Photos by Mary Alice Murphy

The Clay Festival  featured workshops, demonstrations, various exhibits, and a mural dedication, during its week-long roster of events. It drew artists, visitors and participants from Silver City and beyond.

On its next to last day of events, the Clay Market at the Murray Hotel ballroom, featured many vendors showing their vast variety of items that they create using raw clay from the Earth, utilizing  natural and synthetic colors to create a myriad of shapes and decorative, as well as useful, ceramic items. Galleries around town also featured demonstrations and exhibits. 

(Glenwood, NM, June 26, 2026) — The lightning-caused Sacaton Fire, which was detected Sunday, June 21, in the Gila Wilderness about 4.5 miles west of the Mogollon Baldy Lookout, became more active Wednesday, producing smoke that was visible along U.S. Route 180 between Silver City and Luna.

Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected Friday afternoon and evening, and gusty outflow winds may influence fire behavior. While accompanying precipitation could reduce fire activity, it will not be enough to fully extinguish the fire. The return of hot, dry, windy conditions could also contribute to additional fire growth. While fire activity is expected to fluctuate from day to day, the public should anticipate that smoke will frequently be visible from numerous places along U.S. Route 180. The Sacaton Fire is estimated to be 69 acres.

MARGINALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY... A strong upper-level trough from the Pacific Northwest will bring breezy southwest winds for Gila National Forest and the Southwest New Mexico Deserts on Saturday and Sunday. These winds will range from 15-25 mph with the strongest winds on Sunday. Combined with Min RH values in the mid- to- upper teens, gusts up to 40 mph, and insufficient fuel recovery from isolated showers and thunderstorms this weekend, these winds will raise fire weather conditions to near critical.

Southwest Mountains/Gila NF/Apache NF/GLZ-
Southwest Deserts and Lowlands/Las Cruces BLM/GLZ-
121 AM MDT Fri Jun 26 2026

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 8 PM MDT
SUNDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVELY HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWEST
NEW MEXICO AND THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST...

Deming, NM (June 17–18, 2026) – Grant County 4-H members made an impressive showing at the 2026 District 4-H Contest held in Deming, New Mexico, bringing home numerous top honors across a wide variety of events, including archery, rifle, livestock judging, horse events, sewing and more.

Among the many highlights:

 To download a PDF of the release, please visit the following link: Freeport Declares Quarterly Cash Dividends on Common Stock

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Freeport (NYSE: FCX) announced today that its Board of Directors declared cash dividends of $0.15 per share on FCX's common stock payable on August 3, 2026, to shareholders of record as of July 15, 2026. The declaration includes a base dividend of $0.075 per share and variable dividend of $0.075 per share in accordance with FCX's performance-based payout framework. The payment of dividends is at the discretion of the Board, which will consider FCX's financial results, cash requirements, global economic conditions and other factors it deems relevant.

Bill Harrison at his 104th birthday party

James William Harrison, better known as Bill, is a Navy veteran of World War II. Born on June 22, 1922, he celebrated his 104th birthday with an Episcopal service on Sunday, June 21, in the chapel at Fort Bayard Medical Center, where he lives now.