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.
Street Outreach Meet and Greet
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- Published: 26 October 2023 26 October 2023
November 10, 2023 at Gough Park - Bring friends and business cards
See Flyer below:
Silver City Museum Hosts Dia de Los Muertos Celebration
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- Published: 25 October 2023 25 October 2023
Opportunity to Make Alex & Martyn Memorial Fund a Forever Fund
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- Published: 24 October 2023 24 October 2023
As many of you are aware, we are approaching the sad anniversary of the loss of our friends Martyn Pearson and Alex Olsen. For so many of you, they are in your thoughts daily, and even hourly.
Just recently, the Patrina Foundation, which is focused on improving the lives of girls through programs like dance, art therapy, music programs, and housing support, offered a match for the Alex Olsen & Martyn Pearson Memorial fund. Most of that match has been met, and there is just another $11,000 needed to fulfill the match goal by mid-November. Alex sat on the Board of Directors of the Patrina Foundation.
On the road to Black Fire recovery
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- Published: 24 October 2023 24 October 2023
SILVER CITY, NM, October 24, 2023 – The Gila National Forest is on the long road to recovery of a landscape burned during the Black Fire, which blackened 325,136 acres of state, private, and Gila National Forest lands in 2022. The vast majority of the fire perimeter burned at low to moderate intensity, with less than 10% that burned at high intensity. Where low to moderate intensity fire occurred, recovery of surface vegetation is expected to occur naturally.
Southwest Festival of the Written Word - Banned Book Panel
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- Published: 24 October 2023 24 October 2023
Southwest Festival of the Written Word Presents: Banned Book Panel with Performances from WNMU Students
The American Library Association reported that in 2022, the books challenged were the “highest number of attempted book bans since ALA began compiling data about censorship in libraries more than 20 years ago” https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2023/03/record-book-bans-2022. In this time where the freedom to read is constantly being challenged, it’s important to understand these book bans and to celebrate literature. It’s also important to hear student voices about this issue.
Gila Wilderness Centennial anniversary poster contest 2023
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- Published: 24 October 2023 24 October 2023
Gila National Forest still accepting submissions through December 1
MIMBRES, NM, October 24, 2023 – There is still over one month left to submit your artwork for inclusion in Gila Wilderness Centennial posters, to be used as part of an outreach campaign happening next year in celebration of 100 years of the Gila Wilderness.
Southwest Word Fiesta Presents: Gila Film School
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- Published: 23 October 2023 23 October 2023
On Saturday, October 28th, 4:00-5:00 PM in the GRC Auditorium
Gayla Lacy will present work from student filmmakers in the New Mexico State University Gila Film School. These students have received hands-on experience out in the field, while also learning about the history of the Gila wilderness. NMSU partnered with the U.S. Forest Service to create the Gila Film School. The program aims to help protect local wildlife in the Gila wilderness.
SW Women’s Fiber Art Collective Offers Rug Hooking Class
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- Published: 23 October 2023 23 October 2023
SW Women's Fiber Arts Collective (SWFAC) is offering the public the opportunity to learn rug hooking using t-shirts. Member Anita McDaniel will be teaching the class on November 5 and 19, 2023 at 10 am to noon. The registration deadline is October 30, 2023. Rug hooking is done by pulling strips of material through a stiff woven base with a crochet-type hook mounted in a handle. You only need to learn one basic stitch and you’ve mastered it. It has been around for ages, and origin stories vary from the Egyptians to the Vikings but someone, somewhere figured it out, and by the mid 1800’s rug hooking appears in New England and the Canadian Maritime Provinces. The self-sufficient colonial women decorated and warmed their floors with rugs made with used scraps of wool cut into narrow strips and hooked on burlap sacks.