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Published: 21 June 2022 21 June 2022

Photos by Lynn Janes

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HMS (Hidalgo Medical Services) hosted its annual jump into summer event June 18. They had a number of events for the kids, including a bouncy house, water slides, Velcro wall , food, games, and the Army National Guard had a very popular climbing wall. Sponsors included WNMU (Western New Mexico University), Freeport McMoRan and Crest Insurance Group. The Blue Cross Blue Shield van offered free vision screening.

Renegade 2022 rodeo tour

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Published: 21 June 2022 21 June 2022

Photos by Lynn Janes

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Renegade Rodeo 2022

The annual rodeo in Grant County took place June 10 and 11. First New Mexico Bank sponsored the rodeo this year. A riderless horse was led around the arena in honor of John Meyers who passed away this year. Meyers is credited with keeping the rodeo going for so many years in Silver City.

Results in PDF below:

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Man arrested on felonious firearm charge

Category: Front Page News Front Page News
Published: 21 June 2022 21 June 2022

By Roger Lanse

On Monday, June 13, 2022, at about 10:58 a.m. a Bayard Police Department officer received a report from the Bayard Animal Control Officer of a domestic disturbance occurring on Coffey and Pearl streets.

The ACO told the officer that while he was chasing a white pitbull, the dog entered the streets of Coffey and Diamond, and he noticed the suspect yelling at a female and saying, "Your (sic) going to call the f*****g police?" The report stated the ACO advised that the suspect then jumped on the hood of the vehicle. The ACO further stated when the vehicle stopped at the corner of Coffey and Pearl streets, the suspect got off the vehicle and punched the driver side window.

According to a BPD incident report, when the officer arrived on scene, he observed Andres Vigil, 30, of Bayard, who the officer knew from past criminal cases, run inside an apartment. As the officer approached the apartment, a witness stated her daughter and the boyfriend were arguing and the daughter drove away in a silver vehicle. At this time, the daughter in the silver vehicle returned and parked by the officer's unit.

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Corrected: Bayard Officer Jesse Lopez receives commendation

Category: Front Page News Front Page News
Published: 21 June 2022 21 June 2022

By Lynn Janes

Before the meeting started a brief work session took place to address items on the agenda. Mayor Chon Fierro called the session to order. Also, in attendance were Mayor Pro Tem Raul Villanueva and councilors Eloy Medina, Jose Diaz and Frances Gonzales.

Kristina Ortiz, city clerk, started the discussion with the document of the minutes provided to the council from the last meeting. She explained they had used software to transcribe the whole meeting, but it does not come out correctly and had to be fixed to be readable. She said she had spent most of the previous Friday on it and part of Monday. The other girls in the office had worked on it also and it still needs worked on. The version the council received is a draft version.

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Flood watch today through Wed morn 062222

Category: Weather Weather
Published: 21 June 2022 21 June 2022

flood watch today through wed morn 062222Upper Gila River Valley-Southwest Desert/Lower Gila River Valley-
Including the cities of Lordsburg, Gila Hot Springs, Buckhorn, Red
Rock, Mule Creek, Virden, and Cliff
1153 AM MDT Tue Jun 21 2022

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall.

* WHERE...A portion of southwest New Mexico, including Grant and
northern Hidalgo Counties.

* WHEN...Through 6 AM Wednesday morning.

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USFS Ends All Black Fire Evacuation Orders and Preparedness Plans

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Published: 21 June 2022 21 June 2022

USFS ENDS ALL BLACK FIRE EVACUATION ORDERS & PREPAREDNESS PLANS

On Monday June 20, 2022 the U.S. Forest Service and the Black Fire Management Team announced the lifting of all existing evacuation orders and evacuation plans in Grant, Catron & Sierra Counties around the Black Fire Zone. Please read the actual USFS release below:

"Due to recent rainfall and improvement in fire conditions, the immediate threat to communities surrounding the Black Fire has been reduced.  Based on a recommendation from the Incident Management Team, all evacuations and evacuation preparedness levels have been lifted for communities in Catron, Grant and Sierra counties around the Black Fire area, effective 1:00 PM on Monday, June 20th.   The real-time, interactive evacuation map ([Black%20Fire%20Evacuation%20Map%20Link]Black Fire Evacuation Map Link) has been revised to reflect this change; this link will be kept up to date through June 26.

 The Gila National Forest closure remains in effect on National Forest lands around the Black Fire area, additional information is available at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/gila/alerts-notices/?aid=73435 

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