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Due to the recent prescribed burns, The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish is advising the public to contact land management before going hunting. Prescribed burns, wildfires and closures that could affect hunting may occur on public lands or be conducted by land-management agencies during hunting season. Also, certain activities may affect land access [...]

Due to the recent forecast and snowy weather, The Gila National Forest will be continuing to burn slash piles at numerous locations across the forest early next week. The Silver City Ranger District will be burning slash piles in the Little Cherry Creek area near the end of Forest Road 855 and Baca Slash Pit, [...]

During 2023, The Commons Center for Food Security and Sustainability conducted 60 community food distributions through their Grant County Pantries and gave out over 800,000 pounds of food to families in need. Additionally, their Alimento School Food Partnership programs benefited 16 schools and their families from Pre-K to University students. The Commons mission is to [...]

The High Desert Humane Society in Silver City will be having their monthly reduced rate rabies vaccination clinic tomorrow, January 13th. 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. to [...]

The Silver City Public Library will be hosting a free screening of the PBS American Experience documentary “Freedom Riders” and will have guest speaker Reverend Ross who was active in the civil liberty issues during that time. The movie will take place from 12:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at 515 West College Avenue and is [...]

Silver Consolidated Schools will be having a Mental Health session, “Building your Child’s Confidence” this evening, January 10th at 6:00 p.m. The session will focus on helping parents learn strategies to help children develop a confident and healthy identity. Parents can participate via zoom or can join in person at 2810 North Swan Street where [...]

The Gila National Forest is currently in their second year of the Joint Chiefs’ Bear Creek to Signal Peak project where they have been hand thinning and masticating hazardous fuels in the Little Walnut and Gomez Peak area. These projects are helping to reduce fire risk to residents off of North Swan Street, Little Walnut [...]

Gila Regional Medical Center’s new CEO, Robert Whitaker, will be having a “Community Town Hall” meeting this Wednesday, January 10th from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. There will be food, drinks and a question and answer session. The meeting will take place at the Grant County Conference Center Small Event Room and community members are [...]

The Village of Santa Clara’s Action Committee would like to thank all those who supported the organization this past year, whether by volunteering or donating money. The committee is also asking residents to join them for their next meeting to see what goes on and to find out how you can make a difference in [...]

La Plata Middle School students Kaitlynn Orosco and Regan Parra were both recognized as Kiwanis “Students of the Month '' for the months of November and December. Kaitlynn was recognized for her stewardship, kindness and compassion. Regan was selected due to him always going above and beyond and for always being respectful and kind towards [...]