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{{/_source.additionalInfo}}By Frost McGahey
Photo from Sen. Martin Heinrich's website
Recently the Albuquerque Journal ran an editorial on Senator Martin Heinrich's bill that could make Puerto Rico the 51st State. This would give them two senators and four house seats. Overlooked was the consequence that it would make all current American flags obsolete.
Of concern to the Journal was the 2020 Census in which New Mexico barely kept the 3 House Congressional districts and five Electoral College votes that it has because of the lack of population.
LOCATED: Name: Nicole Vannatter
AGE:2 9
HEIGHT:5'10
WEIGHT:150 H A I R : Brown
EYES:Hazel MISC:
The Grant County Sheriff's Office is asking the public for assistant in locating Nicole Vannatter. She was last seen on Monday May 16, 2024 at the Javelina Coffee House in Silver City, NM. She was last seen wearing a blue shirt, blue shorts and brown sandals.  Her direction of travel and destination is unknown. Any one with information on the whereabouts of Nicole Vannater is asked to contact the Grant County Sheriff's Office at 575-388-8840 or dial 911.
See the New Mexico State poster below:
The investigation of the death of a 5-year-old child has resulted in the arrest of 34-year-old mother, Music Lee Adame and 39-year-old father, Mathew Curtis Bynum.
On March 10, 2024 at approximately 11:14 A.M., deputies responded to the area of 97 Quail Run Road, in regards to a non-responsive 5-year-old female. Deputies did perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation while waiting for EMS. Life-saving measures performed on the 5-year-old child were unsuccessful.
By Lynn Janes
The town of Bayard held a regular meeting April 22, 2024. Attendance included Mayor John L. Ojinaga, councilors, Frances Gonzales, Eloy Gonzales, and Gilbert Ortiz. Mayor Pro Tem Eloy Medina didn't attend.
The council approved the consent agenda that included meeting minutes, wastewater report and police report. It also included emotional survival for law enforcement training for all officers and weapon system training for two of them.
By Lynn Janes
The town of Hurley held a regular meeting May 14, 2024. Attendance to the meeting included Mayor Ed Stevens, councilors Nanette Day, Reynaldo Maynes, Keana Huerta, and James Langley.
Langley wanted to table personnel items on the agenda because he wanted evaluations before he would approve the removal of probation for some new employees. He didn't feel the department heads' recommendation would be enough. The council approved the agenda with the tabling of those items and will address it at the upcoming special meeting.
Public input
PHOENIX, AZ, May 22, 2024 – Freeport-McMoRan has again been named one of the 50 most community-minded companies in the United States with its inclusion on The Civic 50 list that recognizes corporate volunteerism and community engagement.
Freeport has made the list 11 times since its inception in 2012. The list is compiled by the Points of Light Foundation, a nonpartisan global nonprofit organization. It recognizes companies with annual U.S. revenues of at least $1 billion that have demonstrated outstanding achievement in investment of resources, stakeholder engagement and volunteerism that is embedded in their policies and demonstrate measurable impacts.
[Editor's Note: This is the first of a series of articles of a long Grant County special meeting on April 23, 2024.]Commissioner Edwards and other commissioners presented a Mental Health Awareness Month proclamation to recipients
A presentation by Financial Officer Linda Vasquez to Samuel Hernandez, payroll specialist.
Photos and article by Mary Alice Murphy
The Grant County Commission declared two proclamations, both at District 3 Commissioner Alicia Edwards's request at its special meeting on April 23, 2024.
She read the first one which proclaimed May 2024 as Mental Health Awareness Month. Commissioners approved the proclamation.
By Roger Lanse
Silver City Police Department officers were dispatched to Juniper Street and Silver Heights Blvd. on Friday, May 17, 2024, at 8:16 p.m. in reference to a motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian. According to an SCPD incident report, when officers arrived on scene, they observed a female, later identified as Miranda Ybarra, 30, of Silver City, lying on Juniper Street. Ybarra was described by officers as having severe leg injuries and cuts throughout her body.
Officers made contact with the driver, Jeanne Martin, 81, of Silver City. She stated after crossing the intersection of Juniper Street and Silver Heights Blvd, she continued north on Juniper Street and did not see Ybarra crossing Juniper Street and did not have time to stop to avoid a collision.
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