Hurley appoints new council member

Hurley appoints new council member

By Lynn Janes

The town of Hurley held a regular meeting January 9, 2024. Attendance to the meeting included Mayor Ed Stevens, councilors Nanette Day, Reynaldo Maynes and Keana Huerta.

The council received three applications for the open council seat. They came from Salem Sager, James Langley and Jason Cox. Each spoke to the council and gave their qualifications and reason for wanting to serve on the council. Day asked each one what Hurley had been doing well and what it had not. Jason Cox had not attended. The council appointed James Langley. The appointment will be a four-year term.

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Fatal Crash in Luna County, NM

Fatal Crash in Luna County, NM

Luna County, NM – On January 26, 2024, at around 1:00 p.m., the New Mexico State Police investigated a fatal crash involving a Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) on Interstate 10 west of Deming, NM.

On January 26, 2024, NMSP was assisting an electric company with shutting Interstate 10 down, while the company could perform power line maintenance. NMDOT was on scene and had assisted with the road closure by placing signage notifying drivers to reduce their speed. The initial investigation indicated that a 2021 Volvo CMV, driven by Chunnan Huang (58) of Buena Park, CA was traveling westbound on Interstate 10 near mile marker 59. For reasons still under investigation, the Volvo CMV failed to reduce its speed, and rear ended another CMV that was stopped. Mr. Huang was pronounced deceased on the scene by the Office of the Medical Investigator.

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REMOVED: I-10 temporarily closed in Deming area milepost 56 due to emergency power line repairs

I-10 westbound lanes at milepost 60 are now open, removed from NM Roads.

ROAD CLOSURE:
CRASH –Deming Area
I-10 westbound lanes are closed at milepost 60 due to a crash, the eastbound lanes are now open. Motorists are asked to reduce speed, obey posted signs, and watch for emergency personnel, and equipment. Please expect delays.

ROAD CLOSURE:
CRASH –Deming Area
I-10 westbound lanes are closed at milepost 60 due to a crash. Motorists are asked to reduce speed, obey posted signs, and watch for emergency personnel, and equipment. Please expect delays.
ROAD CLOSURE:

EMERGENCY POWER LINE REPAIRS – Deming Area
I-10 eastbound and westbound lanes will be closed starting at 12:30 p.m. at milepost 56 due to emergency power line repairs in the area. Motorists are asked to reduce speed, obey posted signs, and be cautious of personnel and equipment in the area. Please expect delays. This closure is expected to be reopened by 1:30 p.m.

Grant County Commission holds work session 010924, part 1

[Editor's Note: This is part 1 of the Grant County Commission work session on Jan. 9, 2024.]

By Mary Alice Murphy

The Grant County Commission work session on Jan. 9, 2024 began with a presentation from Hidalgo Medical Services CEO Dr. Dan Otero. He also gave a brief update on Tu Casa.

He highlighted numbers on the packet he had just given to the commissioners. [Editor's Note: However, he did not share the packet with the Beat.]

Otero noted that the numbers of unique patients at the primary care, the mental health care and other services varied month-to-month, but he never announced the numbers. He also said the Director of Senior Services Steven Chavira had prepared a report for Grant and Hidalgo counties on the expanse of services for "our most vulnerable population, our seniors." [Again, not shared publicly.]

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Grant County Water Commission votes on water line locations

By Lynn Janes

On December 21, 2023, the Grant County Water Commission had a regular meeting at the city annex building.

Karl Pennock of RCAC (Rural Community Assistance Program) will be working closely with Stantec after this presentation they will doing today.

Priscilla Lucero, Southwest New Mexico Council of Governments director, gave an update on funding. The letters of intent needed for colonias funding will be due January 8, 2024. The application deadline will be March 8, 2024. A new funding mechanism has come in and will be specifically for mining communities. The town of Hurley has received $1 million for the wells at the airport and will be fully funded and will not require a match. They should be receiving that soon. Originally the application had been for $620,000 and they would be using matching funds to do the whole project but instead they received the full amount to do the project and the extra funds can be used on the lift station. Now that leaves the discussion of where the ISC (Interstate Stream Commission) monies will be used. January 16, 2024, the commission will be doing a presentation in Santa Fe and everyone with the commission will be needed to attend. Lucero and Laura Phelps, Community Development Manager Freeport McMoRan, will be putting the presentation together and have it updated.

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Argument over dog ends in shooting

By Roger Lanse

Grant County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to an aggravated assault with weapon call to 21 Coleman Street on Thursday, Jan.18, 2024, at about 4:14 p.m. The Grant County Regional Dispatch Authority advised the victim was at Gila Regional Medical Center and that the shooter was possibly, and later confirmed to be, Bob Holroyd, of 24 Coleman Street.

Complying with all deputies' commands, Holroyd came out of his residence, according to GCSO offense reports, extremely intoxicated, and was placed into investigative detention. As they were leaving the residence a deputy noticed what appeared to be a black high-powered pellet rifle near the front door.

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Freeport-McMoRan Reports Fourth-Quarter And Year Ended 2023 Results

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GRMC held Board of Trustees meeting 122023, part 3

New permanent CFO announced.

By Mary Alice Murphy

{Editor's Note: This is part 3 and the final of a series of articles on the Dec. 20, 2023 GRMC Board of Trustees meeting. It continues the updates and reports. And I made an error at the end of Part 2: The next report will come from Chief Nursing Officer Ron Green.]

Chief Nursing Officer Ron Green presented the next update at the Dec. 20, 2023, Gila Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees meeting.

Green noted that at the last meeting, he had reported that the hospital had a handful of Western New Mexico University graduating nurses that he hoped would join the hospital's nursing residency program. "I'm happy to say, we have signed six to begin the 4-6 month program on Jan. 4. It's mostly a process to bridge the school experience to traditional nursing. We have a couple of others due to family situations who we are hoping will join us in late spring or early summer. We are excited to have them."

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