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.
Oasis Coffee and Tea House is “Shaking the Tree” for Family Programs
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- Published: 04 May 2023 04 May 2023
Celebrate the Performing Arts in Southwest New Mexico and Support Summer Youth Programs
Silver City, NM: Today, Oasis Coffee and Tea House announced the 1st Annual “Shaking the Tree” Performing Arts Festival in honor of Mother’s Day weekend to commence: May 12, 13, and 14, 2023. The Festival was initiated over last year’s Mother’s Day weekend in 2022 to celebrate the Creative Spirit: honoring Mothers, spotlighting the Performing Arts community in Southwest New Mexico, and raising funds for an outstanding workshops and events venue in Silver City: the Oasis Coffee and Tea House on 714. N. Bullard St. Oasis Coffee and Tea House was established in 2019 as a Community Outreach Event Venue for the New Church of the Southwest Desert.
US 180 Roadway Rehabilitation Project
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- Published: 04 May 2023 04 May 2023
GLENWOOD – The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) District One along with Dustrol, Inc. (Contractor) will begin a Hot-In-Place Recycling project along US 180 near Glenwood, NM.
Hot-In-Place Recycling (HIR) utilizes a specialized machine in which 100% of the asphalt in place is recycled. The asphalt is removed, crushed, rejuvenated, and replaced onto the roadway, restoring flexibility and quality of the asphalt material. This process reduces environmental impacts, speeds up timelines and reduces the cost of roadway miles maintained.
Starting, Friday, May 5, 2023, traffic can expect lane closures beginning at milepost 67 (US 180 & NM 78 intersection) to milepost 87 (Riverside). A pilot car operation will be in place, please reduce your speed and obey traffic control devices.
Work will take place Monday through Saturday from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. Construction is expected to be completed by May 31, 2023, weather pending.
Grant Soil and Water Conservation District Meeting May 15, 2023
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- Published: 04 May 2023 04 May 2023
The regular monthly board meeting of the Grant Soil and Water Conservation District will be held Monday, May 15, 2023, at 4:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the NRCS Building, Suite C; 3082 32nd Street Bypass; Silver City, NM 88061. The meeting is open to the public.
To request a copy of the agenda or for more information, please call 575-388-1569 or email grantswcdnm@gmail.com
Wilderness Ranger District continues prescribed burning this week
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- Published: 03 May 2023 03 May 2023
Projects along New Mexico Highway 35 will reduce hazardous fuels near private lands
MIMBRES, NM, May 3, 2023 – The Gila National Forest, Wilderness Ranger District continues burning this week on the 165-acre Heifer Prescribed Fire project – located adjacent to Gattons Park, and the 1000-acre Gravel Prescribed Fire unit located off the Lincoln Canyon Road (USFS Road 4079-T). The project areas will be signed and posted for public awareness during prescribed fire activities.
“We had an effective prescribed burn on Monday in the Rendezvous project area, which consumed an abundance of dry grasses, shrubs, logs, and slash in a ponderosa pine forest setting,” said Wilderness District Ranger Henry Provencio. “By restoring fire to fire-adapted ecosystems, we are reducing hazardous fuels adjacent to private property and within the wildland urban interface.”
Portions of these prescribed burns will take place along NM State HWY 35. Intermittent delays on Highway 35 should be expected, and coordination with the NM-DOT will take place by district fire management personnel.
Corrected: Priscilla Lucero to speak to Rotary May 9, 2023
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- Published: 02 May 2023 02 May 2023
Priscilla Lucero will be the Rotary speaker on May 9, 2023. Lucero is the Executive Director of the Southwest Council of Governments.
Her topic will be: “Legislative Session completed in March, 2023.” She joined the Council in 1987, and became the Executive Director in 2003.
Lucero provides technical assistance to her region in matters relating to economic development, transportation, housing, water and wastewater.
Lucero has served on numerous boards in Grant County, and was recently appointed by Governor Lujan Grisham to serve on the New Mexico Finance Authority Trust Fund Committee and the New Mexico Water Trust Fund Board.
There is a change of venue for the month of May. The Rotary meetings will be held at the Silver Bowling Center, in the 10th Frame Lounge, 2020 Memory Lane, Silver City, from 12 to 1p m. Meetings are open to the public; lunch can be ordered from the menu before going into the lounge.
Town Hall meeting on homelessness to take place May 16, 2023
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- Published: 01 May 2023 01 May 2023
PUBLIC NOTICE
There will be a Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, May 16, 2023 to discuss Homelessness in Grant County. The meeting will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Grant County Veterans and Business Center. The meeting will be hosted by Silver City Mayor Pro Tem Guadalupe Cano, Grant County Commission Chairman Chris Ponce and Grant County Treasurer Patrick Cohn. All elected officials in Grant County are being invited to attend and listen to the concerns and proposed solutions expressed by county residents and business owners. Persons wishing to speak will be required to sign in and will be allotted 3 minutes for their comments. For further information, please contact Mayor Pro Tem Guadalupe Cano at 575-654-0148.
Tri-City police department blotters – Apr. 28 through Apr. 30, 2023
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- Published: 01 May 2023 01 May 2023
Bayard Police Department
Saturday, Apr. 29
Welfare check
1101 Tom Foy Blvd.
Female, possibly 15-years-old, had lost consciousness/is trying to leave but keeps losing consciousness/she is outside in the parking lot with her young brother. Officer advised the female left prior to arrival. Deputy made contact with a female and her daughter who has a medical condition and is okay.
Disturbance
1220 Tom Foy Blvd.
Two females fighting.
Gila National Forest works on improving Tularosa River crossing
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- Published: 01 May 2023 01 May 2023
Forest Road 233 to be closed to public during project work, set to begin May 8
RESERVE, NM, April 28, 2023 – The Gila National Forest is partnering with the Federal Highway Administration to repair and improve the crossing of Tularosa River on National Forest System Road (NFSR) 233, which provides access to Eagle Peak in Catron County, New Mexico. The road will be closed to the public during construction activities from May 8 into early July. Authorized permittees and administrative use will be allowed, but delays should be expected.
Water has undercut the existing concrete low water crossing and apron, compromising its stability, and the existing design is a barrier to aquatic organism passage. The new crossing will be built from articulated concrete blocks that allow water to drain through them and are more accessible to passage by fish and other aquatic life. Additionally, the stream and adjacent wetland will be restored in the vicinity of the crossing by placing coarse woody debris in the channel, creating riffle and pool habitats and helping to stabilize streambanks.