Aphid Issues Pop Up in Surprising Spots on Urban Trees

wooly apple aphid flocculence de baca county aspen achenWhite masses found on the edges of old pruning cuts on this apple tree may be evidence of woolly

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As Graduation Nears, Cultivating Coders Offers Graduating Seniors Free Coding Boot Camps and Paid IT Training

Cultivating Coders is focused on developing New Mexico’s workforce and maximizing the

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Wizard of Id Comic for May 9, 2019

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BY: Mick Mastroianni and Johnny Hart

B.C. Comic for May 9, 2019

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BY: Mason Mastroianni, Mick Mastroianni, and Johnny Hart

Fatal Semi Tractor-Trailer Crash on US 82 in Otero County

Otero County, NM – On May 7, 2019 at about 10:00 a.m., the New Mexico State Police investigated a fatal

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Silver City Blues Festival May 24-26, 2019

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The 2019 edition of the Silver City Blues Festival includes new bands, new partners, new vendors,

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Permaculture Silver City Monthly meeting May 18, 2019

Permaculture Silver City - Monthly meeting. May 18, 2019 (3rd Saturday of every month) 1pm - 4pm. Silver City Visitor's

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NMSU to launch Bloomberg Terminal curriculum, certification program this fall

This fall, with support from an alumnus and corporate donors, New Mexico State University will

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Office of Natural Resources Trustee finalizes Damage Assessment Plan for NASA White Sands Test Facility

ALBUQUERQUE – Today, the New Mexico Office of Natural Resources Trustee (ONRT) finalized its

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Rotary Has May 14 Speaker on Dogs Trained to Help Those with Disabilities

At the Silver City Rotary Club’s meeting on Tuesday, May 14, Jim Jackson, former executive

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Gila Native Plant Society meeting May 17, 2019

milling mesquiteGabriel Feldman (left) and Asher Gelbart process mesquite flour using a hammer mill. (Photo

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PNM and the City of Albuquerque announce LED streetlight conversion project

(Albuquerque, NM) – Earlier today, PNM in collaboration with the City of Albuquerque, announced the

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USDA Announces Investments in Community Facilities that will Benefit Nearly 715,000 Rural Americans

WASHINGTON, May 8, 2019 – Acting Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Joel Baxley

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SpinLaunch Breaks Ground for New Test Facility at Spaceport America

SPACEPORT AMERICA - Spaceport America, the world’s first purpose-built commercial spaceport, and SpinLaunch, an

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Next Sunday, May 12, 2019, at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

May 12 at 10:00 am, 3845 North Swan Street  – “Mothers’ Day and Mothering”

Shauna McCosh, midwife and

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Wizard of Id Comic for May 8, 2019

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BY: Mick Mastroianni and Johnny Hart

B.C. Comic for May 8, 2019

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BY: Mason Mastroianni, Mick Mastroianni, and Johnny Hart

Photography Exhibit at Silver City Library

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kz picKAM ZARRABI, a Silver City resident and an avid photography enthusiast, is displaying his work at

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Mary Louise Van Buskirk, 81, a resident of Silver City, NM - pending

Mary Louise Van Buskirk, 81, a resident of Silver City, NM entered eternal rest Tuesday, May 7,

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The Little Vampire - 40th Anniversary - On Stage in Salzburg, Austria

Angela Sommer Bodenburg, the author of "The Little Vampire" series of books and Silver City

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Experience Cultural Immersion, Learn New Skills this Summer in Silver City, NM

Fiesta Latina Brings International Culture to Silver City, NM

Silver City, NM – May 7, 2019

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Give Grandly! Give Local! Non-Profit Fair May 11, 2019

Give Grandly! Give Local! Non-Profit Fair from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm, on 8th Street and Bullard, next

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NM 159 OPEN - Mogollon, NM

Mogollon: Beginning May 7, 2019 the NMDOT will be OPENING the gates located on NM 159; both the

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NMSU Grant County Cooperative Extension Teaches “Worming Around in School”

worm 2SILVER CITY-The Grant County Cooperative Extension Service along with NMSU Cooperative Extension,

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Tomasa Diaz Gandara, 87, a resident of Lordsburg, NM

gandara 02Tomasa Diaz Gandara, 87, a resident of Lordsburg, NM entered eternal rest Saturday, May 4, 2019 at Mt. View

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