Local News Releases

Fort Bayard Volunteer Fire Department

Friday, May 8

Fire
Highway 152 – MM 4
Caller advised a grass fire. FBVFD acknowledged page. Unknown what started it. FBVFD brush truck 2 – fire is smoldering in the mine parking lot.

Upper Mimbres Volunteer Firer Department

Sunday, May 3

Driving while intoxicated (drugs)– no location given – Koralee Matias was arrested on the DUI charge. (May 2 – 11:50 p.m.

Suspicious activity --32nd Street Bypass
Loud music – E. College Avenue – 4:11 a.m.
Suspicious vehicle – E. 32nd Street
Welfare check – S. Hudson Street
Welfare check – E. Market Street

Suspicious activity – no location given – Joshua Medina was arrested on five counts each of resisting, evading, or obstructing a peace officer; battery on a peace officer; attempt to commit a felony; assault upon a peace officer; and unlawful use of 911.

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT:

The regular monthly board meeting of the Grant Soil and Water Conservation District will be held Monday, May 18, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. The meeting will be held in the conference room of the Natural Resources Conservation Service/Grant SWCD office located at 3082 32nd Street Bypass, Suite C, Silver City, NM.  To request a copy of the agenda or for more information, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . The meeting is open to the public. 

5:30-7pm

Also known as spiritual dance, these meditative and joyous circle dances focus on peace and harmony.   Simple movements and chants celebrate the underlying unity of all spiritual traditions creating an environment of open hearts and ecstatic community. No experience/ No partner needed.  All dances are taught.  Live Music.

Church of Harmony / 601 N Arizona St./ Silver City

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Information in the PDF below.

The public is invited to an organizational meeting for the Xantolo Day of the Dead celebration which will take place on October 31st and November 1st of this year. Organizers for the event, Patricia and Guadalupe Cano, of Teatro del Cobre, will share their vision for the event with a power point presentation followed by a time for questions from the audience.

Registration forms for various aspects of the celebration will be available at that meeting. The meeting is scheduled for 6:00 to 8:00 p.m on Tuesday, May 12th at the Besse-Forward Global Resource Center Auditorium on the WNMU Campus on the corner of 12th and Kentucky Streets.

The meeting will also be on Zoom and the link will be shared as soon as it is available on the event Facebook page under Xantolo 2026. The link may also be requested by sending a message to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  on May 12th before 2:00 p.m.

May 17, at 10:00 am, 3845 North Swan Street  – "Joy When the World is on Fire"

Rev. Ali K. C. Bell, of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Las Cruces will explore why choosing joy is a radical act. 

In a time when grief and outrage seem ever-present—when the world feels as though it is burning—how do we make space for joy? This service explores joy not as denial, but as resistance; not as luxury, but as spiritual discipline. Drawing on the wisdom of poets, prophets, and everyday people who have chosen to sing even in the ashes, Rev. Bell will speak of the necessity of joy.

"Joy is not the absence of struggle. It is the fire that keeps us alive within it," Rev. Bell said.

Rev. Ali K. C. Bell, is a Black, Neurodivergent, Transgender man (he/Rev. Ali). In August 2025 he became the minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Las Cruces. 

Before moving to Las Cruces he served as the Minister of Congregational Life and Engagement at Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Bethesda, MD, and as Chaplain for the Unitarian Universalists at Riderwood Covenanting Community in Silver Spring MD. 

Sunday, Apr. 26

Larceny – W. Garcia Street
Noise complaint – Alabama Street – 1:31 a.m.
Disturbance – Tracy Place
Unwanted subject – W. Indiana Street
Criminal trespass warning – E. Kelly Street
Animal – S. Highway 90
Animal – Mountain View Road
Suicide threat – E. Kelly Street
Harassment – Ethel Lane
Hit and run accident – E. 14th Street
Animal – N. F Street
Harassment – S. Texas Street

Hidalgo and Grant Counties, NM — May 6, 2026

Hidalgo Medical Services (HMS) is proud to announce that it has received formal notification from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) confirming that HMS is in full compliance with all Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) program requirements.

This determination follows a multiday comprehensive Operational Site Visit (OSV), during which HRSA conducted an in-depth review of HMS's governance, clinical services, quality and patient safety programs, financial oversight, and administrative operations. Achieving full compliance affirms that HMS meets or exceeds all federal standards required to operate as a Federally Qualified Health Center.