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.
Grant County Sheriff's Office blotter – Apr. 24 through Apr. 27, 2023
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 28 April 2023 28 April 2023
Monday, Apr. 24
Game and Fish
Highway 180 @ Peterson Drive – Arenas Valley
Deer in middle of travel lane/there is debris in roadway. NMSP officer removed deer from roadway.
Harassment
Racetrack Road – Arenas Valley
Caller advising a family harassed the new mail carrier/they followed him in a vehicle while he was delivering mail/they tailgated him all the way from RDA to Racetrack Road/there are other incidents to report as well. Deputy advised clear.
Welfare check
Cortez Avenue – Hurley
A barefoot female advised caller she doesn't need help/caller picked her up near MM 128 (1 mile south of Hurley) on Highway 180/she has two dogs with her that keep running into the highway/caller took her to the Gateway Restaurant. Deputy had contact /advising he . . .
Silver City Police Department blotter – Apr. 24 through Apr. 27, 2023
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 28 April 2023 28 April 2023
Monday, Apr. 24
Welfare check
Arrowhead Road
A named male is walking on foot/just walked out of the gate/said he needed to go downtown. While on the phone caller said male went back inside the house.
Welfare check
200 N. Bullard Street
Male yelling in the window of Little Toad Creek for over an hour. Officer out with a named male in front of the Toad/male stated he was okay and did not need any . . .
Welfare check
2501 E. Highway 180
Caller advised a family that is panhandling at Walmart has their children begging and caller believes that is "exploitation of a minor." Officer advised will be clear/children have food and water. Caller was advised if the children were ever in distress they could make report to CYFD/caller advised she understood and was going back to her hotel.
Wilderness Ranger District to close Rendezvous Prescribed Burn area May 1
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 27 April 2023 27 April 2023
Area closure will protect public and firefighter safety during prescribed burn operations
MIMBRES, NM, April 27, 2023 – The Gila National Forest, Wilderness Ranger District will close an area of Gila National Forest around the Rendezvous Prescribed Fire project for two weeks beginning May 1 while the prescribed burn is implemented. The project is located east of Sapillo Campground. The area closure includes Gila National Forest lands south of New Mexico Highway 35, from National Forest System Road (NFSR) 88 in Skates Canyon southeast to Forest Road 4085X. Closed roads within the area closure include NFSR 88, NFSR 4078U, NFSR 4202W, and NFSR 4085X.
“This closure helps keep the public safe while fire crews are working in the project area and allows firefighters to maintain focus on conducting a safe, efficient prescribed burn,” said Wilderness District Ranger Henry Provencio. “Fire is the most effective tool for restoring fire-adapted ecosystems and reducing hazardous fuels adjacent to private property within the wildland urban interface.”
Gila National Forest, Glenwood ranger station closed May 1
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 27 April 2023 27 April 2023
GLENWOOD, NM, April 27, 2023 – The Glenwood Ranger District will be closed on Monday, May 1 due to unavailability of staff to cover the front desk.
“Customer service is important to us. Unfortunately, one consequence of having a small staff like ours at Glenwood is that we often don’t have backup to cover the front desk when our regular staff are unavailable,” said Acting Glenwood District Ranger Sandy Taylor. “We regret any inconvenience to our visitors.”
Doors will reopen at the Glenwood District on Tuesday, May 2. In the meantime, visitors in need of assistance may call or visit the Silver City Ranger District at 575-388-8201, located at 3005 Camino del Bosque in Silver City, or the Reserve Ranger District at 575-533-6232, located at 5 Smokey Bear Circle in Reserve. For more information contact Maribeth Pecotte at 575-388-8211 or Maribeth.Pecotte@usda.gov.
Three Authors Featured at the Silver City Public Library
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 26 April 2023 26 April 2023
On Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 3:30pm the Silver City Public Library will host an event featuring three fascinating local authors: Abigail Kipp, Christophe Maso, and Raven Drake. Those interested can join in person at the library or online via Zoom. The Zoom meeting registration link is available at silvercitypubliclibrary.org.
Abigail Kipp released her first book of poetry and prose this year. Of Monsters and Maidens explores themes of lost love, drug abuse, destructive love and obsession, sexual abuse, violence, mental illness, pain, and suicide attempts. Kipp uses crystal-clear, complex imagery to describe bleak scenes of the modern world. Although shattering in concept and execution, this anthology is nonetheless brilliant and relatable on every level.
Christophe Maso’s debut novella, Scream of the Butterfly, is a paranormal/contemporary Southern Gothic tale, described as “disconcerting” by some. Handsome, gifted young James Laurent has a story to tell you.
Hachita Community Center Celebration and Potluck
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 25 April 2023 25 April 2023
Help Hachita celebrate the Continental Divide Trail Hikers and Bikers and their contribution to our community!!
In cooperation with the Continental Divide Trail Coalition’s 25th Anniversary!!
Everyone is Welcome!!
Hachita Community Center
Saturday, May 20, 2023 2:00 p.m.
Potluck - Mexican cuisine!!
Scholarship Recipients to Speak at PFLAG Meeting
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 25 April 2023 25 April 2023
Silver City, NM, April 25, 2023—The May 2 meeting of PFLAG Silver City will feature recent scholarship recipients Zoë Chatterton and Natalee Drissell. The meeting begins at 6:00 PM at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Silver City, 3845 N. Swan. Refreshments will be served, and the public is invited.
Both Chatterton and Drissell are students who recently received the Nancy Kailing Memorial Scholarship at Western New Mexico University. Meeting attendees will learn of the students’ academic plans and how younger people view the advances and challenges of being LGBTQ+ in the US today.
For more information, call 575-590-8797 or email pflagsilvercity@gmail.com. PFLAG is the nation's first and largest organization dedicated to supporting, educating, and advocating for LGBTQ+ people and those who love them.
Gila National Forest to conduct prescribed burn on Slaughter Mesa
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 25 April 2023 25 April 2023
Fire near Quemado Lake will help restore meadow and forest habitats to benefit wildlife
SILVER CITY, NM, April 25, 2023 – The Quemado Ranger District is planning to use prescribed fire to treat approximately 4,650 acres of the Gila National Forest in the Slaughter Mesa area south/southeast of Quemado Lake starting May 4 as fuel and weather conditions allow. The prescribed burn will occur in meadow and ponderosa pine forest habitats, targeting primarily grass and ponderosa pine trees.
In meadow areas, fire will be used to consume grass and small trees, helping to maintain meadow habitats. In forested areas, fire will reduce surface fuels and ladder fuels by burning stumps, logs, and dense pockets of younger trees, helping to restore an uneven-aged forest condition, while reducing ladder fuels that promote stand-replacing wildfire. The disruption of a frequent, low-intensity fire regime has allowed trees to encroach on meadow habitats in the project area, impacting habitat diversity and forage resources for mule deer, elk, and pronghorn.