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.
United Fund 2023/2024 Community Impact Fund Application Now Available
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 12 April 2023 12 April 2023
This funding opportunity is for nonprofit 501(c)3 organizations who provide services related to Basic Needs, Education, and Financial Stability and who serve Dona Ana, Grant, and Luna Counties.
For more information on the application process and qualifications, please visit www.uwswnm.org/CIF2023
DEADLINE for Submission: Thursday, May 11 by 5:00PM MST
For questions or technical assistance, please call our office at 575-524-7561 or email Amanda Morales at impact@uwswnm.org.
PUBLIC NOTICE ANALYSIS OF BROWNFIELD CLEANUP ALTERNATIVES
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 12 April 2023 12 April 2023
PUBLIC NOTICE
ANALYSIS OF BROWNFIELD CLEANUP ALTERNATIVES
Location: Former Chino Mine Company Building, 1 Carrasco Avenue, Hurley, New Mexico 88043
Proposed Activities: Evaluate cleanup options for asbestos, lead-based paint, polychlorinated biphenyls, and mold.
Comment Deadline: MAY 15, 2023
For More Info or to Submit Comments:
Ground Water Quality Bureau – Brownfields Program
Attention: Savannah Richards
PO Box 5469, Santa Fe, NM 87502
https://www.env.nm.gov/public-notices/
savannah.richards@env.nm.gov
(505) 670-2221
In-Person Car Seat Inspection: Deming, NM
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 11 April 2023 11 April 2023
DEMING – The New Mexico Department of Transportation Traffic Safety Division (NMDOT TSD) and Safer New Mexico Now will host an in-person event.
Car Seat Fitting Station from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, April 15, 2023, at the Sisbarro of Deming, 4210 New Mexico Hwy 549.
This free educational event provides parents and caregivers instruction on the proper selection, installation, and use of their car seats from nationally certified child passenger safety technicians.
Technicians will spend approximately 30 minutes per seat educating parents on the proper selection, installation, and use of their car and booster seats. Parents and caregivers will also learn important information regarding common errors in car seat safety and be able to ask questions. If a technician determines a car seat to be recalled, expired, or otherwise unsafe, replacement seats will be available. Car Seat replacement fee of $25 may apply.
Silver City Public Library and Southwest New Mexico Seed Library April Craft
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 11 April 2023 11 April 2023
The Silver City Public Library in conjunction with the Southwest New Mexico Seed Library, are excited to announce our April craft on Friday, April 28 from 3:30 to 4:30 in the afternoon. Children will have the opportunity to paint a pot and plant seeds to take home with them thanks to the SWNM Seed Library. This activity is geared towards ages 6 to 12. All materials will be provided, so come enjoy an afternoon painting and planting with us! Together we’ll also learn a little more about the benefits of saving and using native seeds.
Itching to start planting your flowers and garden? At the Silver City Public Library, we have a display from the SWNM Seed Library that houses additional seeds and information on care and growing techniques specific to our climate free of charge. We also house a great selection of books and materials on plants and gardening techniques for any age and reading level.
For more information on what we offer and additional programs, contact us by phone at (575) 538-3672, or stop by anytime during business hours. You can also check out our online resources on nearly any subject on our website: https://silvercitypubliclibrary.org/.
Standing Women at 1pm on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 14, 2023
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 11 April 2023 11 April 2023
To participate please join us at Whitewater Mesa Labyrinths, Glenwood, NM 88039
The women of Ohio call upon the women of the world to stand with them in support of a better world for all children and the seven generations beyond them. Last May hundreds of thousands of women and those whom they love, on all continents of the world, stood together in parks, on beaches, in churches, at graduation ceremonies, in their backyards and at school yards or any place they could find to stand in a global wave of humanity. “We dream of a world where all children have safe drinking water, clean air to breathe, and enough food to eat. A world where they have access to a basic education to develop their minds and healthcare to nurture their growing bodies. A world where they have a warm, safe and loving place to call home. A world where they don't live in fear of violence - in their home, in their neighborhood, in their school or in their world. This is the world of which we dream. This is the cause for which we stand.”
Gila National Forest hosts ponderosa pine regeneration presentations
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 11 April 2023 11 April 2023
Public invited to join lunch and learn presentations from PhD student Kevin Willson
SILVER CITY, NM, April 11, 2023 – The Gila National Forest will host two “lunch and learn” events April 18 and 19, featuring Kevin Willson, who will discuss his research into ponderosa pine regeneration following high-severity fire. His study examines how wind, slope, and residual live trees affect recovery of ponderosa pine stands in fire scars.
Kevin Willson is a PhD student in the Hurteau Earth Systems Ecology Lab at the University of New Mexico. He is studying the effects of fire in ponderosa pine ecosystems. His research examines large, high severity burn patches on the Gila National Forest to explore how different factors influence ponderosa pine regeneration. He sampled multiple high severity burn patches in the Bonner, Divide, Glass, Shelly, and Torres fire footprints to better understand how prevailing wind direction, slope, and relative position of lives trees influence the density of forest regeneration.
Gila National Forest, Silver City Ranger District continues Pinos Altos prescribed burn
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 10 April 2023 10 April 2023
Introduction of low-severity fire removes ladder fuels to reduce risk of high-severity fire
SILVER CITY, NM, April 10, 2023 – The Silver City Ranger is planning to continue ignitions on the Pinos Altos Prescribed Fire project that began last week. Tomorrow, one day of ignition is planned on 12 acres of National Forest System lands in the Bear Creek drainage north of Pinos Altos, New Mexico.
The project area is adjacent to the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail and trail guards will monitor trail traffic, allowing hikers through when conditions are safe. The trail remains open; however, visitors can expect short delays to accommodate firing activities. The Bear Creek Road will be temporarily closed at the forest boundary and the Continental Divide Trail parking area on Bear Creek Road will also be closed to allow firefighters access and to protect public safety.
“Fuel conditions are conducive to meeting fire-use objectives and fire managers will continue to monitor weather closely to ensure it meets the parameters of the burn plan,” said Silver City District Ranger Elizabeth Toney.
Silver City Police Department blotter – Apr. 7 through Apr. 9, 2023
- Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
- Published: 10 April 2023 10 April 2023
Friday, Apr. 7
Graffiti
2334 Ranch Club Road
One of the cargo containers has been tagged. Officer had contact with caller/set up frequent patrol for next two weeks.
Welfare check
Shoe Dept
Check on a named male who was beat up last night/caller thinks he has a concussion. Officer advised out with a male fitting the description in front of MVD/he is advising he is okay and doesn’t want medical attention.