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Front Page News
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Thursday, April 10, 2025 I Sixth Judicial District Attorney Norman R. Wheeler announced that DANIEL LOPEZ, 32, was held without bond in a pre-trial detention hearing today by Sixth Judicial District Court Judge Thomas F. Stewart in Grant County, New Mexico.
LOPEZ is charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance [4th Degree Felony], Tampering with Evidence [4th Degree Felony], and Resisting Evading or Obstruction an Officer, a misdemeanor.
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Eric Dominguez was found guilty by a Lordsburg jury for First Degree Criminal Sexual Penetration of a child.
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 I Sixth Judicial District Attorney Norman R. Wheeler announced today that Eric Dominguez, 33, was found guilty by a Lordsburg Jury of 1 count of Criminal Sexual Penetration [1st Degree], and 1 count of False Imprisonment [4th Degree]. This case was prosecuted by Deputy DA Gerald Byers and Chief Deputy DA Cynthia Clark. Sentencing for Dominguez will be held at a later date.
On May 16, 2023, A Hidalgo County Sheriff's deputy was dispatched to a Lordsburg Municipal School regarding a child victim who.reported a sexual assault by her mother's boyfriend.
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Photos by Mary Alice Murphy
[This photographer sat in the audience with heads between her and the models. And pardon the blur in some photos as the models moved quickly. Also pardon any typos in the captions. Please contact
The Southwest Fiber Arts Collective held its annual Tapestry of Talent fashion show at the Silco Theatre on Saturday, April 5, during a late spring snowstorm. The place filled with those wanting to see and perhaps purchase an item or two and/or buy tickets for the large baskets to be raffled.
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Below is the PDF of fire restrictions that the Grant County Fire Management Officer has put into effect as a fire emergency due to severe and extreme drought.
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By Roger Lanse
According to a Grant County Regional Dispatch Authority blotter, a Silver City Police Department officer responded to 204 W. Broadway on Thursday, Apr. 3, 2025, at about 2:17 p.m. to a suspicious activity call. According to the GCRDA blotter, a male caller stated their father is a drug dealer and caller and his brother are in fear for their life. Caller also told the dispatcher that he and his brother are being held hostage in a white trailer in front of the Little Toad, and his dad has an Uzi and a meth lab.
Additionally, caller advised the GCRDA dispatcher, that the brother inhaled meth and isn't feeling well, the brother isn't breathing, and that the trailer is locked from the outside and they can't get out.
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Photos by Mary Alice Murphy
The Home and Garden Expo at the Grant County Veterans Memorial Business and Conference Center continues Sunday, April 6, from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Pictured below are most of the vendors.
Items for sale included Arts and crafts, plants, birdhouses, woodworks, and mattresses. Several booths had contractors of various home, garden and barn services.
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[Editor's Note: This is part 9 of a multi-part series of articles on almost six hours of Grant County Commission meetings on Feb. 11 and 13, 2025.)
By Mary Alice Murphy
This article will continue with the work session review of the Grant County Commission Feb. 13, 2025 regular meeting agenda. It begins with the elected official reports at the regular meeting.
Assessor Misty Trujillo was the first elected official to speak. She congratulated her employee, Erich Pulliam, for ending his probationary position and becoming a permanent county employee as the business personal property appraiser and commercial appraiser.
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[Editor's Note: This is part 8 of a multi-part series of articles on almost six hours of Grant County Commission meetings on Feb. 11 and 13, 2025.)
By Mary Alice Murphy
The Grant County Commission Feb. 11, 2025 work session continued with County Manager Charlene Webb's review of the Feb. 13, 2025 regular meeting.
The next item on the regular meeting agenda was the monthly presentation by Gila Regional Medical Center Chief Executive Officer Robert Whitaker.
He reported that admissions were down a bit in December, but "for year-to-date, we are trending higher than last year. We had 26 deliveries in December, which is about the same."
National Prayer Day
GRMC Auxiliary linen sale
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