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- Category: Front Page News
By Lynn Janes
The Cobre Consolidated School Board held two regular meetings on July 22, 2024. Board members in attendance included Gabriella Begay, Gilbert Guadiana, David Terrazas, Angelina Hardin, and Emmarie Heredia. Superintendent Michael Koury also attended.
The board approved a lease purchase agreement. Kaeley Weimerskirch, RBC Capital Markets, joined the meeting by phone to explain the educational technology notes (ETN) for $1,145,000. She had previously spoken to the board on their options. The agreement will close August 28, 2024, and pay off August 29, 2024, and they will pay interest for one day in the amount of $174.65, an interest rate of 5.56 percent.
- Category: Front Page News
By Lynn Janes
The town of Bayard held a regular meeting July 8, 2024. Attendance included Mayor John L. Ojinaga, Pro Tem Eloy Medina, councilors, Frances Gonzales and Gilbert Ortiz. Martha Salas, city clerk/treasurer also attended. Eloy Gonzales didn’t attend.
Public input
Frontier Food Hub representatives presented an overview of their organization to the council. The organization has been around since 1997 and paid out over $1 million to local farms and ranches. Recently they started a four-year project in the mining district with a grant. They will be building a greenhouse training center, community garden, and will create jobs. Recently a survey for the mining district had been put out and they have received 300 responses. By the end of the year, they will have a food plan.
- Category: Front Page News
[Editor's Note: This is the fourth of a series of articles on the June 11, 2024 Commission meeting. It continues county director reports.]
By Mary Alice Murphy
The June 11, 2024 Grant County Commission work session continued county director reports with Fleet Maintenance Director Corey White enumerating the oil changes and inspections, the diagnose and repair, tire repair and replacement, dealership -warranty repair, independent shop programming, Road department blades receiving new cutting edges, a windshield, Safety Kleen pumping off used oil for recycling, the installation of two new post lifts and G&G Towing removing 14 Sheriff's Office units from the yard for disposal. For the rest of the month, they planned to prepare and install fuel tanks and hitches on a new blade and operator pickups when they arrive, as well as installing new decals on all county fleet vehicles and to closeout fiscal year 2024 invoices.
- Category: Weather
ROAD ADVISORY
FLOODING – Gila Area
NM 211 at milepost 3.5 has water running and is not passable at this time. The NMDOT is currently clearing roadway and will notify as conditions change.
When the roadway is flooded do not cross and seek an alternate route. Turn around, don’t drown.
- Category: Front Page News
By Roger Lanse
According to Catron County Sheriff Keith Hughes, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, around 9 a.m., a male, identified as 69-year-old Patrick Lopez of Phoenix, was found deceased at the Big Horn Campground on Highway 180 just north of Glenwood. Lopez had sustained multiple gunshot wounds.
- Category: Weather
ROAD ADVISORY
FLOODING – Faywood/San Juan Area
NM 61 from milepost 16 to 24 has water running at all low water crossings. The NMDOT is currently clearing roadway and will notify as conditions change.
When the roadway is flooded do not cross and seek an alternate route. Turn around, don't drown.
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