Pop Up Exhibition Opportunity!

Display your work at Light Art Space in downtown Silver City

Light Art Space is regarded by many

...

Free School Meals for Kids Advances to Next Committee

Eliminating copayments for school meals, Democratic bill supports the growth and learning of New

...

Legislation to Cut Drug Prices with Imports from Canada Passes House Committee

Legislation Enables DOH to negotiate safe wholesale imports of prescription drugs and pass savings on

...

Legislation to Identify and Combat Elder Abuse Passes Committee

A Task Force Would Study and Make Recommendations for Penalties for the Abuse of Senior Citizens and

...

New Mexico Legislators Unite to Fight Dangerous "Red Flag" Gun Bill

A bipartisan group of New Mexico Legislators are united in opposition to SB5, the so-called

...

Progressive Democrats Deny New Mexicans Social Security Tax Break 

Albuquerque. February 7--A proposal to give New Mexico retirees a Social Security state tax

...

House GOP response to Red-flag law

SANTA FE, NM— Senate Bill 5, the red-flag gun law, passed the Senate today and moves to the House for

...

Jose R. Tafoya, 78, a resident of Deming, NM - pending

Jose R. Tafoya, 78, a resident of Deming, NM entered eternal rest on Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at

...

Lilia “Lily” B. Holguin, 88, a resident of Silver City, NM - pending

Lilia “Lily” B. Holguin, 88, a resident of Silver City, NM entered eternal rest Thursday, February 6,

...

Extreme-risk protection order legislation clears Senate

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday issued the following statement after Senate Bill 5,

...

Upper Gila Valley Arroyos Watershed District meeting February 18, 2020

A regular meeting of the Upper Gila Valley Arroyos Watershed District will be held Tuesday,

...

More articles on coronavirus, including a scientific one

The first three are kind of sensational, but shows the panic in China.

...

Social Security exemption tabled by House committee

SANTA FE, NM— A proposal to stop taxing New Mexico retirees’ Social Security income was tabled

...

BLM continues scoping meetings to identify potential improvements to administration of grazing regulations on public lands

BLM seeks to identify possible revisions to regulations covering 18,000 permits, leases on 155

...

USDA Invests $4.4 Million in Rural Broadband Infrastructure in Georgia’s Gilmer County

ELLIJAY, Ga., Feb. 7, 2020 – Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Georgia

...

Traffic Alert WSMR US 70, Las Cruces

White Sands Missile Range, US 70 Road Block

LAS CRUCES: The New Mexico Department of

...

Rep. Gail Armstrong carries bill to deliver $1 million for County and Tribal Health

Santa Fe, NM– Representative Gail Armstrong (R-Magdalena) presented House Bill 143 in the Health and

...

Tri-City Police Department Blotters – Feb. 3 - Feb. 6, 202

Bayard Police Department

Tuesday, Feb. 4

Welfare check
Runnels Drive
Caller advised a named male

...

Grant County Sheriff’s Office Blotter – Feb. 3 - Feb. 6, 2020

Monday, Feb. 3

Accident-property damage
Arenas Valley Road
Maroon Dodge Durango vs silver Dodge

...

Heart disease is leading cause of death in New Mexico

Lifestyle changes can reduce risk of heart disease

SANTA FE– As part of National Heart Health

...

New Mexico State Senate Unanimously Confirms Aging & Long-Term Services Secretary Katrina Hotrum-Lopez

unnamed 1Senator John Arthur Smith with Aging & Long-Term Services Department Secretary Katrina

...

Silver City Police Department Blotter – Feb. 3 - Feb. 6, 2020

Monday, Feb. 3

Welfare check
1810 N. Swan Street
Male is passed out in the driver’s seat of a red car.

...

WILL Lunch and Learn programs for February

4 fox copyDate: February 12, 2020

Where:  Global Resource Center on the WNMU campus

Title: The Evolution of Human

...

16,000-pound Dahlgren Guns May Reveal New Civil War-era Artifacts at Mariners’ Museum

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — This month, The Mariners’ Museum and Park will embark on the next monumental step in

...

Grant County Commission to hold special meeting Feb. 17, 2020

LEGAL NOTICE
SPECIAL MEETING – FEBRUARY 17, 2020
The Grant County Board of Commissioners will convene in

...

Content on the Beat

WARNING: All articles and photos with a byline or photo credit are copyrighted to the author or photographer. You may not use any information found within the articles without asking permission AND giving attribution to the source. Photos can be requested and may incur a nominal fee for use personally or commercially.

Disclaimer: If you find errors in articles not written by the Beat team but sent to us from other content providers, please contact the writer, not the Beat. For example, obituaries are always provided by the funeral home or a family member. We can fix errors, but please give details on where the error is so we can find it. News releases from government and non-profit entities are posted generally without change, except for legal notices, which incur a small charge.

NOTE: If an article does not have a byline, it was written by someone not affiliated with the Beat and then sent to the Beat for posting.

Images: We have received complaints about large images blocking parts of other articles. If you encounter this problem, click on the title of the article you want to read and it will take you to that article's page, which shows only that article without any intruders. 

New Columnists: The Beat continues to bring you new columnists. And check out the old faithfuls who continue to provide content.

Newsletter: If you opt in to the Join GCB Three Times Weekly Updates option above this to the right, you will be subscribed to email notifications with links to recently posted articles.

Submitting to the Beat

Those new to providing news releases to the Beat are asked to please check out submission guidelines at https://www.grantcountybeat.com/about/submissions. They are for your information to make life easier on the readers, as well as for the editor.

Advertising: Don't forget to tell advertisers that you saw their ads on the Beat.

Classifieds: We have changed Classifieds to a simpler option. Check periodically to see if any new ones have popped up. Send your information to editor@grantcountybeat.com and we will post it as soon as we can. Instructions and prices are on the page.

Editor's Notes

It has come to this editor's attention that people are sending information to the Grant County Beat Facebook page. Please be aware that the editor does not regularly monitor the page. If you have items you want to send to the editor, please send them to editor@grantcountybeat.com. Thanks!

Here for YOU: Consider the Beat your DAILY newspaper for up-to-date information about Grant County. It's at your fingertips! One Click to Local News. Thanks for your support for and your readership of Grant County's online news source—www.grantcountybeat.com

Feel free to notify editor@grantcountybeat.com if you notice any technical problems on the site. Your convenience is my desire for the Beat.  The Beat totally appreciates its readers and subscribers!  

Compliance: Because you are an esteemed member of The Grant County Beat readership, be assured that we at the Beat continue to do everything we can to be in full compliance with GDPR and pertinent US law, so that the information you have chosen to give to us cannot be compromised.