New Mexico COVID-19 update: 1,076 new cases, totaling 211,492 - 0731-080221

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Category: Infectious Diseases Infectious Diseases
Published: 02 August 2021 02 August 2021

Four additional COVID-19 deaths - Saturday, July 31, Sunday August 1, and Monday, August 2

SANTA FE –

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Grant County Sheriff's Office blotter - July 30 through Aug. 1, 2021

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Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
Published: 02 August 2021 02 August 2021

Friday, July 30

Stolen motor vehicle
Grant County Road Department
Caller advised someone broke into

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Dark Cloud of NM Gov. Richardson's Administration Still Casts a Long Shadow Over New Mexico

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Category: To the Point with Mick Rich To the Point with Mick Rich
Published: 02 August 2021 02 August 2021

Richardson's Fellow Democrat, Now NM House Majority Leader, Resigns Amid Investigation of

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Hot pursuit with shots fired

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Category: Front Page News Front Page News
Published: 02 August 2021 02 August 2021

By Roger Lanse

On Monday, Aug. 1, 2021, a Silver City Police Department officer conducted a traffic

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Silver City Police Department blotter – July 30 through Aug. 1, 2021

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Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
Published: 02 August 2021 02 August 2021

Friday, July 30

Unwanted subject
2545 N. Silver Street – Hillside Apartments
Advised that a named

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Add NM's public schools to MLG's list of failures

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Category: Politics: Enter at your own risk Politics: Enter at your own risk
Published: 02 August 2021 02 August 2021

It seems Governor Lujan Grisham’s repeated scandals continue to take her eye off the ball, and

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Citizen Redistricting Committee to hold two forums, first Aug. 2, 2021, at 3 p.m.

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Category: Non-Local News Releases Non-Local News Releases
Published: 02 August 2021 02 August 2021

The Redistrict New Mexico will convene information related to the Citizen Redistricting Committee

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Aldea Gallery will hold grand opening at new location Aug. 6, 2021

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Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
Published: 02 August 2021 02 August 2021

Aldea Gallery has recently relocated and reopened at 217 N. Bullard Street in the downtown Arts

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Wizard of Id Comic for August 2, 2021

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Category: Comics Comics
Published: 02 August 2021 02 August 2021

wizaug02

BY: Mick Mastroianni and Johnny Hart

B.C. Comic for August 2, 2021

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Category: Comics Comics
Published: 02 August 2021 02 August 2021

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BY: Mason Mastroianni, Mick Mastroianni, and Johnny Hart

REOPENED: ROAD CLOSURE from Silver City to Lordsburg

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Category: Front Page News Front Page News
Published: 01 August 2021 01 August 2021

NM 90 and US 70 are now open, removed from NM Roads, as of early this morning.

ROAD ADVISORY

NM 90

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AVANGRID Electric and Gas companies form local customer listening councils

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Category: Non-Local News Releases Non-Local News Releases
Published: 01 August 2021 01 August 2021

New councils will bring the voices, concerns and goals of customers directly to operating company

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FBI alerts New Mexicans to be on lookout for business email compromise scams

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Category: Non-Local News Releases Non-Local News Releases
Published: 01 August 2021 01 August 2021

The FBI is alerting New Mexico businesses, school districts, and government agencies to be on the

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The Bureau of Land Management to reopen visitor centers in Las Cruces 

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Category: Non-Local News Releases Non-Local News Releases
Published: 01 August 2021 01 August 2021

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — The Bureau of Land Management Las Cruces District Office announced that

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Biden Administration to Invest $67 Million to Help Heirs Resolve Land Ownership and Succession Issues

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Category: Non-Local News Releases Non-Local News Releases
Published: 01 August 2021 01 August 2021

WASHINGTON, July 29, 2021 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced during a press

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Wildfire Preparedness is Year-Round: Turn that last summer vacation into a teaching moment of campfire safety

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Category: Non-Local News Releases Non-Local News Releases
Published: 01 August 2021 01 August 2021

Santa Fe, NM – Summer is quickly coming to an end, and students across New Mexico will soon be

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NMDOT Traffic Report for week of August 1 to 8, 2021

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Category: Non-Local News Releases Non-Local News Releases
Published: 01 August 2021 01 August 2021

In all construction zones, motorists are asked to reduce speed, obey posted signs, and use extreme

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Widowed and Single Persons Meeting August 9, 2021

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Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
Published: 01 August 2021 01 August 2021

Widowed and Single Persons of Grant County monthly meeting is Monday August 9, 2021, 10:30 am at

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Make a Bottle Cap Magnet at the Free Make-and-Take at the Maker’s Market!

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Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
Published: 01 August 2021 01 August 2021

Silver City MainStreet/Arts & Cultural District is partnering with the Future Forge and various

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New House Majority Leader to be Elected in Coming Weeks 

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Category: Non-Local News Releases Non-Local News Releases
Published: 01 August 2021 01 August 2021

Santa Fe, N.M. – The New Mexico House Democratic Caucus announced that it will hold elections in

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Next Sunday, August 8, 2021, at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Silver City

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Category: Local News Releases Local News Releases
Published: 01 August 2021 01 August 2021

August 8, at 10:00 am, 3845 North Swan Street  – "The Urgency of Now”

The science is clear; the time

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Wizard of Id Comic for August 1, 2021

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Category: Comics Comics
Published: 01 August 2021 01 August 2021

wizaug01

BY: Mick Mastroianni and Johnny Hart

B.C. Comic for August 1, 2021

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Category: Comics Comics
Published: 01 August 2021 01 August 2021

bcaug01

BY: Mason Mastroianni, Mick Mastroianni, and Johnny Hart

Quirky celebrations define pride of small town life

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Category: Abe Observes Abe Observes
Published: 31 July 2021 31 July 2021

By Abe Villarreal

In Deming, New Mexico, a small town surrounded by a large open desert on one

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Wizard of Id Comic for July 31, 2021

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Category: Comics Comics
Published: 31 July 2021 31 July 2021

wizjul31

BY: Mick Mastroianni and Johnny Hart

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