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SILVER CITY – The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) needs your input on the U.S. 180 Corridor Safety Scoping Project to better understand local concerns and identify safety priorities within the corridor.
The Safety Scoping Project examines safety issues affecting motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians, as well as potential solutions to improve traffic operations and reduce hazards along U.S. 180 between milepost 111 west of Silver City and milepost 123 in Bayard.
During the open house held December 10, 2025, NMDOT shared findings from its review of existing roadway and intersection conditions, identified potential safety concerns, and discussed recommended improvements. The meeting also provided an opportunity for the public to ask questions, share concerns, and submit comments.
By Roger Lanse
The Grant County Regional Dispatch Authority advised on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, at about 4 p.m. at a 40th Street address, that a 13-year-old girl had reportedly been bitten by a neighbor's pit bull and was bleeding. According to an expanded Silver City Police Department blotter, an officer contacted the caller who stated she was going to take her daughter to Gila Regional Medical Center but would wait for the officer at the scene.
The officer attempted to contact the neighbor, but the caller advised the neighbor had left. The officer did make contact with a very aggressive white dog but had negative contact with the dog's owner.
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 February 2, 2026, to shareholders of record as of January 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.
Silver City, NM – Sixth Judicial District Attorney Norman R. Wheeler announced today that a Silver City jury has found Ruben J. Chavarria, Jr. (68) guilty of multiple charges involving the sexual abuse of a child under the age of 13.
Chavarria was convicted of four counts of Criminal Sexual Penetration in the First Degree (child under 13) and one count of Criminal Sexual Contact of a Minor under 13 in the Second Degree.
Photos by Mary Alice Murphy
The Annual Artisan HolidayMarket took place on Saturday, Dec. 6 and Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025 at the Grant County Veterans Memorial Business and Conference Center. The creative spirit in Grant County thrives with a vast variety of creative works by residents. The market included everything from jewelry to paintings to ceramics, along with photography, several fabric artisans, weavers, wood workers and carvers, leather items and so much more. To add to it a lot of different baked goods, with cakes, cookies, lunch items—always delicious—was right up front where everyone could choose the goodies they wanted to eat or take home.
By Lynn Janes
The town of Bayard held a regular meeting November 19, 2025. Attendance included Mayor John L. Ojinaga, councilors, Frances Gonzales, Eloy Gonzales and Gilbert Ortiz. Martha Salas, city clerk, also attended. Mayor Pro Tem Eloy Medina didn't attend.
The town of Bayard made a proclamation for the Cobre volleyball team making it Cobre High Volleyball Week. Ojinaga congratulated them and said they had done a great thing for Grant County and Bayard. "You guys are putting us on the map." He read the proclamation to the students. The girls volleyball team had worked hard, and it resulted in a 3A state championship.
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