Western New Mexico University recently held “El Son de la Gila”: Exploring Culture through Mariachi, a music program to help recognize the rich culture and musical heritage associated with mariachi music. The program gave high school students and mariachi directors across the Southwest an opportunity to network, meet friends and learn from professional musicians that [...]
The Western Institute for Lifelong Learning (WILL) program in Silver City will be receiving $150,000 in funding from Western New Mexico University to hire new staff. The program was founded in 2005. According to the President of WILL, the funds will be used to hire a new tech support coordinator and an executive director which [...]
The Gila National Forest, Quemado District will be teaming up with New Mexico Game and Fish to pick up litter from the Quemado Lake area and along the district’s adopted section of Highway 36 over the next two weeks. The group will be spending time picking up fishing line, cigarette butts, packaging materials from the [...]
