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Bayard hires new clerk-treasurer
- Category: Front Page News Front Page News
- Published: 22 May 2024 22 May 2024
By Lynn Janes
The town of Bayard held a regular meeting April 22, 2024. Attendance included Mayor John L. Ojinaga, councilors, Frances Gonzales, Eloy Gonzales, and Gilbert Ortiz. Mayor Pro Tem Eloy Medina didn't attend.
The council approved the consent agenda that included meeting minutes, wastewater report and police report. It also included emotional survival for law enforcement training for all officers and weapon system training for two of them.
Hurley passes dog ordinance
- Category: Front Page News Front Page News
- Published: 22 May 2024 22 May 2024
By Lynn Janes
The town of Hurley held a regular meeting May 14, 2024. Attendance to the meeting included Mayor Ed Stevens, councilors Nanette Day, Reynaldo Maynes, Keana Huerta, and James Langley.
Langley wanted to table personnel items on the agenda because he wanted evaluations before he would approve the removal of probation for some new employees. He didn't feel the department heads' recommendation would be enough. The council approved the agenda with the tabling of those items and will address it at the upcoming special meeting.
Public input
Freeport-McMoRan Named One of the Top Community-minded Companies in U.S.
- Category: Front Page News Front Page News
- Published: 22 May 2024 22 May 2024
PHOENIX, AZ, May 22, 2024 – Freeport-McMoRan has again been named one of the 50 most community-minded companies in the United States with its inclusion on The Civic 50 list that recognizes corporate volunteerism and community engagement.
Freeport has made the list 11 times since its inception in 2012. The list is compiled by the Points of Light Foundation, a nonpartisan global nonprofit organization. It recognizes companies with annual U.S. revenues of at least $1 billion that have demonstrated outstanding achievement in investment of resources, stakeholder engagement and volunteerism that is embedded in their policies and demonstrate measurable impacts.
Grant County Commission holds special meeting 042324
- Category: Front Page News Front Page News
- Published: 21 May 2024 21 May 2024
[Editor's Note: This is the first of a series of articles of a long Grant County special meeting on April 23, 2024.]
Photos and article by Mary Alice Murphy
The Grant County Commission declared two proclamations, both at District 3 Commissioner Alicia Edwards's request at its special meeting on April 23, 2024.
She read the first one which proclaimed May 2024 as Mental Health Awareness Month. Commissioners approved the proclamation.
Pedestrian injured in traffic accident
- Category: Front Page News Front Page News
- Published: 21 May 2024 21 May 2024
By Roger Lanse
Silver City Police Department officers were dispatched to Juniper Street and Silver Heights Blvd. on Friday, May 17, 2024, at 8:16 p.m. in reference to a motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian. According to an SCPD incident report, when officers arrived on scene, they observed a female, later identified as Miranda Ybarra, 30, of Silver City, lying on Juniper Street. Ybarra was described by officers as having severe leg injuries and cuts throughout her body.
Officers made contact with the driver, Jeanne Martin, 81, of Silver City. She stated after crossing the intersection of Juniper Street and Silver Heights Blvd, she continued north on Juniper Street and did not see Ybarra crossing Juniper Street and did not have time to stop to avoid a collision.