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Grant County Art Guild sale 110423

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Published: 05 November 2023 05 November 2023

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A bunch of Grant County Art Guild members and other artists, including painters, jewelry makers, and fiber arts creators had a sale of used art equipment, inventories of jewelry and paintings, rock grinding tools, notecards and many additional items at yard sale prices at the Murray Hotel ballroom on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. 

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Fall Back one hour

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Published: 04 November 2023 04 November 2023

Daylight Saving Time is gone until next year! 

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Candidate forum for Silver City town council district 1

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Published: 04 November 2023 04 November 2023

By Lynn Janes

On November 1, 2023, the candidate forum for the upcoming election on November 7, 2023, took place at the Silver Consolidated School board room. The forum had incumbent Rudy Bencomo and Hillary Treadway facing off.

Nick Seibel, Silver City Daily Press publisher, moderated the forum. The candidates received questions from the audience, Facebook, and the Press. Each would answer the same question and had two minutes.

Each candidate gave a three-minute introduction.

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GRMC held Halloween Trunk or Treat 103123

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Published: 03 November 2023 03 November 2023

Photos by Mary Alice Murphy

[Editor's Note: The low sun made for difficult shadows, but the photographer did the best she could. This application is still in progress, so Click to brighten the photos.  ]

Gila Regional Medical Center each year for Halloween holds a Trunk or Treat, which is always very well attended. This year, the lines reached all the way out to 32nd Street, as costumed kids and parents, many of whom also had on costumes, waited their turns in line in an orderly manner. 

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Altercation between juveniles involved a handgun

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Published: 03 November 2023 03 November 2023

By Roger Lanse

According to an Oct. 19, 2023, Bayard Police Department incident report, a fight took place on Oct. 5, 2023, at about 9 p.m., at the Snell Middle School parking lot. The 13-year-old male victim told officers, the report stated, that two males, ages 13 and 14, "came out of nowhere and started swinging" on him. When the victim started to fight back, he said, according to the report, one of the assailants pulled out a black handgun and flashed it at him then returned the weapon to the front of his pants.

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Nuestra Voz

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Published: 02 November 2023 02 November 2023

Nuestra Voz: The Chihuahua Hill Story is the featured exhibit at the Silver City Museum. The effort involved many participants, not only from the museum, but many residents of Chihuahua Hill took part by telling their stories about the first residential area of Silver City, populated primarily by Mexican-Americans. Many individuals are honored in the exhibit and families reached out with their photos and generational stories.

Photos by Mary Alice Murphy

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Dia de los Muertos at the Silver City Museum Oct. 29, 2023

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Published: 02 November 2023 02 November 2023

The Silver City Museum courtyard hosted the Dia de los Muertos activity on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. Activities included music, lots of face painters, a demonstration by Jose Manuel Ruiz Salazar of his bone carving skills, food vendors, and several creative vendors, selling fancy headdresses, intricate metal cut-out work, magnets and "rockollages," a mobile ofrenda and a museum information booth.

The first of two slideshows features photos by Mary Alice Murphy

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Community behavioral health services discussed

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Published: 01 November 2023 01 November 2023

By Lynn Janes

bh arizaga4Dr. Teresa ArizagaOn September 27, 2023, Dr. Teresa Arizaga, chief mental health officer HMS (Hidalgo Medical Services), held a meeting to talk about the services available in the area for behavioral health and what the community will be doing to improve the services. This took place at the Grant County Memorial Business and Conference Center.

bh cox1Dr.Stacey CoxDr. Stacey Cox, Center for Health Innovation-Public Health Institute welcomed everyone. Dr. Dan Otero, chief executive officer, Hidalgo Medical Services (HMS)  said they all had to work together. “Tonight, is about community and working effectively together. Our community has become inpatient with the health care system.” They have seen an increase in many problems. 

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