Local News Releases

Bayard Police Department

Monday, Apr. 29

Breaking and entering
Old Bayard Theater
Someone broke into the old theater across the street from M&A Café.

Mental health complaint
Watson Street
Caller ran out of his meds and needs to be seen at GRMC for his mental health wellbeing/28-years old/he has a lot of stress and no meds.

Some of the elementary classes from the Cliff School will perform a short program on Monday, May 6 at 11:45 at the Gila Senior Center. The public is invited.

Asa Wecks works with Eco-monitoring Photo by Mike FugagliALCS Hosts Internship Showcase    Wednesday, May 8, 4:30-6:00 pm

Ritch Hall on the WNMU Campus  410 West 10th Street

Attending the Internship Showcase is a great way to learn about this award-winning school and about educational programs that prepare students for future careers. Students have worked with Youth Conservation Corps (YCC): water harvesting, eco-monitoring, mural, garden, and trail crews. Other students have learned skills by working with professionals in careers such as engineering, art, welding, clay, theater, and baking. All interns will give presentations about their internships or YCC experiences.

Aldo Leopold Charter School is a tuition-free public school with a focus on stewardship of the community and the natural environment. The school offers small class sizes, AP courses, after-school academic support, opportunity for paid internship with YCC, dual-credit coursework with Western New Mexico University, and the opportunity to play team sports with either Silver High School or Cobre High School.

Monday, Apr. 29

Welfare check
Virginia Street – Bayard
Can hear a male yelling for help/he's on his knees next to a vehicle. Deputy advised made contact with caller who stated everything was okay/it was the neighbor needing help getting up and getting to his . . .

Criminal trespass warning
17 Kirkland Road
Caller advised a named female has a CTW and she is in his boss' office and in the shower. Deputy advised female left prior to arrival.

Mental health complaint
Grenfell Drive – Arenas Valley
35-year-old male with mental health issues/has been off his meds for a while. WCFD had negative response to page.

Dear Friends,

As we enter another Give Grandly season, I am very grateful for our community of nonprofits. Grant County's distinction as the New Mexico county with the highest number of nonprofits is a testament to our creative, community minded, positive change oriented, corner of the world.

During this time of giving in our community, please consider supporting the Silver City MainStreet Project. Always busy, we are preparing for a Great Blocks infrastructure project and making infrastructure improvements at the Silco Theater. We are continuing to offer new programming at the Silco, managing the Visitor Center, and promoting new and existing downtown businesses. It is thanks to the support of community members like you that we are able to do this work!

This Friday, May 3rd, at 5pm we are dedicating the mural "Silver City...a cool place to be" at the corner of Bullard and Broadway.

Come join us!

Karen Carr was our lead facilitating artist, Jess DeMoss and Erika Burleigh assisted in facilitating the project. We had a dedicated crew of kids as well as the YCC Aldo mural crew working on it. A big thank you to the Town of Silver City!

Dear Friends and Family,

As many of you know, I have put so much effort into the Future Forge Community Makerspace, here in Grant County, New Mexico. Since I co-founded it in 2020, I have served as the Chairman and Executive Director. We are now fortunate enough to have our own educational facilities, give our community access to hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of state-of-the-art equipment, and support 6 staff members and their livelihoods. We could not have done it without all the community support for our educational space! 

Santa Fe New Mexican
05/02/2024

The first jolt of primary season comes a month before the election. State Sen. Siah Correa Hemphill is ending her candidacy for a second term.

"I am not going to be running in the general election," she told me in a phone call. "I will withdraw on June 5, the day after the primary."

She is the only Democratic candidate on the primary ballot in Senate District 28, stretching across the southwestern section of the state.

Correa Hemphill, D-Silver City, said she has employment opportunities as a school psychologist, and she has to pursue them in the interest of financial stability for her family.