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The Silver City MainStreet Project has partnered up with First American Bank in Silver City to continue the “Downtown Gift Certificate Program”.  The program helps bring shoppers and dollars into over 130 Downtown Silver City businesses and is one of the best ways to support locally owned businesses. For every dollar spent at a local [...]

Merry Christmas to all of our listeners!  As we take time to celebrate this day with our families and friends, let us remember how Christmas first came to be. Christmas as a holiday most likely began sometime around the 4th century when Pope Julius the 1st selected December 25th as the official date when Christians [...]

The Freeport-McMoRan Foundation has awarded $450,000 to Grant County as part of $3 million awarded to 55 projects in Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, New Mexico and Texas through its Community and Social Investment Fund process. The Freeport-McMoRan Foundation works with a range of committed partners throughout the investment process and has an ongoing partnership with True [...]

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham recently announced that healthcare organizations in Luna, Grant and Hidalgo counties will be receiving funding through the Rural Health Care Delivery Fund that was created earlier this year. Some of the organizations receiving the funding will be the Ben Archer Health Center in Luna County, the Mimbres Memorial Hospital in Luna [...]

The Silver Consolidated School District and The Commons are partnering together to provide Christmas food boxes to those in need. They will be distributing the boxes tomorrow, December 20th at 12:30 p.m. at the Silver Schools Administration Building at 2810 North Swan Street. This will be on a first come, first serve basis.  The Grant [...]

Amplified Therapy and Edward Jones in Silver City is presenting “Pictures with Santa and the Grinch” this Wednesday, December 20th from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. There will be coco and fun Christmas activities for children of all ages. Pictures with Santa will take place at Amplified Therapy located at 208 Highway 180 West and [...]

The Western New Mexico University Board of Regents recently approved three new programs as part of the university’s Five-Year Plan for New Degree Programs. The programs will include undergraduate certificates in HVAC, diesel mechanics and plumbing and will be housed in the new Career Technical Education Center. The New Degree Program is part of WNMU’s [...]

  The Silver City Public Library has added the streaming service Kanopy to their digital services for all those interested in streaming movies, videos and more. Kanopy provides a diverse collection of narrative and documentary films as well as a wide selection of TV series and movies. Those interested can register for free using their [...]

The New Mexico Department of Veterans Services (DVS) has officially started their “Operation Holiday Cheer 2023” event to help spread joy and cheer to residents and staff at Fort Bayard Medical Center. DVS is asking New Mexicans to send Christmas cards to veterans thanking them for their service to our country and to staff members [...]

The Silver City Food Co-op will be donating the December funds from their “Round Up Program” to The Silver City Museum Society, a nonprofit organization that helps enhance museum programming and public services. The funds will go towards providing hardware resources for museum staff to utilize, such as field recording equipment and cataloging software as [...]