Local News Releases
These releases come from other sources than the Grant County Beat. This category will include events in and news releases from Grant, Catron, Hidalgo and Luna counties.
Southwestern New Mexico Audubon event May 3, 2024
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 19 April 2024 19 April 2024
Friday, May 3 | 7:00 pm | Harlan Hall, Room 111, WNMU
Program: Identification of Birds of the Lower Gila Valley for Beginning & Intermediate BirdersHang on to your binoculars! Susan Mittelstadt and Bill Norris will provide general identification tips for the many bird species which occur in the Lower Gila Valley of NM during the breeding season, including quail, ducks, cuckoos, nightjars, hummingbirds, raptors, owls, woodpeckers, flycatchers, swallows, titmice, wrens, vireos, jays, wood warblers, orioles, jays, tanagers, buntings, finches, and more.
Free to the public. See campus map for Harlan Hall location
Southwestern New Mexico Audubon - Be sure to visit us at www.swnmaudubon.org
Grant County Sheriff's Office blotter – Apr. 15 through Apr. 18, 2024
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 19 April 2024 19 April 2024
Monday, Apr. 15
Criminal trespass warning
Rio de Arenas Road
Caller advised that a named female texted him and stated that she was at his residence and she has a CTW for his trailer number. Deputy advised CTW for the female was re-issued.
Welfare check
Cottage San Road
Caller advised the last time she spoke to her 64-year-old mom was 5-6 years ago/wants her mother to call her/wants deputy to get mother's phone number and give it to caller. Deputy made contact with mother who will call daughter.
Silver City Police Department blotter – Apr. 15 through Apr. 18, 2024
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 19 April 2024 19 April 2024
Monday, Apr. 15
Accident-property damage
3025 E. Highway 180
Ram Longhorn 3500/deer may be lying in the median but is not in the roadway itself/unknown if deer is dead. Officers moved deer off the roadway.
Larceny
N. Gold Street
Report, no narrative.
Game and Fish
Cielo Azul Street
Dead deer by her fence. Someone will pick it up.
Wolf Supporters to Rally at NM Game Commission Meeting in Silver City
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 18 April 2024 18 April 2024
Residents Support Releasing Mexican Gray Wolves as Families
SILVER CITY, N.M.— A colorful rally in support of endangered Mexican gray wolves will begin at 7:45 a.m. on Friday, April 19, outside the Grant County Veterans Memorial Business and Conference Center, 3031 Highway 180 East, in Silver City. The demonstration will include a person wearing an exquisitely designed costume of a Mexican wolf.
The rally will precede a New Mexico Game Commission meeting scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. The meeting will include a New Mexico Department of Game and Fish presentation on wolf management and an opportunity for public comment.
Virtual fencing makes ranching life a little less difficult
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 18 April 2024 18 April 2024
Photo courtesy of Kimberly Crumbley.Keeps cattle where they belong, tracks their movements, gives their location 24/7
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, NM, April 17, 2024 – Every once in a while, a new technology comes along that is a game changer for how things were done in the past. Like GIS and GPS changed mapping and wayfinding, and as the internet changed how we search for, share, and create information, so too has virtual fencing the potential to change the face of rangeland and livestock management. Vence® virtual fencing uses GPS-enabled collars mounted around the animals’ necks and a computer dashboard in combination with small, solar-powered communication stations to contain, track, and move animals across the landscape.
Chip seal operations begin on April 23 in Hidalgo County
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- Published: 18 April 2024 18 April 2024
Motorists should expect minor delays
ANIMAS-The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) District One office will begin a maintenance operation project on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, to place “chip seal” pavement on various roadways in Hidalgo County. The chip seal process is a surface treatment that is placed on the existing pavement. It is designed to seal out moisture and create a more durable surface extending the longevity of the roadway.
Grant County Gardening 101
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 17 April 2024 17 April 2024
We are busy busy busy here at the extension office but not too busy to talk about GARDENING!!!! Please join us for our gardening workshop this Thursday! Please see the attached flyer! This is a free program that is open to the public and everyone is welcome to join us!
Reserve Ranger District preparing for prescribed fire
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 16 April 2024 16 April 2024
Hidden Springs unit of Collins Park project to be burned between late April and early May
SILVER CITY, NM, April 16, 2024 – The Gila National Forest, Reserve Ranger District is preparing to implement a prescribed fire in the 1,196-acre Hidden Springs unit of the Collins Park prescribed fire project in late April or early May. The Hidden Springs unit is located approximately 5 miles east-southeast of the Eagle Peak Lookout, on the west side of Forest Road 94 (Cox Canyon Road) and framed by Cox Canyon to the west and North Fork Negrito Creek to the south.