UPDATED: Difficult Driving Conditions Silver City Area 032624
Roadways around Silver City are reported as clear and drying, removed from NM Roads.
ROAD ADVISORY
Difficult Driving Conditions Silver City Area
The Silver City Patrol reported the roadways with heavy snowfall and could become icy. Please drive with caution, reduce speed, and obey all posted traffic signs. The NMDOT is out plowing and will continue to monitor roadways. This event will be updated as conditions change.
ROAD ADVISORY
Difficult Driving Conditions in Silver City/Black Range Area
NM 152 is reported at snow packed & icy from milepost 15 (San Lorenzo) to milepost 40(Kingston). Please be sure to drive with caution, reduce speed, and follow all posted traffic signs. The NMDOT is out plowing and will continue to monitor. This event will be updated as conditions change.
District Attorney Renteria and the Drug Trafficker
- Category: Front Page News Front Page News
- Published: 25 March 2024 25 March 2024
Frost McGahey, Investigative Journalist
On March 20, 2020, Paul Collins was speeding down Hwy. 180 when he was stopped by a Silver City Police Officer. He had been doing 90, but when the officer caught up to him, he was doing 42 in a 35-mph zone. During the stop, the officer found methamphetamine. Collins also had no insurance and no registration and was also charged with DWI.
Collins had been under surveillance for a month by a drug task force agent. The agent had been driving to Collins's home to investigate drug activity when he spotted Collins leaving and turned around to follow him to Hwy 180. As Collins was driving so fast, the agent couldn't keep up with him as he was in an unmarked car. He called Silver City Police to warn them that Collins was driving recklessly.
World War II veteran celebrates his 98th birthday
- Category: Front Page News Front Page News
- Published: 24 March 2024 24 March 2024
By Mary Alice Murphy
[Editor's Note: Although this author didn't get to interview him on his birthday, she interviewed him a few days later. The veteran's son, Allan, called from Tennessee to let the Beat know about his father turning 98. He got the phone number from the Silver City clerk. Thank you, Alfred Sedillo.]
William Glenn Von Hoff is a recent resident of Silver City who celebrated his birthday on March 19.
High Wind Warning- 2 for 032424
Eastern Black Range Foothills-Sierra County Lakes-Northern Dona
Ana County-West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet-
Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet-East Slopes Sacramento
Mountains Below 7500 Feet-Otero Mesa-Southern Gila Region
Highlands/Black Range-West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands-
Eastern/Central El Paso County-Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco
Mountains-Salt Basin-Southern Hudspeth Highlands-
Including the cities of Mountain Park, Dell City, Sierra Blanca,
High Wind Warning 032424
Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin-Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla
Valley-East Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo-Southeast Tularosa
Basin-Western El Paso County-Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El
Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties-Rio Grande Valley of Eastern
Hudspeth County-
Including the cities of Deming, Fabens, Las Cruces, Holloman AFB,
Sunland Park, Alamogordo, Vado, Downtown El Paso, Tornillo, West
El Paso, Indian Hot Springs, Fort Hancock, Tularosa, Columbus,
Orogrande, and Upper Valley
139 PM MDT Fri Mar 22 2024
High Wind Watch 032424
Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin-Eastern Black Range Foothills-
Sierra County Lakes-Northern Dona Ana County-Southern Dona Ana
County/Mesilla Valley-West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below
7500 Feet-Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet-East Slopes
Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet-Otero Mesa-Southern Gila
Region Highlands/Black Range-West Central Tularosa Basin/White
Sands-East Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo-Southeast Tularosa
Basin-Western El Paso County-Eastern/Central El Paso County-