Local News Releases

Sunday, Dec. 28

Unwanted subject – N. Cheyenne Avenue
Weapons fired – N. Silver Street
Noise complaint – N. E Street – 3:57 a.m.
Injuring/tampering with motor vehicle – E. 41st Street and E. 38th Street
Welfare check – E. 37th Street
Unwanted subject – N. Pope Street
Welfare check – E. 41st Street and N. Gold Street.
Suspicious activity – E. 29th Street
Suspicious person – N. Black Street
Animal – E. 20th Street
Unwanted subject – Mountain View Road
Welfare check – Ridge Loop Drive
Weapons fired – Western Hills Road

Saturday, February 14, 2026  3:00 PM 5:00 PM

Signup deadline is Feb. 6th

At Open Space Brewing , 11990 US180, Santa Clara, NM

Show your love in a meaningful, hands-on way this Valentine's Day with a guided Ikebana workshop led by Alice Fujita-Schwarz, owner and instructor of BasketBana LLC. $40 per person. Click the link below to purchase a ticket.

Come learn about the design options being developed for Fort Bayard and see how community input from the previous round of engagement has directly informed these concepts. Share your feedback, ideas, and vision for the site as we continue refining a plan created with the community and for the community. Your voice has guided the process so far, and this workshop is another opportunity to help shape Fort Bayard's future together.

See flyer for event below 

WREATH RETIREMENT

Volunteers are needed for help with wreath retirement at Ft Bayard National Cemetery at 8:30 a.m. Saturday January 10. This is a wonderful opportunity for younger hands to help out as well as adults. Participants are requested to park outside the cemetery gates to allow room for trucks and trailers on the narrow lanes inside the cemetery. Volunteers are asked to remove the wreaths from grave and cremains markers and to stack them by the side of the lanes as well as to load them onto trucks and trailers.

Some volunteers are also needed to help unload the trucks and trailers at the dumpster site just outside the the gates. The wreath retirement proceeds regardless of the weather, so please dress appropriately.

The Fort Bayard Historic Preservation Society is pleased to announce its winter film series, which will run every Thursday evening from January 8th through April 2nd .   The series is titled "Time to Laugh: Classic Hollywood Comedies 1959 to 1993", and will feature such iconic comedy performers  as Jack Lemmon, Peter Sellers, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, Steve Martin and the Monty Python group.  The movies will be screened at the Santa Clara Armory located at 19990 US Highway 180, next to Open Space Brewery.  Doors open at 6 pm with showings starting at 6:30.  Admission is free, and donations are welcome.  Concessions are available at nominal cost.  For more information, visit the organization's website at www.historicfortbayard.org. 

 The Silver City Friends of the Library is holding its January Book Sale on Saturday, January 10, 2026, from 10:00am-2:00pm, at the FOL Bookstore, 1510 Market Street--in the big maintenance yard on Market Street across from Cheyenne Street. 

Hardback and trade paperback books are priced at $1.00 each and paperbacks at $0.50 each.  In some individual cases, books may be priced higher.  Weather permitting, clearance items sales take place in the FOL parking lot where visitors can purchase a bag of books (special bags are provided in the parking lot) at $3.00 per bag.  There is no limit on how many bags a visitor may purchase.

February 5 – March 1, 2026

"Mac Schweitzer and Her Art," a Light Art Space exhibition in the Flash Gallery : : Arts & Music

On exhibit, curated by Ann Hedlund: a selection of prints and drawings by Mac Schweitzer (1921-1962) and landscape photos by Silver City photographer Larry Ollivier.

Location: Light Art Space, 209 West Broadway, Silver City, NM 88061

January 11, at 10:00 am, 3845 North Swan Street – "Bridge Village"

Members of Bridge Village will discuss initiatives to establish a Village-to-Village program in Grant County. Aimee Jaurequi, Chairman of the local non-profit organization along with board members, John Flack and Nora Lowe will present information about the nationwide Village-to-Village Network and update plans for implementing the program in Grant County.

Bridge Village is currently working to re-organize and focus efforts to create a network of local members and volunteers to assist each other with essential tasks of daily living. The goal of the organization is to establish a cooperative community of local individuals who, through social engagement and organization, will strive to help each other remain in their homes safely and with increased quality of life. Much of the function of Bridge Village will involve advocacy to address specific needs in our community and collaborate with other agencies for appropriate referrals as needed.