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[Editor's Note: This is the third of a series of articles of a long Grant County special meeting on April 23, 2024. It will begin the budget hearing]

Article by Mary Alice Murphy

After two presentations, a public hearing and the approval of the Grant County fire and emergency services ordinance, the commissioners went into the fiscal year 2025 budget hearing at the April 23, 2024 special meeting.

Public Works Director Jason Lockett gave the budget justification report for the Maintenance Department.

By Lynn Janes

The town of Hurley held a workshop and special meeting May 21, 2024. Attendance to the meeting included Mayor Ed Stevens, councilors Nanette Day, Reynaldo Maynes, Keana Huerta, and James Langley.

The workshop took place to discuss the recreation improvements and budget for 2024-2024.

By Lynn Janes

The town of Bayard held a regular meeting May 13, 2024. Attendance included Mayor John L. Ojinaga, Mayor Pro Tem Eloy Medina, Councilors Frances Gonzales, Eloy Gonzales, and Gilbert Ortiz. Martha Salas, city clerk/treasurer also attended. 

Public input

Chuck Gray, Bayard beautification committee chair, let the council know they had held the first music in the park. The turnout had been light but he thanked Tany Ortiz, deputy clerk and the the police chief for their help to make the event successful. 

Eloy Gonzales asked the council to consider George Reyes for recognition. He has helped with baseball and little league for many years and has been a real asset to the community. 

[Editor's Note: This is the second of a series of articles of a long Grant County special meeting on April 23, 2024.]

Article by Mary Alice Murphy

Following two presentations at the April 23, 2024 Grant County Commission special meeting, people were invited to testify on the Grant County Fire and Emergency Services Administrative Ordinance O-24-01. An ordinance providing for the administration of the County Fire Department.

Tom Wyatt (spelling?) of the Sapillo Volunteer Fire Department, after being sworn in by District 1 Commissioner and Chair Chris Ponce, identified himself and said he had lived in the Lake Roberts area for the past four years. "I joined the volunteer fire department after they recruited me. I'm 77 with a bad knee, but I am trying to be beneficial in what they said they needed."

By Frost McGahey

Photo from Sen. Martin Heinrich's website
Recently the Albuquerque Journal ran an editorial on Senator Martin Heinrich's bill that could make Puerto Rico the 51st State. This would give them two senators and four house seats. Overlooked was the consequence that it would make all current American flags obsolete.

Of concern to the Journal was the 2020 Census in which New Mexico barely kept the 3 House Congressional districts and five Electoral College votes that it has because of the lack of population.

LOCATED: Name: Nicole Vannatter
AGE:2 9
HEIGHT:5'10
WEIGHT:150 H A I R : Brown
EYES:Hazel MISC:

The Grant County Sheriff's Office is asking the public for assistant in locating Nicole Vannatter. She was last seen on Monday May 16, 2024 at the Javelina Coffee House in Silver City, NM. She was last seen wearing a blue shirt, blue shorts and brown sandals.  Her direction of travel and destination is unknown. Any one with information on the whereabouts of Nicole Vannater is asked to contact the Grant County Sheriff's Office at 575-388-8840 or dial 911.

See the New Mexico State poster below:

The investigation of the death of a 5-year-old child has resulted in the arrest of 34-year-old mother, Music Lee Adame and 39-year-old father, Mathew Curtis Bynum.

On March 10, 2024 at approximately 11:14 A.M., deputies responded to the area of 97 Quail Run Road, in regards to a non-responsive 5-year-old female. Deputies did perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation while waiting for EMS. Life-saving measures performed on the 5-year-old child were unsuccessful.

By Lynn Janes

The town of Bayard held a regular meeting April 22, 2024. Attendance included Mayor John L. Ojinaga, councilors, Frances Gonzales, Eloy Gonzales, and Gilbert Ortiz. Mayor Pro Tem Eloy Medina didn't attend.

The council approved the consent agenda that included meeting minutes, wastewater report and police report. It also included emotional survival for law enforcement training for all officers and weapon system training for two of them.