Gila Regional Medical Center CFO Appointment Effective 12/21/2023

Gila Regional Medical Center (GRMC) announced the appointment of William Ermann, as CFO effective January 22, 2024. William has over 25 years of healthcare experience, including both financial and operational leadership roles as CFO and CEO. William holds a Master of Business Administration degree from West Texas A&M University, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Public Accounting from Mesa State College. William and his family will be moving from Guymon, OK where he most recently served as the CEO of Memorial Hospital of Texas County, which is a county-owned critical access hospital.

"William brings a strong healthcare financial background as well as experience in audit and public accounting. These skills and expertise will help continue excellent financial discipline and performance we have demonstrated at Gila Regional over the past three and a half years since assuming management responsibility for the hospital. Additionally, William's experience as a CEO will provide a unique, well-rounded perspective on the complexities of hospital operations. We welcome William to the team at Gila Regional, " stated Neil Todhunter, CEO of HealthTech.

"We are delighted that William will be joining the GRMC team as the CFO as we continue a new chapter of leadership at the hospital," said CEO Robert Whitaker. "Our team welcomes him and his family to GRMC and the greater Gila region."

GRMC is a 25-bed critical access hospital and health system in Silver City, NM and is managed by HealthTech.

GRMC's Mission is "Providing exceptional quality, patient-centered care in healing environments".

HealthTech is a nationally recognized leader in providing management, consulting, strategic

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WNMU held Food Security and Sustainability InitiativeTown Hall 112923

By Mary Alice Murphy

To provide feedback, visit this website: https://wnmu.edu/events/food-security-sustainability-community-discussion/ 

WNMU held a town hall at the Besse-Froward Global Resource Center on Nov. 29, 2023 to address food insecurity among students.

WNMU President Joseph Shepard opened the event by commenting that people probably were wondering why the university was holding such a town hall.

He noted that if students do not have nutritious food or are going hungry, their ability to learn and study was greatly impacted.

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Meeting held to discuss proposed Mimbres Peaks National Monument

Deming, New Mexico - December 21- More than 90 persons gathered for a standing room only meeting called to learn more about the proposed Mimbres Peaks National Monument.

New Mexico House member Jennifer Jones called the meeting after attending a secret rally organized by Luna County Commissioner, Ray Trejo with help from Senator Hamblen who is the President of the Las Cruces Green Chamber of Commerce. Representative Jones said she learned of the December 6 invitation only gathering through talk circulating in the community.

The proponents are calling on President Biden to make the 245,00-acre monument proclamation under the Antiquities Act of 1906. The areas proposed are the Florida Mountains, Cooks Range, Tres Hermanas, and the Good Sight Mountains.

Rancher Russell Johnson expressed concerns that his operation would be compromised with restrictions imposed by the monument on border enforcement in the Tres Hermanas.

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GRMC Board of Trustees met Nov. 15, 2023

Photo and article by Mary Alice Murphy

img 7287GRMC Board Chair Dr. Fred Fox, at left and GRMC CEO Robert Whitaker, right, recognize Robert Candelaria for his 10 years of service in information systems.

The Gila Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees met for the monthly meeting on Nov. 15, 2023.

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Update: Cancel Missing Endangered Advisory – Deming Police Department – Brielle Lugo

update brielle lugoDEMING, NM – Brielle Lugo was located.  For details, contact the Deming Police Department at (575) 546-0356.

Deming, NM – The following information is for the distribution of a Missing Endangered Advisory from the Deming Police Department. Please refer all media inquiries and questions to the Deming Police Department at (575) 546-0356.

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Man beaten and robbed

By Roger Lanse

A Silver City Police Department officer was called to a residence on 35th Place at about noon on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, in reference to a robbery. According to a SCPD incident report, the officer made contact with the victim, a 31-year-old male of Silver City, who stated he was parked on the street outside the residence after giving a friend a ride home.

While he was parked outside the residence, a male he identified as Juanito Woods, described as 24, also of Silver City, made contact with the victim and began arguing with him regarding some money owed him. During the argument, the victim said Woods pointed a pistol at his head through the window and stated he was going to shoot him. According to the report, Woods asked him to open the car door, but the victim said he could not and rolled down the window instead, whereupon Woods struck the victim twice in the face with his hand and then struck him in the face with the butt of his pistol, causing the victim to bleed.

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Deming Woman Sentenced to 21 Years for Child Abuse

A criminal case in which a six-year-old child was abused by her mother came to a conclusion December 20 with a Deming woman being sentenced to 21 years in prison. According to District Attorney Michael R. Renteria, Rosa Gonzalez, 34, was sentenced for abusing her biological child starting when the child was three years old.

According to Court documents, the abuse was discovered when a Bell School employee alerted authorities after seeing the child at Wal-Mart and noticing she was not wearing shoes and had a serious cut on her wrist. When Deming Police Department officers went to Gonzalez' home to conduct a welfare check on the child in August 2022, they found the child with injuries to both wrists and bruises on her face. Makeup had been applied to the child's face in an apparent attempt to conceal the bruises. Gonzalez was charged with first- and third-degree felony counts of child abuse, and all of the children in her home were placed in custody of the Children, Youth and Families Department.

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