Local News Releases

Monday, Nov. 4

Welfare check
Fairway Drive
Caller stated she can hear fighting/when asked which neighbor, she disconnected. Deputy - ATL area/negative contact.

Criminal trespass warning
Rio de Arenas Road
Requests having subjects issued CTWs for her property.

Monday, Nov. 4

Welfare check
N. Juniper Street
Harrison principal called advising they received an alert from anonymous reporting system log in saying, "He made me bleed last night," and she is not in school today/resides with the father. Officers have one female juvi in unit en route to SCPD/at SCPD/en route to CYFD. Operator 509 with Statewide Central Intake (SCI) requesting phone call from . . .

Unwanted subject
Kentucky Street
A named female was on the property causing issues/wants her issued a CTW/is still there/possibly going to leave in a grey Toyota pickup/she just turned onto Rocky Creek Road. Officer – in area ATL/negative contact.

Traffic Alert – Various Lane Closures Beginning November 11

DEMING - The New Mexico Department of Transportation District One office in cooperation with Mountain States Constructors, Inc. (Contractor) is excited to announce the $18.9M upcoming roadway rehabilitation project including milling and paving operations on Interstate 10 from milepost 64 (Gage) to milepost 75.2 (west of Deming) in Luna County.

Beginning Monday, November 11, 2024, and lasting approximately 145 working days drivers can expect various daytime lane closures on both the eastbound and westbound lanes as needed for milling and paving operations. The contractor's hours of operation will be from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday. Overnight lanes closures may be in place for the replacement of the guardrail and concrete wall barrier.

SILVER CITY, NM, November 8, 2024 – Many of us in the Southwest rely on firewood to supplement our winter heating, cutting down on our propane and natural gas bills. The Gila National Forest helps support local communities by making low-cost firewood permits available year-round, for only $20 per 10-cord purchase. However, a public preference for burning alligator juniper is resulting in widespread loss of these large, old trees from the landscape.

"We've witnessed a disturbing trend of people illegally harvesting live, old, alligator juniper trees from many locations across the forest," said Gila National Forest Supervisor Camille Howes. "Firewood is only a renewable resource when harvested responsibly. Once these grand old trees are removed from the landscape, they will not be seen again in our lifetime."

RESERVE, NM, November 8, 2024 – The Gila National Forest, Reserve Ranger District is preparing to burn accumulated slash at the SU and Gilita community slash disposal sites and 427 acres of post-timber sale slash piles resulting from the Doe Gun timber sale. These prescribed fire activities are expected to begin Tuesday, November 12 and continue through the end of the year as weather and fuels conditions and resource availability allow.

"Community slash disposal sites provide a free place for landowners to dispose of hazardous fuels that have been cut and removed from private lands. The materials at these sites are periodically burned by the Gila National Forest. This is an essential community service provided by the Gila National Forest in support of Catron County's Firewise program," said Acting Reserve District Ranger Bret Ruff. "Burning slash piles resulting from the Doe Gun timber sale completes this forest treatment, removing fuels that could otherwise feed a damaging wildfire."

QUEMADO, NM, Nov. 8, 2024 – The Quemado Ranger District plans to use prescribed fire to burn the Baca community slash disposal site beginning as early as Wednesday, November 20. Crews are also preparing to continue burning 800 acres of slash piles adjacent to Luna, New Mexico.

"The Baca community slash disposal site provides a place for landowners to dispose of hazardous fuels that have been cut and removed from private lands in the area, and the forest burns the woody debris periodically. This is a critical service by the Gila National Forest to support Catron County's Firewise program," said Quemado District Ranger Randall Chavez. "Large slash piles near Luna are the result of timber sales and hazardous fuels treatments strategically placed to create a fuel break that protects the community. Now that those mechanical treatments are complete, burning the slash will further reduce fuel loading on the landscape and the risk of high-severity wildfire, while reintroducing a keystone ecological process to fire-dependent ecosystems."

MOGOLLON – The New Mexico Department of Transportation will be closing the gates on NM 159 "Bursum Rd" for the upcoming winter months starting today Thursday, November 7, 2024, at noon.

The lower gate is located at milepost 12.3, just past Mogollon, and the upper gate located at milepost 22.6, Willow Creek Campground. This closure is in place due to winter weather conditions making the roadway impassable. The traveling public is asked to use US 180 to NM 12 (Reserve) to NM 435 (Reserve Beaverhead Road) for access into Willow Creek, Snow Lake, and the Gila National Forrest. The NMDOT will monitor gates, expected reopening is scheduled for late April to mid-May.

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November 7, 2024

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