Here’s a look at today’s local news: The preliminary Estimates for New Mexico Labor Force percentages for non-seasonally adjusted June 2019 rates show increased unemployment with three out of four local counties. The percentages are as follows: Grant County with a 5.3% unemployment rate, up from 4.3% revised May figures; Catron County with a 6.2% unemployment rate, up from [...]

Here’s a look at some local news: Local youth who participated in the 2019 Mimbres Region Arts Council Youth Mural Camp, completed, dedicated and unveiled their Endangered Species Mural on Western New Mexico University’s Barnard Hall. Visiting artist, Roger Peet and local artists, Alison Phillips and Diana Ingalls Leyba, led this year’s Youth Mural Camp. The project was done [...]

Here’s a look at today’s local news: Friday night, the Grant County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call in Hurley involving an altercation between two neighbors in the street. As reported by the Grant County Beat, dispatch informed the Deputy en route that a shot was fired by a male suspect, who returned to his residence located on Hurley [...]

Here’s a look at today’s local news: A home located on Bridle Road in Santa Clara was reported just after midnight on Wednesday to be fully engulfed in flames. According to the Grant County Beat, the Santa Clara Volunteer Fire Department arrived first to the scene and requested tenders from the Whiskey Creek and Santa Rita volunteer fire departments [...]

Here’s a look at today’s local news: The Western New Mexico University Board of Regents will be meeting on Monday, July 22nd and plans to vote on 10 action items. Some of the listed items include: Fiscal Year 2019 4th quarter Financial Certifications; tenure recommendations; Capital Projects Transmittal for Electronic Door Locking System and 10th Street Landscape and Infrastructure; [...]

Here’s a look at some local news: Deming Public Schools are offering the Universal Lunch and School Breakfast program for the 2019-20 school year. Breakfast and lunch will be served free of charge to all students that attend Deming Public Schools. The meals served follow U.S Department of Agriculture guidelines for healthy school meals in hopes of providing a [...]

Here’s a look at today’s local news: The New Mexico Affordable Housing Charitable Trust in partnership with New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority will receive a $1 million competitive grant for a Veterans Housing Rehabilitation and Modification Pilot Program. U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grant will be used [...]