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- Category: Weather
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The Grant County Region is still expecting another round of mountain snow later this afternoon into the evening along with some cold weather behind it.
• 1-3" of snow for most locations over 6000'
• Under an inch as low as 5000' for areas near the Gila
• Snow may be moderate to heavy at times producing snow squall conditions
• Bulk of snow will fall from 5-8PM Gila and 9PM-Midnight for the Sacramento Mtns
• Near Zero Wind Chills Friday and Saturday AM for the mountains
• Teens and 20s Wind Chills for the Lowlands Friday and Saturday AM
- Category: Weather
Highlands/Black Range-
Including the cities of Lake Roberts, Cloudcroft, Kingston,
Sunspot, and Apache Summit
1240 PM MST Thu Jan 8 2026
...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM FRIDAY TO 10 AM MST SATURDAY...
* WHAT...Very cold wind chills around 5 degrees expected.
* WHERE...The Sacramento Mountains above 7500 feet, and the higherelevations of the southern Gila Region, including the Black Range.
* WHEN...From 3 AM Friday to 10 AM MST Saturday.
- Category: Weather
ROAD ADVISORY
Difficult Driving Conditions: Silver City to TorC
NM 152 from milepost 28 to 65 (Hillsboro) is reported as snow-packed and icy. Please drive with caution, reduce speed, and obey all posted traffic signs. The NMDOT is plowing and will continue to monitor roadways. This event will be updated as conditions change.
- Category: Weather
NM 15 is snow packed and icy in spots.
Please drive with caution, reduce speed, and obey all posted traffic signs. The NMDOT will continue to monitor roadway. This event will be updated as conditions change.
- Category: Front Page News
By Frost McGahey
"My back patio opens out towards the ambulance bay on 32nd Street, and my wife and I are so unhappy with all of the ambulance sirens going off night and day, every day. Honestly, it almost seems out of control. We just cannot believe that each and every time an ambulance pulls away from the facility that it is for a true emergency. We need a tiered system for determining when lights and sirens should be used," a complaint from a Silver City resident.
Besides the startling sound and annoyance of an ambulance siren, there are reasons for not using them every time.
Hearing Loss:
Ambulance noise levels in 60 paramedics was studied over 14 years. The setting was the Ambulance Service of Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, MN. Mean siren noise was 102.5 decibels (above OSHA guidelines of 90 decibels). Hearing acuity was lower than expected, and hearing loss was faster than for normal peers.
In another study, 192 EMS providers from Houston, TX were tested. The hours of siren noise exposure correlated with decreased ability to sense mid-frequency and high-frequency sound. The rate of hearing loss was 150% of peers.
- Category: Front Page News
Santa Clara will be constructing a pump track for the village kids
By Lynn Janes
(Writers note: This has been written using the minutes provided by the village clerk.)
The Village of Santa Clara held a regular meeting December 11, 2025. Mayor Arnold Lopez called the meeting to order. Mayor Pro Tem Albert Esparza, trustees, Olga Amador, Peter Erickson and Ralph Trujillo attended.
The council approved the agenda, past meeting minutes and department head reports.
Mayor's report
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