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Western New Mexico University Adult Education students, Rose Le and Antonio Jimenez, will be honored as “Outstanding Students of the Year” during the New Mexico legislative session this month. Rose will be honored for her hard work and dedication to working towards a higher level of education and Antonio will be honored for being a [...]

The BPO Elks Silver City Lodge 413 will be having a free “Pizza Dinner” and music for all veterans and active duty personnel tomorrow, February 10th. Dinner will be served from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. with music starting at 5:00 p.m. at 4051 Highway 90 South. For more information, call Connie at 575-777-2494. The [...]

The High Desert Humane Society in Silver City will be having their monthly reduced rate rabies vaccination clinic this Saturday, February 10th. They will be offering a wide variety of vaccines including one and two year rabies vaccines for cats and dogs. This will be a drive through clinic and will run from 9:00 a.m. [...]

The Gila National Forest maintenance crew recently received a “Gold Star” for improvements made to the Gila National Forest regarding health, safety and accessibility. Since hiring two new Forest Maintenance Workers last June, crew members have made several repairs and upgrades to facilities all around the forest. Some of the work completed includes water line [...]

Many infrastructure projects were completed last year in Silver City, including the Indian Hills sewer extension project, which was funded entirely by grant funds from the New Mexico Office of Natural Resource Trustee. The project extended sewer service to 29 homes along both Cain and Arrowhead Drives, which will allow residents to abandon their septic [...]

Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays in Silver City, also know as PFLAG, will be having Silver Consolidated Schools Superintendent, William Hawkins and Associate Superintendent for Instruction, Cindy Barris as guest speakers at their next meeting. Mr. Hawkins and Mrs. Barris will be sharing the school district’s current policies regarding LGBTQ + students’ rights [...]

The non-profit organization, Earth Ways Outdoors, is offering "Walkabout” for children 8 to 13 years old in Grant County who are interested in exploring the outdoors. Walkabout is a program that provides children the opportunity to get to know the local creeks, hillsides and forests in the area through group nature exploration, awareness games, guided [...]