The Freeport-McMoRan Foundation has awarded $450,000 to Grant County as part of $3 million awarded to 55 projects in Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, New Mexico and Texas through its Community and Social Investment Fund process. The Freeport-McMoRan Foundation works with a range of committed partners throughout the investment process and has an ongoing partnership with True Impact, allowing organizations to forecast [...]

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham recently announced that healthcare organizations in Luna, Grant and Hidalgo counties will be receiving funding through the Rural Health Care Delivery Fund that was created earlier this year. Some of the organizations receiving the funding will be the Ben Archer Health Center in Luna County, the Mimbres Memorial Hospital in Luna and Hidalgo County and Southwest [...]

The Silver Consolidated School District and The Commons are partnering together to provide Christmas food boxes to those in need. They will be distributing the boxes tomorrow, December 20th at 12:30 p.m. at the Silver Schools Administration Building at 2810 North Swan Street. This will be on a first come, first serve basis.  The Grant County Community Foundation announced that [...]

Amplified Therapy and Edward Jones in Silver City is presenting “Pictures with Santa and the Grinch” this Wednesday, December 20th from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. There will be coco and fun Christmas activities for children of all ages. Pictures with Santa will take place at Amplified Therapy located at 208 Highway 180 West and pictures with the Grinch will [...]

The Western New Mexico University Board of Regents recently approved three new programs as part of the university’s Five-Year Plan for New Degree Programs. The programs will include undergraduate certificates in HVAC, diesel mechanics and plumbing and will be housed in the new Career Technical Education Center. The New Degree Program is part of WNMU’s Five-Year Campus Master Plan, which [...]

  The Silver City Public Library has added the streaming service Kanopy to their digital services for all those interested in streaming movies, videos and more. Kanopy provides a diverse collection of narrative and documentary films as well as a wide selection of TV series and movies. Those interested can register for free using their library card. For more information [...]

The New Mexico Department of Veterans Services (DVS) has officially started their “Operation Holiday Cheer 2023” event to help spread joy and cheer to residents and staff at Fort Bayard Medical Center. DVS is asking New Mexicans to send Christmas cards to veterans thanking them for their service to our country and to staff members to show them appreciation for [...]

The Silver City Food Co-op will be donating the December funds from their “Round Up Program” to The Silver City Museum Society, a nonprofit organization that helps enhance museum programming and public services. The funds will go towards providing hardware resources for museum staff to utilize, such as field recording equipment and cataloging software as well as for future exhibit [...]

Cliff High School was recently named one of the Best Small-Town High School Basketball Teams in America by Stadium talk dot com. Cliff High School is the smallest school on the list with only 155 students in grades 7th to 12th. Over the years, the high school has established a basketball legacy, winning 12 state championships between 1982 and 2016 [...]

The Silver City community based program, The New Earth Project, is looking for individuals who are interested in creating climate solutions and empowering youth. This project, which  is part of the Upper Gila Watershed Alliance, addresses pressing environmental issues with not just a call for sustainability-based solutions, but for regenerative and restorative practices, improving and revitalizing agriculture soils and natural [...]