The name Halloween was derived from Hallowe’en, a contraction for the term “All Hallows Eve.” All Hallows Evening, as it’s name implies, is the eve before All-hallows or All-hallowmas, taken from the Middle English Alholomesse which means All Saint’s Day. Many scholars believe All Hallow’s Eve is greatly influenced by the ancient Celtic festival of [...]
Hey kids, put on your costumes and check out all the fun events happening in Silver City this Halloween. Gila Regional Medical Center will have Trick or Treating from 3:30 to 5 pm. The friendly staff will hand out free goodie bags while supplies last. There will be Trick or Treating at the Silver City [...]
The following is a release from the office of Senator Tom Udall: New Mexico Delegation Welcomes President’s Disaster Declaration for September Floods Lawmakers had urged ‘quick action’ to help state and Santa Clara Pueblo recover from widespread storm damage WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Reps. Steve Pearce, [...]
The following is a release from the Silver City Grant County Chamber of Commerce: WNMU will debut the first Women's Lecture Series presentation on Tuesday, October 29 at 5:30 p.m. at the Besse-Forward Global Resource Center at Western New Mexico University. The WNMU Women's Lecture Series mission is to educate, inspire and connect women of [...]
Anthony Kearns, an acclaimed Irish tenor, has been acknowledged as Ireland’s Finest Tenor. His repertoire spans Irish music to Broadway, Viennese romance to Italian Classics, the inspirational to the spiritual and much more from light comedy to sweeping drama. Kearns has been compared to John Count McCormack and Mario Lanza, and is considered the best [...]
The 5th annual Rope for Hope will be held at the Baird Arena in Cliff this weekend, October 26th and 27th. Barrel Racing will be held on Saturday using a 4D format with time-only at 11:30 and races beginning at 2 pm. Team Roping will be on Sunday: enter at 9 am, rope at 10. [...]
The New Mexico Youth ChalleNGe Academy was established in 2001 in Roswell as a program that is designed to help the high school drop outs in NM get their education as well as the life and job skills necessary to become successful citizens. The basic eligibility criteria an applicant must meet in order to [...]
New Mexico Search and Rescue Council Media Alert SEARCH AND RESCUE INCIDENT Search for Missing Hiker near Reserve OCTOBER 22, 2013, 4:00 p.m. Incident Contact: Dave Baldridge NM State Police Mission Number: 13-11-12 Mission Start Date: October 20, 2013 Cause: Missing Man Search initiated: Afternoon, October 20 October 21 Incident Commanders: Sunday, Dave Denali [...]
Oct. 23-24: United States Senator Udall to Visit Socorro, Catron, Grant Counties On Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 23-24, U.S. Senator Tom Udall will visit communities in Socorro, Catron and Grant counties to discuss STEM education, rural health care and affordable housing. Udall will also tour an area of Catron County that was seriously damaged [...]
The following is a release from the Gila National Forest Office: Reserve RD to Conduct Slash Treatment at Sheep Basin & District-Wide Pile Burns Reserve, NM; October 21, 2013-- The Reserve Ranger District, Gila National Forest, is planning on conducting prescribed broadcast burning in the area of Sheep Basin beginning the week of [...]
