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- Category: Weather
FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Arroyo and small stream flooding caused by excessive
rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...Northwestern Grant County in southwestern New Mexico...
* WHEN...Until 730 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Rises in small streams and normally dry arroyos.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 532 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. This will cause arroyo and small stream flooding.
- Category: Weather
ROAD ADVISORY
FLOODING –Mimbres Area
Difficult Driving Conditions, NM 61 northbound and southbound at mile marker 21, Sherman. 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.
- Category: Front Page News
September 8, 2026 — Sixth Judicial District Attorney Norman R. Wheeler announced that 35-year-old Navarre Gulick is being held without bond after being charged with Kidnapping, a 1st Degree Felony, Criminal Sexual Penetration (Child under 13), a 1st Degree Felony, Criminal Sexual Contact of a Minor (Child under 13), a 2nd Degree Felony, Criminal Sexual Contact of a Minor (Child under 13), a 3rd Degree Felony, Bribery of a Witness, a 3rd Degree Felony, and Abuse of a Child, a 3rd Degree Felony .
Chief Deputy District Attorney George Zsoka represented the State during the pretrial detention hearing. The Honorable Judge Tom Stewart of the Sixth Judicial District Court presided and granted the State's Motion for Pretrial Detention. Judge Stewart determined that Gulick poses a danger and that there are no conditions that the Court can reasonably impose that will assure the safety of the victim and the community.
- Category: Weather
Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley NM-
Central Grant County/Silver City Area NM-
330 PM MDT Thu Sep 10 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY
THROUGH 400 PM MDT...
At 329 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Cobre, moving south at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
- Category: Front Page News
By Mary Alice Murphy
At the Sept. 8, 2026 Grant County Commission work session, a number of speakers at public input spoke in opposition of a data center in Grant County.
The data center is proposed by Site Layer 1 LLC for a site located in the 30,000-acre Hurt Ranch. The site is about 11 miles from Hachita in the boot heel of New Mexico.
It is proposed to be constructed on private property. A legal notice was issued that indicates the facility would generate its own electricity using 32 natural-gas-fired generations, which are estimated to provide generating capacity of about 300.8 megawatts.
Site Layer 1 LLC is a foreign Limited-Liability company, which filed in New Mexico Feb. 4, 2026 and is listed as active with the New Mexico Corporations Division.
According to this article in Demingnews.com: https://demingnews.com/index.php/2026/09/08/proposed-data-center-near-playas-new-mexico/, a New York based investment firm, Corner, with a Domestic Jurisdiction of Delaware, has connections to Site Layer 1 LLC and also has other operations in Asia and the Middle East.
Concerns presented at the Commission meeting included potential for contamination of the groundwater, as water is generally needed to cool such operations. The groundwater underneath the property comes from the Hachita Basin, which extends into Grant, Hidalgo and Luna counties. Such a data center allegedly could use as much a 6,535 acre-feet of water annually. Other issues raised were air pollution, noise and impacts on wildlife and humans.
It has been reported that Site Layer I LLC plans to submit an air-quality permit application to the NM Environment Department's Air Quality Bureau by Oct. 1, so no final air-quality permit or construction approval has been awarded.
At this point in the project, not enough information on size or number of buildings, proposed engines, number of jobs, potential emissions or environmental impacts or controls can be determined until the proposal is further filled out through its requests for permits and approvals.
- Category: Front Page News
Jesus Antonio Pedregon
Silver City, NM –September 8, 2026, District Attorney Norman R. Wheeler announced today that 30-year-old Jesus Pedregon has been held without bond after being charged with Aggravated Fleeing a Law Enforcement Officer (No injury or great bodily harm) a fourth-degree felony, Possession of Stolen Vehicles or Motor Vehicle, a fourth-degree felony and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, a misdemeanor.
Sixth Judicial Chief Deputy District Attorney Jennifer Vega represented the State during the hearing. The presiding judge was the Honorable Tom F. Stewart of the Sixth Judicial District Court.
August 24, 2026, US Marshal's officers located and identified fugitive Jesus Pedregon at a rest stop on US 180 as the driver of a stolen gold in color Toyota Camry with no license plate.
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