Big Ditch Park Day! Silver City MainStreet and the Gila Conservation Education Center are coordinating the 3rd Annual Big Ditch Day Celebration on Saturday, July 19, from 9:00 am to1:00 pm, down in the Big Ditch Park, from Main Street Plaza to the Visitor Center in historic downtown Silver City. And it's FREE! Parking and information [...]
Here’s a look at today’s headlines: The Daughters of the American Revolution hosted a re-dedication ceremony of the Historic Marker at the Catwalk this Saturday. The marker was originally dedicated in 1966 and was recently repaired and reinstalled. The historic sign was taken down when flooding of Whitewater Canyon was anticipated. Patricia Barger, New Mexico [...]
Here’s a look at today’s headlines: Fire personnel from the Glenwood Ranger District will be burning the remaining debris from clean-up efforts in the picnic area at the Catwalk Recreation Area. The burning will begin on Monday, July 14th. Smoke will be visible from Glenwood and neighboring communities, and may settle in low-lying areas during [...]
NOW IS THE TIME TO STEP UP AND START PICKIN’ Sign Up to Volunteer Today! Pickamania! needs volunteers. Click here for sign up sheet! The volunteer opportunities include: set up and tear down, the CD sales and raffle booths, trash spotting, crowd donation/raffle ticket sales, monitoring the vendor parking lots, and more. Certain choices fill [...]
Here’s a look at today’s headlines: At this morning’s meeting of the Grant County Commissions, they passed a .375 percent gross receipts tax increase, despite much opposition. The tax will go into effect January 1st, 2015. The tax will be added to most purchases. Senator Tom Udall introduced a bill to help small business federal [...]
Here’s a look at today’s headlines: At the Silver City Town Council Meeting yesterday, the council approved an ordinance, first introduced by District 1 Councilor Cynthia Bettison, which allows only reusable bags, recyclable paper backs, and/or cardboard boxes to be provided to customers by retailers at checkout. The ordinance will go into effect six months [...]
Here’s a look at today’s headlines: Two species of snakes found in New Mexico and Arizona have now officially been listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Acts. The narrow-headed garter snake and the northern Mexican garter snake were listed as threatened species as part of an agreement resulting from a lawsuit filed by the [...]
On Saturday, July 12 at 11:00 am the Jacob Bennett Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will re-dedicate the Historic Marker in Whitewater Canyon at the Catwalk, just outside of Glenwood, New Mexico. The historic marker describes the history of mining in Whitewater Canyon and was originally placed at the picnic area at [...]
Here’s a look at today’s headlines: Over 80 entries made up the parade on Friday at Silver City’s Annual July 4th Celebration. The American Legion Post 18 won first place in the “Floats” division, and Fort Bayard Historical Society and Habitat for Humanity earned second and third. The TEA Party Patriots took first in the [...]
Here’s a look at today’s headlines: Governor Susanna Martinez announced on June 30th that the VA has approved bids by four cities in New Mexico to build veterans’ cemeteries using the Cemetery Grant Program. The locations include Carlsbad, Angel Fire, Gallup and Fort Stanton, and were selected as part of the Governor’s Strategic Veterans Cemetery [...]
