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By Frost McGahey
Investigative Journalist
Silver City Daily Press Photo -Silver City Police Chief Freddie Portillo, left, shakes hands with Code Enforcement Officer Thomas Hernandez at June 12, Town Council Meeting.At the Silver City Town Council meeting on June 24, 2025, animal control officers and code enforcement officers recognized Police Chief Freddie Portillo. He was presented with a letter of appreciation and a plaque. However, only two police officers showed.
The recognition came eleven days after the Grant County Beat filed an Inspection of Public Records Act (IPRA) to obtain a copy of the Vote of No Confidence filed by the Police Union in 2024 against Chief Portillo. The IPRA request was denied by the city.
The setting for the ceremony was ironic as police officers are forbidden to go directly to the Town Council members if they have a problem with Portillo. They have to go to him first, then Alex Brown, the town manager. From the praise the Council members heaped on Portillo, they probably don’t realize that the Chief’ might have created a Potemkin Village.
[Editor's Note: This is progress on getting the blotters back. An employee will soon get training on how to pull and print more information . Thanks for your patience.]
Sunday, July 13
Welfare check – E. 12th Street
Unattended death – Tracy Circle
Suspicious vehicle – Cantada Creek
Welfare check – W. 13th Street
Suspicious person – W. Broadway
Overdose – N. Christian Flury Drive
Suspicious activity – W. Montana Street
Domestic disturbance – Ranch Club Road
Criminal trespass warning – N. Rosedale Road
Welfare check – E. 20th Street
Monday, July 14
FLOODING – Deming/Columbus Area
Difficult Driving Conditions, NM 9 eastbound and westbound at mile marker 93, 4 miles east of Columbus. Standing water on roadway. Use extreme caution.
When the roadway is flooded do not cross and seek an alternate route. Turn around, don’t drown.
Abundant moisture across the region will combine with a weak upper level storm system and rain from last night has saturated the ground, all of this will give us an enhanced risk of flash flooding today through early Wednesday morning. Any thunderstorms that develop today and tonight will be very efficient rain makers. Isolated rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches of rain will be possible which will lead to flash flooding.
Upper Gila River Valley-Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley-Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin-Eastern Black Range Foothills-Sierra County Lakes-Northern Dona Ana County-Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley-West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below
[Editor's Note: You can also read this on https://grantcountynm.gov/218/Elections and can call the Grant County Clerk’s Office at 575-574-0042.]
Check your voter registration by visiting NMVote.org or by calling the Grant County Clerk’s Office 575-574-0042
Important Upcoming Dates:
August 6
The Office of the Secretary of State will issue the proclamation for the 2025 Regular Local Election
Photos by Mary Alice Murphy
This author and photographer covered on July 18 and 19 a couple of demonstrations, a book presentation and part of the exhibits of the Southwest Archaeological Field School, in addition to the CLAY Market (which will be in a separate photo essay).
Light Art Space has demonstrations of pottery painting by Ana Estrillo Friday and Saturday, along with a juried ceramics show, called Perception, juried by Bianka Graves.
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