Nettie Somoza, 79, a resident of Rodeo, NM- pending

Nettie Somoza, 79, a resident of Rodeo, NM entered eternal rest Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at UMC

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Marie Ellena Madrid, a resident of Silver City, NM

Marie Ellena Madrid, a resident of Silver City, NM passed away Monday, October 22, 2018 in El

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Winter Weather Driving Tips to Remember

Road Conditions for Southern New Mexico 

The NMDOT has prepared their personnel and equipment in

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Derik Nelson & Family at WNMU Fine Arts Theater

derik moonNelson siblings performing in front of their 20 ft high 5 panel wide screen. (Courtesy Photo)

Derik

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Cliff-Gila Road Advisory 1002318

ROAD ADVISORY:
WATER RUNNING – GILA/CLIFF AREA
NM 211 from mile post 0 to 6 (Cliff) roadway is

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State Auditor Wayne Johnson Creates Guardian and Conservator Audit Division

Johnson seeks to protect vulnerable adults from unscrupulous money managers

Santa Fe, NM –State

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Traffic Alert US 380 San Antonio (MP 0 to MP 40)

San Antonio: The New Mexico Department of Transportation District One office (NMDOT) has posted an

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Reserve Ranger District Developed Campgrounds to begin Winter Operations on October 27

Reserve, NM, October 23, 2018—For Immediate Release.  Beginning October 27, the Reserve Ranger

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UPDATE: Police Shooting in Alamogordo

Alamogordo, NM - On October 14, 2018, at approximately 11:21 a.m., Alamogordo Department of Public

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Office of the State Auditor to courts: ‘Please let us do our job’

Auditors seek transparency for public agency that provides health insurance to sick New Mexicans

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Caravan of illegals now more than 7,200

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Wizard of Id Comic for October 23, 2018

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BY: Mick Mastroianni and Johnny Hart

B.C. Comic for October 23, 2018

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BY: Mason Mastroianni, Mick Mastroianni, and Johnny Hart

SCPD Weekly Report 10/15/18 at 8:00 a.m. – 10/22/18 at 8:00 a.m.

For the week beginning Monday, October 15, 2018 at 08:00 a.m. and ending Monday, October 22, 2018 at

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White Sands Missile Range/Highway 70 Road Block

Las Cruces, NM: The New Mexico Department of Transportation District One office (NMDOT) along with

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USDA Announces Receipt of 136 Expressions of Interest in Hosting ERS & NIFA

(Washington, DC – October 22, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced

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VP Mike Pence to rally for Steve Pearce and Yvette Herrell

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Tri-City Police Department Blotters – Oct. 19 - Oct. 21, 2018

Bayard Police Department

Friday, Oct. 19

Welfare check
Waggoner Street
Caller stated that a named

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Silver City Police Department Blotter – Oct. 19 - Oct. 21, 2018

Friday, Oct. 19

Unwanted subject
116 N. Bullard Street
Female wearing a dark hoodie causing

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Grant County Sheriff’s Department Blotter – Oct. 19 - Oct. 21, 2018

Friday, Oct. 19

Accident-property damage
S. Highway 90
Caller hit a deer last night between Silver

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Candidate Forum on Oct. 10, 2018, featured the two District 38 candidates

By Hallie Richwine

The candidate forum for the NM House of Representatives seat in District 38

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New Roles for Silver City MainStreet

The Silver City MainStreet Project and the Silver City Arts & Cultural District (ACD) have

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Female found dead in trailer park

By Roger Lanse

 Silver City police officers were dispatched to the Stagestop Trailer Park at 1605

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Child advocates offer voters information on candidate positions for New Mexico races

By James Jimenez and Brian Etheridge, MD

Democracy is “a system of government by the whole

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