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FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of southwest New Mexico, including the following county, Grant.
* WHEN...Until 600 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Rises in small streams and normally dry arroyos. Dangerous flows over low-water crossings.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 356 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 0.5 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen.
Monday, June 30, 2025 I Sixth Judicial District Attorney Norman R. Wheeler announced today that Rosalie Barela was found guilty by a Silver City jury on charges of Aggravated Assault (Deadly Weapon), a Fourth Degree Felony and Battery-Misdemeanor. Sixth Judicial District Trial Attorney Hector Bejarano was the prosecutor at the hearing in the Grant County District Courthouse, Silver City, New Mexico.
Barela HAD BEEN released under court-imposed conditions of release. The Sentencing hearing was held on June 30, 2025. Barela was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 21 months of supervised probation. The judge was extremely specific under the probation guidelines to address Barela’s violent behavior. “The fact that you were brandishing a firearm is considered a violent offense. As of this sentencing, as a convicted felon, you cannot be near and have access to a firearm.”
On December 10, 2023 a domestic altercation between BARELA and her sister began in her father’s home in Santa Clara, NM. The argument ensued between the two women. A physical altercation started when BARELA grabbed a rifle, pointing it at her sister telling her that she was going to kill her. Both women grappled with the gun, with the sister knocking it out of BARELA’s hands. BARELA then grabbed her sister’s glasses, throwing them and punched her in the face and arm. The sister then ran out of the house away from BARELA.
FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of southwest New Mexico, including the following
county, Grant.
* WHEN...Until 500 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. Some low-water crossings may become impassable.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 305 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen.
As part of its ongoing commitment to serving New Mexico's aging adults statewide, the Non-Metro Area Agency on Aging will hold community listening sessions in Grant and Hidalgo counties July 15-16, 2025.
Resulting from the transition of Hidalgo Medical Services (HMS) senior services to new providers, North Central New Mexico Economic Development District Executive Director Monica Abeita, Non-Metro Area Agency on Aging Director Neil Segotta, and Non-Metro Area Agency on Aging Regional Manager John Prejean will travel to five senior centers in Grant and Hidalgo counties to hear directly from seniors and to provide details on the transition and the continuation of services.
Gila Las Cruces
Type 3 Incident Management Teamm MARCUS CORNWELL – INCIDENT COMMANDER
Notification for Public Health and Safety
Press Release – Monday, June 30, 2025
Gila Las Cruces Type 3 Incident Management Team assumes command of the Trout Fire
Acres: 47,294 Start Date: Thursday, June 12, 2025 Location: 12 miles north of Silver City, NM
Personnel: 411 Containment: 83% Cause: Lightning
Summary: The Trout Fire is now 83% contained at 47,294 acres. The slight increase in reported acreage is the result of more accurate mapping.
BAER team completes Soil Burn Severity map for Trout Fire
Silver City, NM, June 30, 2025 – Forest Service Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) specialists recently completed their field data evaluation to produce the Soil Burn Severity (SBS) map for the Trout Fire, which field verifies unburned/very low, low, moderate, and high SBS categories from satellite imagery. The SBS map estimates approximately 9,996 acres (20%) of the fire is unburned/very low, approximately 28,860 acres (58%) have low soil burn severity, approximately 8,647 acres (17%) sustained a moderate SBS, and approximately 2,069 acres (4%) sustained a high SBS. The SBS map product is an estimate of fire effects to soils, not fire effects to vegetation. SBS characterizes fire effects to the soil surface and below ground. Fire effects to vegetation would include an estimate of vegetation mortality and does not always correlate with degree of soil burn severity.
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