Local News Releases

Santa Fe, December 12, 2024 - In a fitting end to the 100-year anniversary of the Gila
Wilderness, the New Mexico Land Conservancy recently protected 1,260 acres along the San
Francisco River near Alma—a landscape surrounded by the Gila National Forest.

Conservation of the L Bar H Ranch contributes to an interconnected system of protected
lands known as the "Greater Gila Ecoregion"—a concept pioneered by visionary
conservationist Aldo Leopold during his time in New Mexico.

 Nursing staff at Fort Bayard Hospital, circa 1950, is part of the Silver City Museum's newest exhibit, Healers and Heroines: Women and the Shaping of Local Health Care, Photo courtesy of the Fort Bayard Historic Preservation Society.
Silver City -- The Silver City Museum's latest exhibit, "Healers and Heroines: Women and the Shaping of Local Health Care," opens Saturday, December 14, in the museum's Dodge Gallery, and is scheduled to run through 2025.

The exhibit examines the questions, "What is health, what is health care, and how do we take care of each other?" The exhibit also explores the vital role that women have played throughout the history of health care in Grant County, and is largely based on the research of local historian Heather Moorland, PhD, and complemented by the research of Javier Marrufo, museum curator. For example, the exhibit includes the women's sewing circle that, in 1882, gave rise to the idea of a local hospital to "provide some sort of shelter, care, and treatment for the aged and sick prospectors and miners," a quote from local business woman and community leader, Elizabeth Warren.

 GRIP released the following remarks: "Coordinated by Gila Resources Information Project, the Southwest New Mexico Community Forestry Project aims to plant trees and provide technical support to community partners in southwest New Mexico to ensure that our trees are cared for like the valuable resources we know them to be. We are working in Silver City, Santa Clara, Hurley, Bayard, Deming and Lordsburg over the next five years to grow each community's tree canopy by providing planning, logistics, and planting assistance to improve the health of our community trees.

Mamadou Diabate
Thursday, January 30
7pm
Light Hall Center Theatre
$20
Mamadou Diabate-Malian Belafon player, with a long tradition of music and storytelling from the Sambla People.

Bayard Police Department

Saturday, Dec. 7

Welfare check
Main Street
Male lying down in the middle of the road in front of this address/caller advised he is still drinking out of a beer can and a bottle of whiskey. Officer – male was eating food/advised him to get out of the road/male moved to the shoulder.

Sunday, Dec. 8

Breaking and entering
Orchard Street
Two males with back packs inside the home and no one is supposed to be at this location/house is supposed to be vacant/wants them issued CTWs. Deputy will be responding as soon as he is done with prior call.

Friday, Dec. 6

Unwanted Subject
Burnham Street – Arenas Valley
Caller states the named male is on the property and shining lights through the windows/caller is female.

Suspicious vehicle
Sanctuary Road – Pinos Altos
Caller advised a truck is parked on Linda. Deputies – vehicle is abandoned and off the roadway/units clear.

Accident-property damage
Highway 180 – MM 96 (1 mile east of Mangas)
Ford Expedition vs deer/unknown where the deer is/vehicle not in roadway.

Friday, Dec. 6

Unwanted subject
800 S. Robert Street
Caller from El Refugio stated a named female went into the shelter and is refusing to leave/she is under the influence. Officer out with Emily Somarian/issued her an indefinite CTW /will be taking her to GRMC/en route to GRMC.

Domestic disturbance
15th Street
Caller advised a named male hit her in the face because they were arguing about keys/male is no longer there/she does not need an ambulance just wants to make a report.

December 15, at 10:00 am, 3845 North Swan Street – "The Pagan Solstice"

"What is this paganism stuff anyway? Why was and is the solstice important to them? How was and is it observed? And will there be candies after?" asks Akien Maciain.

Maciain will discuss historical pagans and the persecutions they suffered, as well as what the meaning of some historical pagan sites, such as Stonehenge, might have meant. He will also address how the ancients inspired today's neo-pagans, along with addressing some modern pagan rituals.