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DATE CHANGE for Hurley special meeting, NOW Sept. 30,2020

September 24, 2020 Legal Notices
*REVISED**DATE CHANGE*TOWN OF HURLEYSPECIAL MEETINGWednesday, September 30, 20205:00 P.M. The Council of the Town of Hurley will hold a remote Special Meeting on Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. for items listed: Presentation and Discussion of Proposal for Police Department. This meeting will be held remotely via Zoom and in compliance with the NM Open Meetings Act. The public may…
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[Editor's Note: This is part 2 of the Commission work session on Sept. 15, 2020.]

By Mary Alice Murphy

The next presentation at the Grant County Commission work session on Sept. 15, 2020 addressed an update from the New Mexico Department of Health, with presenters Salina Torres, DOH PhD epidemiologist with a master's degree in public health, and Ken Sexton, PhD with also a master's of science in public health, and Renee Depres, PhD and MPH, who work with the Grant County public health office.

Torres said her brief update would address Grant County and the southwest region.

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By Hallie Richwine

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham opened the September 17 press conference by introducing James Kenney, Secretary of the New Mexico Environment Department, and Pam Coleman, the New Mexico State Personnel Office Director.

Grisham presented the updated COVID-19 case information. "Meeting the gating criteria shows we are managing prudently in a COVID world," she said.

"If you're symptomatic and you don't think it is the flu, get tested. If you think you were in contact with someone, get tested," Grisham said. She said she wants to remain aggressive in the State's testing.

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Five additional COVID-19 deaths

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Friday announced 154 additional COVID-19 cases. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are:
30 new cases in Bernalillo County
13 new cases in Chaves County
1 new case in Colfax County
7 new cases in Curry County
17 new cases in Doña Ana County
15 new cases in Eddy County
9 new cases in Grant County
1 new case in Guadalupe County
17 new cases in Lea County
2 new cases in Los Alamos County
7 new cases in Luna County
2 new cases in McKinley County
2 new cases in Otero County
1 new case in Quay County
1 new case in Rio Arriba County
5 new cases in Roosevelt County
3 new cases in Sandoval County
2 new cases in San Juan County
2 new cases in San Miguel County
7 new cases in Santa Fe County
1 new case in Sierra County
1 new case in Taos County
7 new cases in Valencia County
1 new case among New Mexico Corrections Department inmates at the Central New Mexico Correctional Facility in Valencia County

The Department of Health on Friday reported five additional deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19:

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Four additional COVID-19 deaths

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials on Thursday announced 159 additional COVID-19 cases. Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are:
38 new cases in Bernalillo County
17 new cases in Chaves County
3 new cases in Cibola County
1 new case in Colfax County
1 new case in Curry County
21 new cases in Doña Ana County
10 new cases in Eddy County
1 new case in Grant County
1 new case in Hidalgo County
15 new cases in Lea County
1 new case in Lincoln County
11 new cases in Luna County
5 new cases in McKinley County
2 new cases in Otero County
1 new case in Quay County
3 new cases in Rio Arriba County
6 new cases in Roosevelt County
8 new cases in Sandoval County
2 new cases in San Juan County
10 new cases in Santa Fe County
1 new case in Sierra County
1 new case in Valencia County

The Department of Health on Thursday reported four additional deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19:

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LEGAL NOTICE
RECESS OF REGULAR MEETING – September 17, 2020
The Grant County Board of Commissioners entered into a RECESS of the Regular Meeting on Thursday, September 17, 2020, due to disruption in the livestream access to the meeting. The RECESS will end and the commission will reconvene in the Regular Meeting Today, Thursday, September 17, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. The meeting will take place in the Commission Meeting Room at the Grant County Administration Center located at 1400 Highway 180 East, Silver City, NM 88061. The agenda for this meeting may be obtained from the County Manager's Office or viewed online at www.grantcountynm.gov. Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Emergency declared by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and the limits on the number of persons gathering, except for essential functions, the meeting will be closed to the public. It can be viewed live on the County's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/GrantCountyNM/ or later as a recording on the County's website at www.grantcountynm.gov.

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[Editor's Note: This will be the first of several articles about the Grant County Commission work session on Sept. 15, 2020 and later in the series the regular meeting on Sept. 17, 2020. This meeting was fraught with YouTube stoppages, so it may take a while to get all the information.]

By Mary Alice Murphy

Gila National Forest Silver City Ranger District's Beth Ihle gave the first presentation at the Grant County Commission work session on Sept. 15, 2020. She gave two handouts to the commissioners addressing a collaboration between the Forest Service and the Natural Resource Conservation Services for the Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Project.

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