BC Comic for November 1, 2024
BY: Mason Mastroianni, Mick Mastroianni and Johnny Hart
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- Category: Front Page News
By Mary Alice Murphy
The purpose of the special meeting was to approve the 2024 primary election results.
However, in public input, several attendees addressed an item on the work session agenda immediately following the special meeting. ?
Several residents spoke against the Wildlife Services contract, most from prepared statements, each at the beginning or end of their input, thanking the commissioners for what they do.
- Category: Weather
Upper Gila River Valley-Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley-
Eastern Black Range Foothills-Central Grant County/Silver City
Area-Southern Gila Region Highlands/Black Range-
Including the cities of Gila Hot Springs, Kingston, Faywood, Fort
Bayard, Silver City, Mimbres, Buckhorn, Hillsboro, Lake Roberts,
Hurley, Cliff, Mule Creek, Winston, and Grant County Airport
227 PM MDT Fri Jul 19 2024
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT...
- Category: Weather
FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of southwest New Mexico, including the following
county, Grant.
* WHEN...Until 500 PM MDT.
- Category: Weather
{Editor's Note: Watch the skies, not the weather report.]
Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley NM-
Southern Gila Region Highlands/Black Range NM-
Central Grant County/Silver City Area NM-
205 PM MDT Thu Jul 18 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY
THROUGH 230 PM MDT...
At 204 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Fierro, moving south at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.
- Category: Weather
FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of southwest New Mexico, including the following
county, Grant.
* WHEN...Until 315 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Category: Front Page News
Photos Courtesy of Rebekah Wenger
Just one of the jobs of an airport manager, removing a roadrunner from the cockpit of an airplane.Grant County Airport Manager Rebekah Wenger has brought great improvements to the little airport that many of the county residents rely on to get to Albuquerque or Phoenix for work, play or as a connection to somewhere else in the country or world.
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