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Freeport-McMoRan awards Community Investment Fund projects 120419
Photos and article by Mary Alice Murphy
Freeport-McMoRan holds awards ceremony for CIF grant recipients 120419
Freeport-McMoRan holds awards ceremony for CIF grant recipients 120419
J.D. Rogers, center, received an employee award for his work giving tours of Tyrone to students. Tyrone Mine General Manager Erich Bower is at left, and Community Development Manager Laura Phelps is at right.
Freeport-McMoRan holds awards ceremony for CIF grant recipients 120419
Sandy Martin received an employee award from Chino General Manager Chad Fretz for "never dropping the ball."
Freeport-McMoRan holds awards ceremony for CIF grant recipients 120419
Bower, at left, and Phelps at right awarded Silver City Town Manager Alex Brown and Grant County Manager Charlene Webb with the Community Partner Awards.
Freeport-McMoRan holds awards ceremony for CIF grant recipients 120419
Angie Harmon, Freeport Regional Manager of Community Development for North America talked about the Freeport Foundation and the importance of the Community Investment Fund, which awarded the grants.
Freeport-McMoRan holds awards ceremony for CIF grant recipients 120419
Big Brothers, Big Sisters Regional Director Beth Hoffman explains what the organization does
Freeport-McMoRan holds awards ceremony for CIF grant recipients 120419
Cobre Schools Associate Superintendent Jose Carrillo accepts the award along with Felicia Abeyta of STEAMing Ahead
Freeport-McMoRan holds awards ceremony for CIF grant recipients 120419
Terry Anderson accepts an award for the Community Partnership for Children
Freeport-McMoRan holds awards ceremony for CIF grant recipients 120419
Webb talks about the award for the Stepping Up Program
Freeport-McMoRan holds awards ceremony for CIF grant recipients 120419
Stephen Lindsey and Gabe Farley accept an award for The Foundry, a makerspace in Silver City
Freeport-McMoRan holds awards ceremony for CIF grant recipients 120419
NMSU professor Jean Herzmann and Grant County Extension Agent Judy O'Loughlin accept the grant for hospitality and tourism training.
Freeport-McMoRan holds awards ceremony for CIF grant recipients 120419
George Mulholland, Joyce Barela and Rachel Boren accept am award for the Lions Crane Reading program at Cobre Schools
Freeport-McMoRan holds awards ceremony for CIF grant recipients 120419
Charmeine Wait talks about the award for the Silver City MainStreet Plaza
Freeport-McMoRan holds awards ceremony for CIF grant recipients 120419
Silver Schools Associate Superintendent Curtis Clough said the award will go toward and career and technology training to build up the area workforce
Freeport-McMoRan holds awards ceremony for CIF grant recipients 120419
Santa Clara Mayor Richard Bauch and Clerk Sheila Hudman accept an award to enhance the Splash Pad and to provide exercise equipment at the Senior Center.
Freeport-McMoRan holds awards ceremony for CIF grant recipients 120419
Kristen Warnack and Maria Casler talk about Virus Theater and how the award will help with programming for kids.
Freeport-McMoRan holds awards ceremony for CIF grant recipients 120419
Tanya Rivers, Scott Smith and Professor Manuel Bustamante will use the award to provide family math learning nights at schools
Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc., on Dec. 4, 2019, through its Community Investment Fund, awarded 12 grants totaling $450,000 to several groups for their projects.
Laura Phelps, strategic community development manager, emceed the event. She introduced Chad Fretz, Chino Mine general manager.
NM 152 Closed through Black Range
CLOSURE NM 152 BLACK RANGE
NM 152 at mile post 15 (San Lorenzo) to mile post 40 (Kingston) due to heavy snow fall, roadway is snow packed. Crews will plow roadway when weather breaks. This event will be updated as conditions change.
Small semi rolls near Hurley
By Roger Lanse
About 9:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 23, 2019, a small semi with trailer transporting some form of medical equipment or waste overturned on Highway 180 near the Grant County Airport Road. The vehicle and trailer, from Estrategy, Inc. in Albuquerque, according to Lt. Delvin Castillo of the Grant County Sheriff’s Office, flipped and landed on the east shoulder of the roadway. The company performs medical waste collecting, treatment, and disposal, according to their website. Cause of the accident was speed and inattention, Castillo stated.
The driver, Israel Rodriguez-Venegas, 25, of Albuquerque, was shaken but sustained only minor injuries. Originally, Native Air was placed on standby but was not needed.
Winter Weather Advisory 122619 -122719
Southern Gila Highlands/Black Range-
Including the cities of Silver City, Lake Roberts, Kingston,
and Fort Bayard
327 PM MST Thu Dec 26 2019
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
11 PM MST FRIDAY...
The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has
issued a Winter Weather Advisory for snow, which is in effect
from 11 PM this evening to 11 PM MST Friday.
American Legion Post 18 hosts Veterans Townhall with NM Department of Veterans Services 120519
By Mary Alice Murphy
The evening of December 5, 2019, New Mexico Department of Veterans Services Cabinet Secretary Judy Griego, who has been in the position since January, visited the American Legion Post 18 Hall for a veterans' town hall.
"I took a good look at the department," Griego said. "In spite of the 60-day session, within three months I found that first, we weren't doing enough for veterans. Second, I discovered we have a dedicated staff, most of whom are veterans themselves. They're doing it to make a difference for veterans. And third, the size of the department is small. We have 59 people to cover 33 counties. We have personnel to cover public relations, support staff and auditors. We have only 17 veteran service officers throughout the state to work with the 157,000 veterans we have in New Mexico. My funding comes from the Legislature, and I have to show them where I spend it. Fifty-nine people does not do justice for our veterans. I want to hear some recommendations from you."
Silver City-Grant County Chamber of Commerce hears Dow at lunch meeting 120519
By Mary Alice Murphy
"I am keenly aware of how government regulations impact businesses with the processes they have to go through," New Mexico District 38 Rep. Rebecca Dow told Silver City-Grant County Chamber of Commerce members and guests at the monthly luncheon on Dec. 5, 2019.
Dow said when legislators pass policy, businesses are not always made aware of the costs. "There is a major divide between rural and urban businesses. I am starting a rural caucus in the House to address rural issues. I can tell you that the House Education Bill that passed last session, I am one of eight on the committee, created items that benefit Albuquerque schools, but negatively impact rural schools."
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