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Gila/Mimbres Community Radio / KURU 89.1 FM

Gila/Mimbres Community Radio / KURU 89.1 FM

Thursday-Saturday, February 8-10, 2024

Open House Saturday, 2/10/2024, 10-4, at 519-B North Bullard Street, Silver City, NM. Enjoy refreshments, meet Board members and on-air DJs and Program Hosts, and support community radio!

Experience LOCAL VOICES AND THE WORLD with Gila/Mimbres Community Radio / KURU 89.1 FM.  Special features will be added to our regular broadcasts of entertainment and information, with more than three dozen DJs/Hosts plus nationally syndicated programming. The station asks listeners to help grow our community of support by inviting a friend to listen, learn, enjoy – and donate to keep GMCR/KURU flourishing. This station is funded entirely by the community we serve! For more information, call GMCR at 575-597-4891.

Community Meeting on Mimbres Peaks National Monument

Luna County Farm and Livestock Bureau Set to Host Community Meeting on Mimbres Peaks National Monument

Luna County Farm and Livestock Bureau is hosting a public meeting to provide information to Luna County and surrounding community members on the impacts of a national monument on local communities and answer related questions.

Saturday, February 3, at 2 p.m.

Southwestern New Mexico State Fairgrounds, Building 1, 4100 Raymond Reed Blvd., Deming, NM, 88030

The meeting will consist of 10-minute presentations from the individuals listed below followed by a Q&A session.

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Board meeting of the Upper Gila Valley Arroyos Watershed District- February 12, 2024

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT:

 The regular board meeting of the Upper Gila Valley Arroyos Watershed District will be held Monday, February 12, 2024 9:00 a.m.  at the Fire Station in Cliff, New Mexico. The meeting will also be available via Zoom.  Please see information to join via Zoom below:

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82507633246?pwd=8hiiYIc5NSZXu2KDoh9TNMfxcVrA9t.1

Meeting ID: 825 0763 3246

Passcode: 909378

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Author and poet Heather Frankland will present a workshop

HeatherFranklandPoetry Writing Workshop: Of Love and Heartbreak: Using Poetry as a Tool to Navigate the Many Roads of the Heart

Author and poet Heather Frankland will present the next workshop in The Write Stuff writing series, a 2-hour talk and generative workshop: Of Love and Heartbreak: Using Poetry as a Tool to Navigate the Many Roads of the Heart. It will be offered on Saturday, February 17th, from 10 am to noon, at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Silver City, 3845 N. Swan St, Silver City, NM.

Will you be my Valentine? Are you interested in reading and writing both love and heartbreak poems? Oftentimes, love and heartbreak poems are the first poems a poet will write, and more than often—they are among the hardest. How can one write a poem about feelings that seem to escape definition? How can one write a love poem that doesn’t sound abstract or just a mere copy of other love poems out there? In this talk and workshop, Heather Frankland will guide attendees through poetry examples, prompts, exercises, and creative play. This workshop will be both one of play and sincerity, and by the end—you will walk out with 2-3 poems of your own.

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Gila National Forest hosts business conference in Quemado

Forest outreaching to help business owners register to compete for government contracts

QUEMADO, NM, Feb. 1, 2024 – The Gila National Forest is partnering with the Small Business Administration and Procurement Technical Assistance Center to help southwestern contractors become eligible for opportunities to win federal government contracts. Together, they are hosting a workshop at the Quemado High School on Highway 60 in Quemado, New Mexico from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Friday, February 16.

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Silver City Ranger District to burn slash piles at Little Cherry Creek

Gila National Forest also burning piles at Beaverhead and Luna

SILVER CITY, NM, January 31, 2024 – A recent shot of moisture has created ideal conditions for burning slash piles on the Gila National Forest. Along with starting to burn 800 acres of slash piles on the Quemado Ranger District near Luna, 365 acres of slash piles on the Black Range Ranger District near Beaverhead, along the north end of Forest Road 150 (North Star Road) as previously reported, the Silver City Ranger District also plans to burn about 5 acres of slash piles in the Little Cherry Creek area, located about 2 miles north of Pinos Altos.

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Gila National Forest to burn slash piles near Beaverhead

Prescribed fire will help reduce hazardous fuels

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, NM, January 31, 2024 – The Gila National Forest, Black Range Ranger District plans to burn about 365 acres of slash piles at the Beaverhead Workcenter and along the north end of Forest Road 150 from Beaverhead south to Taylor Creek (Wall Lake). The project area is located approximately 25 miles west of Winston, New Mexico. Burning is expected to begin Thursday, February 1 and continue as long as suitable conditions last, or until the project is complete.

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Future Forge Maker Space February 2024 Newsletter

Future Forge MakerSpace February 2024 Newsletter

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