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By Mary Alice Murphy
[Editor's Note: this author requests receipt of any errors in this explanation through email to
Grant County District 3 Commissioner Nancy Stephens also serves in the position of chair of the Southwest Solid Waste Authority.
So, the Beat asked her some questions. The first involved a term that kept getting used in the commission meeting on aug. 27, 2026.
What is a "tipping fee?' It is a fee assessed when a person delivers garbage to the landfill, usually by the weight of the refuse taken to the landfill.
ROAD ADVISORY
FLOODING – Mimbres/Lake Roberts Area
NM 35 from milepost 27 to 5, Mimbres, has water running over the roadway at low water crossings, roadway is still passable. NMDOT is currently monitoring and will notify as conditions change.
When the roadway is flooded do not cross and seek an alternate route. Turn around, don't drown.
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
242 PM MDT Fri Aug 28 2026
The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northeastern Grant County in southwestern New Mexico...
* Until 445 PM MDT.
* At 242 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
By Lynn Janes
The town of Hurley had a regular meeting August 11, 2026. Reynaldo Maynes, Aron Phillips, Ester Gil, and Jason Cox attended. Robert Candelaria did not attend.
Public input
Archi Padilla came to ask the council to pass the TNR (trap neuter release) resolution on the agenda. A lot of work had been put into it, and she thanked them for their support.
Arlene Lucero wanted to thank them for the TNR resolution, and she hoped it passed. Hurley will be the first in the county to enact this worthwhile compassionate resolution.
By Lynn Janes
The Silver City Town Council held a regular meeting July 28, 2026. Attendance to the meeting included Mayor Simon Wheaton-Smith, Nicholas Prince (phone), Stan Snider, Victor Nanez and Angela Salaiz.
The council approved the agenda with some changes. Wheaton-Smith wanted to change an approval disapproval item to a discussion item. It had to do with the MOU (memorandum of understanding) with the museum. The finance depart would not be in attendance so they could not provide a report so it would be removed from the agenda.
Madeline Daly
Silver City, NM –District Attorney Norman R. Wheeler announced that on August 24, 2026, 36-year-old Madeline Veronique Daly pled guilty to First-Degree Murder. The charges stem from the shooting death of her 11-month-old son.
Deputy District Attorney Jennifer Vega represented the State during the hearing.
Presiding Judge Tom F. Stewart reviewed and accepted the terms of the plea agreement. Judge Stewart granted a separate sentencing hearing, stating he wanted additional time to review the case. As a result of the plea agreement, Daly is facing a life sentence to be served in the New Mexico Department of Corrections, the maximum penalty for First Degree Murder in the State of New Mexico.
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