Local News: January 27, 2023
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 speak to universal human experiences. [...]
Local News: January 26, 2023
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 Bill 10 will distribute one [...]
Local News: January 25, 2023
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 and at the office. One [...]
Local News: January 24, 2023
The Silver City Library is looking for the community’s thoughts on future planning regarding collections, digital services, activities and events, customer service, and any other items of interest. There will be two public meetings at the library, Saturday, February 4th from 10 to 12 pm, and Thursday, February 9th from 4 to 6 pm. The first draft of Western [...]
Local News: January 23rd, 2023
The Western New Mexico University Board of Regents will meet at the Capitol to discuss the 2021-2022 Fiscal Year Audit Report, Fiscal Year 2023 Quarter 2 Financial Certification and the Capital Project Transmittal for the Deming Learning Center. WNMU President Dr. Joseph Shepard and Vice President for Business Affairs Kelley Riddle are slated to give reports and present action [...]
Local News: January 20, 2023
Western New Mexico University Planning Council will host a public forum on Wednesday, January 25th at 6pm to gather input from members of the university community, students, and WNMU employees on suggestions and community participation in the process to update the WNMU Strategic Plan. The public forum will take place at J. Cloyd Miller Library and the public are [...]
Local News: January 19, 2023
Freddie Portillo will be speaking at the next Rotary Club meeting on Tuesday, January 24th, at 1pm at the WNMU Student Memorial Building Sunset room. Freddie Portillo, Silver City's Chief of Police will be speaking on the topic of "Code Enforcement." The Silver City Rotary Club is dedicated to both community service and friendship. Adult Education Services at Western [...]
Local News: Januaury 18th, 2023
The Silver City Museum is now offering a free membership to volunteers after they have completed 100 volunteer work hours. Beginning on January 1st, a record of each volunteer’s hours will be recorded and monitored towards the 100-hour goal. Each volunteer will be notified and celebrated if 100 hours are reached and their free annual membership will begin on [...]
Local News: January 17th, 2023
Based on their unique patient population, Hidalgo Medical services qualified for $697,520 from an approved project application from the Health Resources Services Administration under the American Rescue Plan specifically for Federally Qualified Health Care Centers. According to a news release, “the funding will be used to purchase two new clinics to replace the current aging facilities. The first clinic [...]
