A big Congratulations to Janice Baca Argabright who was recently awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Western New Mexico University (WNMU). Mrs. Argabright has served as an elementary school teacher, teaching principal, associate superintendent and a member of the university’s Board of Regents. Janice was a Regents member for twelve years and helped [...]
The Give Grandly Coalition and Grant County Community Foundation will be having their tenth annual Give Grandly fundraiser for area nonprofits on Saturday, May 6th. Give Grandly is a powerful and dynamic event that connects donors to Catron, Grant, Hidalgo and Luna communities and the causes they believe in. This event will allow Nonprofits in [...]
The Gila Information Project (GRIP) and the Continental Divide Trail Coalition will hold a Gila Earth day and Continental Divide Trail Days festival. The event will take place this Saturday, April 22nd from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Gough park. Earth Day is an annual global event that raises awareness and support for environmental [...]
The Bayard Public Library will be hosting a reception for local artist Felix Norero. Felix is a self-taught abstract painter who tells a different story with each painting he creates. The event will take place on Friday, April 21st from 3:30-5:30p.m. in the library conference room. The event is free and open to the public. [...]
Western New Mexico University will hold the 18th Academic Student Research Symposium and Career Fair. The event will have face-to-face, poster and oral presentations. Students will present projects that pertain to public service, technology, industrial/applied technology and more. It will be April 25th through the 26th from 9:00a.m. to 12:00p.m at the J. Cloyd Miller [...]
The CDC said New Mexico is one of three states with the highest risks of flu right now, with New York and District of Columbia being the other two. More than 25 million people have been affected by this flu season. Kathleen Fabien with UNM Children’s hospital says that incidents of flu are higher [...]
Virus Theater presents Romeo and Juliet, live at the El Sol Theater. A team of teens and a few adults worked diligently to make sense of the Shakespearean language and themes of the story of Romeo and Juliet. The goal was to find physical and emotional ways of expression that allows the story to [...]
Governor announces a plan to deliver economic relief to New Mexican taxpayers of up to $1,500 in rebates. In a news release on Wednesday, January 25th, Governor Lujan Grisham announced her plan to distribute economic relief with the introduction of legislation that will issue a one-time rebate to about 875,000 New Mexico taxpayers. Senate [...]
The Gila National Forest green team helps to conserve resources. The green team known as the “Trash Talkers” are a small, but special group of employees who help the forest by increasing recycling and reducing waste. The group, led by Lisa Mizuno, provides information to employees about ways of reducing their footprint at home [...]
