Memorial Business and Conference Center continues Sunday, April 6, from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Pictured below are most of the vendors.
Items for sale included Arts and crafts, plants, birdhouses, woodworks, and mattresses. Several booths had contractors of various home, garden and barn services.
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