The Silver City Food Co-op recently donated the August funds from their “Round Up Program” to the Aldo Leopold Charter School Art Program. The “Round Up Program” is a community donation program where customers can contribute the balance of their total purchase to the nearest dollar to donate to a local non-profit organization. The funds [...]
Happy Labor Day! The history of Labor Day in the United States can be traced back to the late 19th century, when the labor movement was gaining strength and advocating for better working conditions and fair treatment of workers. The first Labor Day was celebrated on September 5th, 1882, in New York, where union leaders [...]
The Silver City Town Council recently approved resolution 2023-19 which authorizes the execution and delivery of a Colonias Infrastructure Project fund and grant agreement with the New Mexico Finance Authority. This project will move the current sewer line that is currently inaccessible to an area that the city will have the right away to and [...]
THANK YOU to all the volunteers who came out and made the August Community Cleanup event in Silver City a huge success. There were 26 individuals and 5 teams that volunteered their time and efforts to this project. Over 885 pounds of trash and debris were collected from the Big Ditch Park, Highway 180, 32nd [...]
The Village of Santa Clara is introducing “Text MyGov”, a new way to report an issue or find information on the go. By using Text MyGov, residents will be able to get up to date information on road closures, school alerts, weather warnings and community events and will also be able to report any issues [...]
The Gila National Forest, Silver City Ranger District is assessing conditions in preparation for implementing the Jaybird, Mill and Pinos Altos Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) prescribed fire projects. In total, 195 acres will be burned to help reduce hazardous fuels loading and to protect adjacent communities. The Jaybird and Mill prescribed fire projects are expected [...]
Congratulations to the members of the Silver City Ranger District’s fire organization who were recognized by two separate agencies as outstanding in their field in their latest annual awards ceremonies. Earlier this year, the Arizona Wildlife and Incident Management Academy recognized Silver City Fire Management Officer Marcus Cornwell as the 2023 Southwestern Wildland Firefighter of [...]
Silver Consolidated Schools recently added “Wellness Rooms” to all Silver City school campuses thanks to the $6.5 million federal grant they received for mental health services. These dedicated spaces are to help provide a calm area for students to take a break, practice self-care and build skills to manage stress and emotions. The rooms are [...]
