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The Grant County Sheriff's Office arrested Brandon Capshaw on an arrest warrant today, April 4, 2023 at approximately 2:16 P.M. Capshaw was reported as breaking and entering at a residence in Arenas Valley. Earlier this morning a family member contacted the Principal at Jose Barrios Elementary School, reporting to him Capshaw was threatening to hurt the smaller siblings and wanted to alert the school of the threats being made.
The school administration put the school on lockdown-shelter in place for the safety of the students and staff. Capshaw is being charged with; Breaking and Entering, Criminal Damage to Property of a Household Member, Attempt to Commit a Felony, and Trespassing. This is still an ongoing investigation. Sheriff Villanueva stayed in communication with Superintendent Hawkins throughout this incident. As more information becomes available, it will be released.
HIGH WIND WEATHER ADVISORY:
High wind warning in Luna, Hidalgo and Dona Ana Counties, visibility may be low in areas due to blowing dust. High profile vehicles please use caution. The NMDOT will continue monitoring the roadway. This event will be updated as conditions change.
By Roger Lanse
Saturday, Apr. 1, 2023, at about 12:23 p.m., James Lett, 59, of Sunrise Estates in Grant County, was reported missing by his 90-year-old mother. She told Grant County Regional Dispatch Authority dispatchers that her son had gone woodcutting on BLM land between Hanover and Vanadium at 3 p.m. the day before and had not returned. She stated her son had no phone as his was broken and he was waiting for a new one to arrive.
According to a Grant County Sheriff's Office offense report, after making contact with Lett's mother, Lett's name was entered into the National Crime Information Center database.
[Editor’s Note: This portion of the March 23, 2023 GRMC Governing Board meeting addresses the updates and reports.]
By Mary Alice Murphy
The first report after the completion of new business decisions by the Gila Regional Medical Center Governing Board at its monthly meeting on March 23, 2023, came from new Interim Chief Nursing Officer Cynthia Lewis. “My interest is in quality and working in rural communities. I have seen great teamwork at Gila Regional, and the upcoming leaders who will take the leadership roles as they open up. We have great outreach in the New Beginnings program. My position here will be working with the team on better outcomes and working with development opportunities as they arise.”
Chief Financial Officer Patrick Banks presented the next report on the February hospital financial results. “As usual, I am a month behind, so we are at eight months into the fiscal year. Volumes, despite moves up and down, are very consistent with prior months. Remember that February is a 28-day month, which tends to impact the raw numbers. But they show consistent ER (emergency room) and OR (operating room) visits. I’m very pleased to report a $30,000 operating surplus for the month. We’ve celebrated what I call EBIDA (earnings before interest, depreciation and amortization) break even. As I’ve described before, it more or less reflects today’s cash flow. An operating surplus is the bottom line before the benefit of grants. If we have even a marginal operating surplus it means we’re paying for our depreciation and generating enough cash to replace old equipment. It’s only one month, but it’s a trend we’re going to make a financial organization goal of continuing. It wouldn’t be possible without matching our labor usage to our patient volumes.
Red Flag Warning will be in effect during the afternoon and early evening timeframe on Monday and Tuesday... ..An approaching upper level storm system will bring strong winds to the region Monday and Tuesday. Southwest winds will be 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 40 to 50 mph late Monday morning and into the afternoon then expect west winds of 25 to 40 mph with gusts up to 50 to 60 mph on Tuesday. These strong winds, in combination with min RH's between 5 to 15% will induce critical fire weather conditions. The strong winds will continue into the early evening hours Tuesday, before dropping off a little after sunset
149 PM MDT Sun Apr 2 2023
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY FOR
STRONG WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055, 056,
110, 111, 112, AND 113...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR
STRONG WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055, 056,
110, 111, 112, AND 113...
Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley-
Including the cities of Mimbres, Hurley, Faywood,
and Grant County Airport
148 PM MDT Sun Apr 2 2023
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM MONDAY TO 9 PM MDT
TUESDAY...
* WHAT...West winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph
expected.
* WHERE...Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley.
* WHEN...From 3 PM Monday to 9 PM MDT Tuesday.
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