Fire Weather Watch 0615-061623
CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS EXPECTED THURSDAY FOR SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS... Winds will increase on Thursday afternoon as an upper level system moves across New Mexico. Min RH values will between 6 and 14% combine with 20 foot winds between 20 and 25 mph along with ERC values in the 85-95th percentile to create low-end red flag conditions. Winds are expected to subside after sunset.
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Southwest Mountains/Gila NF/Apache NF/GLZ-
214 AM MDT Thu Jun 15 2023
Red Flag Warning 061523
CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS EXPECTED THURSDAY FOR SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS... Winds will increase on Thursday afternoon as an upper level system moves across New Mexico. Min RH values will between 6 and 14% combine with 20 foot winds between 20 and 25 mph along with ERC values in the 85-95th percentile to create low-end red flag conditions. Winds are expected to subside after sunset.
Southwest Deserts and Lowlands/Las Cruces BLM/GLZ-
South Central Lowlands and Southern Rio Grande Valley/BLM/GLZ-
Capitan and Sacramento Mountains/Lincoln NF/LNZ-
Texas Fire Weather Zone 055
El Paso County- Texas Fire Weather Zone 056
Hudspeth County-
1153 AM MDT Wed Jun 14 2023
Pass Fire FINAL Daily Update June 14, 2023
- Category: Front Page News Front Page News
- Published: 14 June 2023 14 June 2023
Gila National Forest Incident Commander – Jorge Amaya
Information Phone: 575-388-8211 Hours: 8 am-4:30 pm
Email: 2023.Pass@Firenet.gov
Acres: 50,123
Location: 40 miles west of Winston, NM Containment: 13%
Personnel: 54
Start Date: May 18, 2023
Cause: Lightning
Fuels: Timber, pinon/juniper and grass
Today is the final update on the Pass Fire. Moving forward, updates will be released twice per week, unless fire behavior changes significantly. Please also note the Pass Fire information phone number has changed.
Southwest winds for the past couple of days have aided the Pass fire to steadily consume ground fuels and surface vegetation. An infrared flight last night showed 288 acres of new growth within isolated pockets of heat.
Grant County Commission held work session 060623, part 1
- Category: Front Page News Front Page News
- Published: 13 June 2023 13 June 2023
[Editor’s Note: This article is the first of a series of articles on the Grant County Commission work session on June 6, 2023 and the regular meeting on June 8, 2023. This one begins with reports and updates at the work session.]
By Mary Alice Murphy
The first report at the Grant County Commission work session came from Hidalgo Medical Services Chief Executive Officer Dan Otero, DBA. “In the medical division, we have 15 primary care physicians between Hidalgo and Grant counties. We are still recruiting because we want to get to 21. We have openings at all locations. We also have two contract providers, one in Lordsburg, and by July 1, one at the Mimbres Clinic. We are in the process of replacing the clinic in Mimbres and hope to have it open in November or December. The Animas Clinic will open in July or August. I am happy to announce we have a site director for the residency program, who just got certified. In the best-case scenario, we will take on residents again in summer 2024 or possibly 2025.”
Hurley continues discussion on Big Muddy
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- Published: 13 June 2023 13 June 2023
By Lynn Janes
The town of Hurley held a special meeting June 6, 2023, beginning with the roll call and the Pledge of Allegiance. Attendance to the meeting included Mayor Ed Stevens, Mayor pro tem Richard Maynes and councilors Nanette Day, Reynaldo Maynes and Keana Huerta.
The council approved the agenda.
The council continued the discussion concerning the plans for the Big Muddy property.
Reynaldo Maynes asked if they had sent out a survey to the residents. Lori Ortiz, city clerk said they had asked residents to give them any ideas of what they would like to see in the park.
Stevens said he would like to see a basketball, volleyball, and tennis courts. He also said they needed to be placed so they didn't have to fight the sun. He went over some of the past ideas at the meetings. They had talked about having fruit trees and placement of the music venue to mitigate the noise to residents.
Santa Clara names Kevin Vigil new assistant fire chief
- Category: Front Page News Front Page News
- Published: 13 June 2023 13 June 2023
By Lynn Janes
The Village of Santa Clara held its regular meeting May 25, 2023. Mayor Pro Tem Albert Esparza called the meeting to order and led the Pledge of Allegiance. Trustees, Olga Amador, and Peter Erickson attended. Arnold Lopez and Mayor Richard Bauch did not attend
The council approved the agenda with the addition of adding the full name of the village to an agenda item.
The council approved the minutes from the May 11, 2023, meeting.
Mayor's report none currently
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