Local News Releases

Sunday, Apr. 12

Disturbance
East Street – Bayard
Assist BPD with a verbal argument between a male and a female/male left prior to arrival.

Monday, Apr. 13

Agency assist
Lusk Street – Bayard
Assist BPD with a welfare check request from CYFD on a 6-year-old child.

Monday, Apr. 13

Disturbance
Lusk Street – 2:25 a.m.
Male left in a Chevy with a broken window and possibly hit a car/they are getting loud again. Officer out of his unit attempting to make contact.

Agency assist
Lusk Street
Caller received emergency report of allegations of drug use and selling drugs from the home/mom and 6-year-old child/requesting LE meet her at residence. Deputy advised negative contact with mom and child/had contact with aunt/both phone numbers given to CYFD.

Fort Bayard and Upper Mimbres volunteer fire departments

Monday, Apr. 13

Structure fire
49 Chamisa Road – Mimbres
Second caller advised a mobile home is on fire across from 28 Chamisa/power is out. Third caller advised her neighbor's house is on fire and the power is out. Fourth caller advised the fire doubled in size/they cannot see anyone. Fifth caller advised they are talking to the homeowner/she is okay and out of the house/they think the fire started in the horse barn. Sixth caller advised they can see the smoke from their house/fire is at 49 Chamisa. 7th and 8th callers advised of the fire. Ninth caller advised the fire is growing. Upper Mimbres VFD paged Lower Mimbres and Santa Rita VFDs.

Sunday, Apr. 12

Criminal damage to property – Camino de Paz – Fort Bayard (FB Nat'l Cemetery)

Traffic stop – Swan and Pine streets – Silver City – During the stop Kaya Array was arrested while under the influence of intoxicating liquor and/or drugs and booked into the GCDC.

Traffic stop – E. Highway 180 and Kirkland Road – Arenas Valley – As the vehicle came to a stop the driver, Michael Alba, exited the vehicle and began to run from the deputy. An arrest warrant has been issued charging Alba with driving with a revoked license, driving while under the influence, no insurance, speeding, and resisting, evading, or obstructing a peace officer, among other charges.

Livestock – Highway 152 – Hanover

SilverChoraleValdeen Wooton, assistant director, conducting warm-up last December 2025 at Cross Point Church preparing for the winter concert.Silver Chorale, a community choir, will be performing its Spring concerts May 1st and May 3rd.  The May 1 concert will be held at Terrazas Funeral Chapel on Friday night at 7:00 pm, in Santa Clara on 1 Ft Bayard Road.  The second concert will be presented at Cross Point Church on Sunday, May 3 at 3:00 pm. The church is at 11600 Hwy 180 E.  in Silver City. Bryce Wooton directs the choir and Laurel Brown is the accompanist. 

 Twelve songs will be sung by the 30 member chorus including some classical, pop and a number of contemporary pieces.  A men's number called "Good Timber" by Susan LaBarr will begin the first half of the program with voices from the tenor and bass sections of the choir. This will be followed by two classical numbers from "The Mozart Requiem," No 6, Lacrimosa and No 2, Hostias. 

The Western New Mexico University (WNMU) Board of Regents will convene on Friday, April 24, in a hybrid session available via livestream, with seating for the public. 

The members of the WNMU Board of Regents: Steven Neville, John V. Wertheim, Keana Huerta J. Dean Reed and Gregory Trujillo along with the university's executive leadership team. 

9:30 a.m.     Regular Session – J. Cloyd Miller Library / Virtual by Livestream ( https://wnmu.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Sessions/List.aspx#folderID=%225adab8d0-1f22-4dc1-926e-ad6b013b0012%22 )

REGULAR SESSION

Call to Order for Regular Session/Pledge of Allegiance

Approval of Agenda

Approval of Minutes of April 10, 2026

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Gila Hotshots (USDA Forest Service photo)(Silver City, NM, April 20, 2026) — The Gila National Forest's firefighting resources have completed their annual training requirements, passed readiness reviews and are ready to respond to wildfires. Resources include two interagency hotshot crews, four ten-person initial attack hand crews, nine wildland-fire engine crews, one Type 1 helicopter, one Type 3 helicopter and three unmanned aerial systems and pilot. Type 1 helicopters are larger helicopters with expanded capacity for personnel and firefighting resources while smaller, Type 3 helicopters can transport personnel quickly to incidents.