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Photos by Lynn Janes
Article by Mary Alice Murphy
Romeo CruzSilver City-Grant County Chamber of Commerce Director Romeo Cruz at the August monthly luncheon on Aug. 8, 2024, introduced Grant County Prospectors President Carlos Lucero.
Carlos Lucero"Thank you so much for being here to support our lieutenant governor, Howie Morales, today," Lucero said "I just want to talk to everybody a little bit about the Prospectors. The Prospectors is a community organization that advocates for the needs of Grant County. We do that by hosting our legislative forum, usually in November, where presenters have the opportunity to speak to our legislators one-on-one, and then we provide the legislators information when it gets up to the Roundhouse, so they can know exactly what our community needs. And then we also host a Grant County Day each year in Santa Fe to have the opportunity for everybody in Grant County to attend and see what does happen up there at our legislature. So thank you all for being here. We really appreciate it. Our officers for the Grant County Prospectors this year is myself as the president, Romeo and Bart Roselli, our first and second vice presidents, and then our treasurer is Vladimir Gnilozubov, and our secretary is Misty Pugmire."
Upper Gila River Valley-Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley-
Southwest Desert/Lower Gila River Valley-Lowlands of the Bootheel-
Uplands of the Bootheel-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-
Central Grant County/Silver City Area-
Southern Gila Region Highlands/Black Range-
Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet-East Slopes Sacramento
Mountains Below 7500 Feet-Southern Gila Region Highlands/Black
Range-
Including the cities of Sacramento, Kingston, Apache Summit, Lake
Roberts, Pinon, Cloudcroft, Sunspot, and Mayhill
354 AM MST Sat Jan 4 2025
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 2 AM MST SUNDAY...
By Lynn Janes
On January 2, 2025, Western New Mexico University faculty senate held a virtual meeting. Dr. Phil Schoenberg called the meeting to order, and the agenda was approved. All senators attended.
Schoenberg had a few comments to make before the special meeting started. He welcomed all senators, WNMU staff and guests. He thanked everyone for their interest in the proceeding. For people not familiar with what role the faculty senate has, Schoenberg explained. He read the powers of the senate out of the faculty handbook.
The powers of the faculty senate have been delegated as the general assembly and approved by the board of regents. It also would be the ones implied by its existence as a university to preserve, augment, criticize, transmit knowledge and to foster creative capacities. The senate can unilaterally initiate investigations and discussion of items in its domain. Schoenberg said: "That is what we will be doing today."
CRITICAL FIRE DANGER SATURDAY FOR SACRAMENTO AND CAPITAN MOUNTAINS MAINLY BELOW 7500 FEET AND THE BLACK RANGE... .An upper level storm system will sweep through the region Saturday afternoon into the evening with strengthening surface low pressure across the Texas panhandle. This will lead to windy conditions across the Sacramento and Capitan mountains with 20- foot speeds of 20 to 25 MPH and gusts up to 50 MPH. These winds will combine with minimum RH values ranging from 10 to 20 percent with ERC values within the 75-90th percentile. Thus, low-end critical fire conditions are expected though mainly below 7500 feet where the lowest minimum RH values are expected to occur in the Sacs, but all elevations above 6000 feet in the Gila Region.
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM MST SATURDAY FOR
STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...
By Mary Alice Murphy
[Editor's Note: This article continues the Grant County Commission Aug. 6, 2024 work session and completes the Aug. 8, 2024 regular meeting.]
County Manager Charlene Webb began the review of the Grant County Commissioner Aug. 8, 2024 regular meeting agenda at the work session on Aug. 6, 2024.
Public input took place at the regular meeting. Simon Wheaton Smith spoke, as a private citizen, to the essential air service contract. "My personal recommendation is to go with Advanced Air for a four-year contract, not a two-year contract. I have worked as a pilot, a manager, and as an FAA operations inspector. I have experience in managing air carriers and as an inspector I have certified air carriers. Although I have nothing negative to say about either air carrier, I do have positive things to say about Advanced Air. I've chatted with their pilots and I was very impressed with their knowledge and attitude. If it's not broken, I do not recommend fixing it and that's another reason why I recommend a four-year contract."
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