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.
Public Meeting to Discuss Creating a ‘Senior Village’ in Silver City
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 15 January 2024 15 January 2024
Are you concerned about seniors being isolated and the shortage of services in Silver City to help people successfully age in place? A Senior Village could benefit our community and address these issues.
What is a Senior Village?
A Senior Village is a community based, non-profit, grassroots organization formed by a group of caring volunteers who want to help people to maintain independence and quality of life in their own homes. A Village is not a place, but an organization that can link its members to many supportive community services. The mission of a Village is to build a sense of community while offering resources and services, such as volunteer assistance with transportation, light home maintenance, and technology coaching. There are already over 100 established Senior Villages in the U.S. Read more about the National Village Model at: https://www.vtvnetwork.org .
Wreaths To Be Retired
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 15 January 2024 15 January 2024
Volunteers are requested for help with wreath retirement at Ft Bayard National Cemetery this Saturday, January 20, at 8:30 am. This is a wonderful opportunity for younger hands to help out as well as adults. Participants are requested to park outside the cemetery gates to allow room for trucks and trailers on the narrow lanes inside the cemetery. Volunteers are asked to remove the wreaths from grave and cremains markers and to stack them by the side of the lanes as well as to load therm onto trucks and trailers. Some volunteers are also needed to help unload the trucks and trailers at the dumpster site just outside the gates. The wreath retirement proceeds regardless of the weather so please dress appropriately.
Mimbres Makers & Growers Gathering
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 14 January 2024 14 January 2024
Mimbres Makers & Growers Gathering
Round Up Lodge - Saturday, January 20 from 4 to 7 p.m.
The Mimbres Food & Agriculture Cooperative is working to bring an affordable grocery store with deli to the Mimbres Valley. The proposed 4-acre Mimbres Marketplace project site will also include an outdoor mercado for the Mimbres Valley Farmers Market.
Everyone is welcome! Bienvenidos Todos! Residents can get a project update, join the cooperative and meet their neighbors. Growers, food entrepreneurs and hand crafters can bring photos or examples of what they grow or make and would like to sell at the marketplace. Bring a dish to share for the potluck.
For more information send an email to: vm.macnm@gmail.com
“The Importance of Local News”- Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 14 January 2024 14 January 2024
January 21, at 10:00 am, 3845 North Swan Street – “The Importance of Local News”
Nick Seibel will talk about how local newspapers are being lost on an average of 2.5 per week. More than more than half of USA counties are now “news deserts” or have limited access to reliable local news. With no local newspaper, communities have lower voter turnout, decreased civic engagement, and increased polarization.
Seibel is the publisher of the Deming Headlight and the Silver City Daily Press.
Whiskey Creek Zócalo February Events
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 13 January 2024 13 January 2024
February
Thursday, February 1
Jason Dea West - poet, songwriter and troubadour
folk, country & western, traditional and alternative
Music: 7:30pm
Jason Dea West is an American troubadour who sings what he lives and lives what he sings. West’s poignant lyrics are brilliantly blended with vintage country, folk and blues, and timely sensibilities. From epic guitar and harmonica instrumentals to humorous song as story, Jason never strays very far from the anarchic punk-folk roots of his beloved former band, Barefoot
Surrender and his celebrated current band, Intuitive Compass. His live “Magnolia Session” via Anti-Corp Records of Nashville, TN placed #15 on the Billboard Bluegrass charts in October 2020. “Jason belongs to the wild lands and what is left of the American countryside… He’s the Troubadours Troubadour” ~ Paul Weir of Flam Chen
Whiskey Creek Zócalo
11786 HWY 180 East. Arenas Valley, NM \ wczocalo@gmail.com / 575-388-1266
Tickets & Info: https://www.whiskeycreekzocalo.com /
Gage Rest Area closed indefinitely
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 12 January 2024 12 January 2024
DEMING – On Tuesday, January 9, 2024, in compliance with the New Mexico Environmental Department Drinking Water Bureau made the determination to close the Gage Rest Area due to received information of high Nitrate levels located in the drinking water.
Nitrate levels located in the drinking water at the rest area currently have an average of 14 mg/L. This is above the maximum contaminate level (MCL), of 10 mg/L.
What is being done?
Gila National Forest continues prescribed fire progress
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 12 January 2024 12 January 2024
Silver City and Quemado ranger districts expecting to implement prescribed fire projects next week
SILVER CITY, NM, January 12, 2024 – Recent and forecast snowy weather is a good indicator that the Gila National Forest will be continuing to burn slash piles at numerous locations across the forest as weather and fuels conditions and resource availability allow.
“Last year, the Gila accomplished more than 153,000 acres of fuels reduction through a combination of prescribed fire, mechanical treatments, and wildfire ignitions managed for resource outcomes. Overall, the Gila produced 37% of the fuels reduction accomplishments reported by the entire Southwestern Region in 2023,” said Gila Forest Supervisor Camille Howes. “The Gila has a long history of leadership in prescribed fire and wildfire use and we will continue to lead now and in the future.”
Fog seal operations US 70 Motorists should expect minor delays
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 12 January 2024 12 January 2024
LORDSBURG- The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) District One will begin Fog Sealing US 70 from milepost 0(Arizona Stateline) to milepost 28(Turnerville) north of Lordsburg.
Fog sealing is a single application of emulsified asphalt to an existing asphalt surface. This type of maintenance treatment can be a valuable aid to renew weathered (oxidized) asphalt surfaces and improve the surface appearance, seal minor cracks, surface voids, and inhibit unraveling. Most importantly, fog sealing helps preserve the underlying pavement structure allowing the roadway to last for many years to come.