Public comments are still being accepted for the Silver City Comprehensive Plan, a long-range guide that will help shape future decisions in Silver City. Town leaders will use the plan to guide policies, prioritize projects, pursue funding, evaluate development proposals and plan infrastructure investments, with the goal of balancing growth while honoring the community’s character and traditions. A public meeting [...]

Silver City Pick It Up–Toss No Mas would like to thank all the volunteers who participated in its February litter cleanup. During the effort, 15 volunteers collected approximately 300 pounds of litter and debris from neighborhoods throughout Silver City. The newly elected Mayor attended the cleanup to learn more about the program and discuss future initiatives aimed at reducing litter, [...]

Residents of Grant, Hidalgo, and Luna counties will have the opportunity to share input on the future of behavioral health services during upcoming regional listening sessions. The meetings will focus on identifying service gaps, community priorities, and ways to improve access to mental health and substance-related care. Sessions will be held March 10 at the Luna County Courthouse Basement, March [...]

The Community Work Group (CWG), under the Chino Administrative Order on Consent (AOC), will hold its next meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, at the Bayard Community Center. The AOC is a voluntary but binding agreement between the New Mexico Environment Department and Freeport-McMoRan Chino Mines Company to evaluate potential health and environmental impacts from past mining activities around [...]

The City of Bayard announced that it has acquired the 675-acre Foy Property located north and west of the city and has annexed the land into municipal boundaries, including areas on both sides of Highway 180. The city has launched a comprehensive planning process that includes community input, market research and site analysis to identify development opportunities that are both [...]

Over the past several months, multiple organizations worked together to address rising concerns surrounding bullying, cyberbullying and youth suicide among students in Grant County. Their collaboration resulted in a partnership with Stand for the Silent, which delivered presentations to students at Silver High and Cobre High School. The personal and candid presentations highlighted the harsh realities and long-term effects of [...]

Western New Mexico University has received a $32,493 grant from the Freeport-McMoRan Community and Social Investment Fund to strengthen hands-on scientific research opportunities for students. The funding will support the purchase of a high-precision microbalance and a freeze dryer, and will focus on studying ecological changes in the Gila ecoregion while integrating analytical techniques into biology, chemistry and environmental science [...]

Fire department funding was the primary focus of Thursday’s Grant County commission meeting, with approval granted for a $191,300 water tank for the Fort Bayard Fire Department using a combination of state rollover funds, county fire funds and the fire chief’s administrative fund. The commission also approved $196,000 in state rollover funds for the purchase of 60 multiband radios for [...]