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.
Gila National Forest schedules "Coffee with Camille" in Quemado June 1
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 08 May 2023 08 May 2023
Forest Supervisor seeks public engagement and communication
SILVER CITY, NM, May 5, 2023 – The Gila National Forest is hosting “Coffee with Camille” in Quemado, New Mexico on Thursday, June 1 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Given the large turnout at past events and the small space available in the Quemado District Office, the event will take place at the Quemado Schools cafeteria.
“The Gila National Forest and its constituent communities are interdependent. The activities of the forest affect the lives, the economies, and the well-being of residents, while the activities of people affect the well-being of the forest,” said Camille Howes, Gila National Forest Supervisor. “It is critical that we come together and listen to each other to understand the issues and opportunities that lie before us. Public engagement over coffee is only a starting point to reach for collaborative, mutually beneficial solutions to the problems we all face together.”
Tri-City police department blotters – May 5 through May 7, 2023
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 08 May 2023 08 May 2023
Bayard Police Department
Friday, May 5
Loud music
McKee Street
Music is very loud/it has been all day. Deputy spoke with caller/they turned it down prior to arrival.
Aggravated assault
Maple Street
Vehicle vs home. Caller's soon-to-be ex-wife is dating caller's son/caller can hear an engine revving in the area.
Saturday, May 6
Grant County Sheriff's Office blotter – May 5 through May 7, 2023
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- Published: 08 May 2023 08 May 2023
Friday, May 5
Dog bite
Hidden Valley Lane
Caller advised calling on behalf on her son who along with two other subjects was bitten by a dog/son is at the GRMC-ER and advising he is missing a lot of flesh from the dog bite/son does not want to speak to LE/dogs belong to (redacted) and are pitbulls.
Welfare check
Pheasant Drive
Caller advised a female who lives here is outside grilling and caller believes she is not mentally competent enough to be doing that. Deputy advised will frequent patrol and check it out.
Weapons fired
Hurley Cemetery
Caller advised people in a white truck are shooting at the very back of the cemetery. Deputies do have contact with subjects/negative on warrants/valid DL. Contact was made with a male who was showing his daughter how to handle a firearm/they left.
Silver City Police Department blotter – May 5 through May 7, 2023
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- Published: 08 May 2023 08 May 2023
Friday, May 5
Domestic disturbance
2711 Leslie Road – Lintero Apartments – 1:07 a.m.
Caller advised his girlfriend is not letting him inside the residence/she locked caller out.
Harassment
2711 Leslie Road – LA – 3:05 a.m.
Caller advised a named male is throwing rocks at her windows.
Stolen motor vehicle
SCPD
Behind the building. Registration check returned blue 2017 Chevy 4dr.
Freeport-McMoRan Foundation 2023 Community Investment Fund Application opens May 15.
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 08 May 2023 08 May 2023
Freeport-McMoRan hasmoved away from the Letter of Intent (LOI) process from the past few years and will again require a single application.
Community Investment Committees (CIC) made up of local community stakeholders will continue to make funding decisions.
If your application is selected to receive funding, you will be required to submit a forecast in the True Impact system prior to receiving that funding. More information will be shared about this process in the award notification.
The following resources can be found on the Freeport-McMoRan Application Resource Page.
NWS Skywarn Spotter class in Silver City May 16, 2023
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 07 May 2023 07 May 2023
The National Weather Service will be holding a Skywarn Spotter class on Tuesday, May 16 from 7-8:30 PM in Silver City on the campus of WNMU in the Student Memorial Building 3rd floor seminar room. The class is free, and all interested individuals are welcomed.
Next Sunday, May 14, 2023, at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Silver City
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- Published: 07 May 2023 07 May 2023
Local author Joe (Jody) Bateman tells the story of the struggle for equality and dignity through the words of the largely unknown men and women and the civil rights workers who joined them. Their accounts reflect on the lives of residents of Marks, Mississippi before, during, and after the activist years of the civil rights movement.
The Black people of Marks, Mississippi, and other rural southern towns were the backbone of the civil rights movement, yet their stories have too rarely been celebrated and are, for the most part, forgotten. Part memoir, part oral history, and part historical study, “A Day I Ain’t Never Seen Before” tells the story of the struggle for equality and dignity through the words of these largely unknown men and women and the civil rights workers who joined them.
Joe Bateman is a veteran of the civil rights movement who served as a member of the Council of Federated Organizations and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (1964–66). A native of Oklahoma, Bateman now calls New Mexico home.
Friends of the Silver City Library Book Sale May 13, 2023
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- Published: 05 May 2023 05 May 2023
Weather permitting, the Silver City Friends of the Library’s (FOL) Bookstore and Parking Lot Book Sale will be held Saturday, May 13, 2023 from 10:00am-2:00pm, at 1510 Market Street across from Cheyenne Street. The sale is open to the public, free of charge. Come and enjoy browsing the stacks and finding treasures, all while supporting the Silver City Public Library. Please note the next FOL book sale will be on Saturday, September 9, 2023.
“It’s time to stock up for summer reading, “ Barbara Guber, FOL Bookstore Manager said. “And remember we have Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, birthdays, and vacations coming up in the next four months. All great reasons to come to the May 13 Friends of the Library Book Sale because our community continues to donate wonderful reading finds, which in turn make great gifts for your favorite people and for yourself.”
“Lots of new stock appear on all the book shelves inside the Bookstore, the music CD section contains new donations, and there are more than 100 audio books ready and waiting for their next owners,” said an FOL book sale volunteer.