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Candidate forum for Silver City town council district 3
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- Published: 24 October 2023 24 October 2023
By Lynn Janes
On October 5, 2023, the candidate forum for the upcoming Silver City Town Council election in November took place at the Western New Mexico University Besse-Forward Resource Center. The forum had incumbent Jose Ray, Wendy Raven Phillips and Stan Snider facing off.
Nick Seibel, Silver City Daily Press publisher moderated the forum. The candidates received questions from the audience, Facebook, and the Press. Each would answer the same question and had two minutes.
Each candidate gave a three minute introduction.
location corrected: Candidate forum for Bayard mayoral election
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- Published: 24 October 2023 24 October 2023
By Lynn Janes
On October 3, 2023, the candidate forum for the upcoming election in November took place at the Bayard Community Center. The forum had Bayard City Councilor Jose Diaz and Lawrence Ojinaga facing off.
Nick Seibel, Silver City Daily Press publisher, moderated the forum. The candidates received questions from the audience, Facebook, and the Press. Each would answer the same question and had two minutes.
Each candidate gave a three-minute introduction.
Gila Regional Promotes Ron Green to Chief Nursing Officer
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- Published: 23 October 2023 23 October 2023
Ron Green is pictured next to the WNMU Nursing bronze sculpture, which was dedicated to Pam Kuthe, a longtime WNMU professor and GRMC nurse.Gila Regional Medical Center (GRMC) is proud to announce Ron Green as the new permanent Chief Nursing Officer, effective October 15, 2023. Ron is a long-time Silver City resident, graduating from Silver High School in 1990 and earning two degrees in nursing and accounting from WNMU.
While attending nursing school, Ron found support from GRMC through scholarships from the Foundation and worked in his first GRMC position as a ward clerk in the Intensive Care Unit. He has worked as a registered nurse at GRMC for over 16 years in multiple roles including Med-Surg, Special Care Unit, House Supervisor, Infection Control, and most recently Director of Clinical Operations overseeing the five GRMC clinics, Infusion Services, and the Cancer Center.
GRMC Board of Trustees held regular meeting 092723, part 2
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- Published: 22 October 2023 22 October 2023
[Editor's Note: This is part 2 and final of two articles on the Gila Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees meeting on Sept. 26, 2023. This one will continue with reports and updates.]
By Mary Alice Murphy
Reports at the Gila Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees meeting on Sept. 26, 2023 continued with an update from Human Resources Interim Director Dustin Knowles. "I've been here about six months now. I really enjoy the hospital and the community. We've had several opportunities to improve HR. One is looking at our turnover. Talking with the community and with the employees, many think we are short-staffed and we are turning over constantly. But if you look at the numbers, this quarter, we've lost 23 people, four of whom were terminated. That's only 5.1 percent for the quarter 20.4 percent annualized. We are doing better than the national average of hospitals. When we look at it from the years of service, it's two years and under years of service when most leave.
WNMU Hosts Walk for Heroes 102123
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- Published: 22 October 2023 22 October 2023
Photos and article by Mary Alice Murphy
At the Western New Mexico University Walk for the Heroes, participants could choose two walks. The shorter one was about a mile long around the WNMU campus and another about 5K one took walkers up Boston Hill and back down to the university.
About 50 participants pre-registered for the walk, and another 87 registered on site before the walk.
Master of Ceremonies Raul Turrieta welcomed participants and led the rest of the program. WNMU Mariachi Plata sang the National Anthem. Mike and Liz Lopez presented a plaque and T-shirt to WNMU President Joseph Shepard who gave welcoming remarks.
Silver City Ranger District completes ignitions on Jaybird and Mill Prescribed fires
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- Published: 20 October 2023 20 October 2023
SILVER CITY, NM, October 20, 2023 – The Gila National Forest, Silver City Ranger District has completed firing operations on the Jaybird and Mill prescribed fire projects north of Pinos Altos along Highway 15. Crews will continue holding the prescribed fires in place and patrolling the areas over the weekend.
“Despite temporary impacts associated with smoke and closure of a segment of US Highway 15, beneficial fire effects were observed on these 3,560 combined acres,” said Silver City District Ranger Elizabeth Toney. “On the Mill project, particularly, fire is consuming a heavy load of dead and down logs and other material that could feed a crown fire. By using low to moderate intensity fire today, we are protecting forest health, wildlife habitats, and local communities for years into the future.”
Freeport-McMoRan Reports Third-Quarter And Nine-Month 2023 Results
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- Published: 19 October 2023 19 October 2023
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GRMC Board of Trustees held regular meeting 092723, part 1
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- Published: 18 October 2023 18 October 2023
By Mary Alice Murphy
After the reading of the Gila Regional Medical Center Mission, Vision and Values, the Board of Trustees heard Chairman Dr. Fred Fox give his comments.
"Yesterday [Sept. 26, 2024], I gave my first report to the Grant County Board of Commissioners," Fox said. "I will do the same every quarter."
He said he thought board training should continue with studying critical access hospital cost-based reimbursement. He talked about information on three different programs with various links in their summaries for exploring the issue. "If you like I will email you this information with their links."