Silver Consolidated Schools recently added “Wellness Rooms” to all Silver City school campuses thanks to the $6.5 million federal grant they received for mental health services. These dedicated spaces are to help provide a calm area for students to take a break, practice self-care and build skills to manage stress and emotions. The rooms are staffed with caring professionals trained [...]

The Silver City Police Department has been responding to multiple vehicle burglaries and stolen motor vehicles this past month. Being that the incidents are not in specific areas, the police are urging the public to not only lock their vehicles but to also not leave anything of value in their vehicles, including keys. The police department is asking anyone with [...]

Western New Mexico University will be dedicating its recently installed sculpture of former faculty member Pam Kuthe on Monday August 28th, at 3:30 p.m. in front of the School of Nursing building. Mrs. Kuthe, who retired from WNMU in 2007, was a long-time Silver City nurse, a dedicated educator and a valued colleague. She was also recognized as a Nursing [...]

Mimbres Press of Western New Mexico University will hold a reading and book signing at historic Light Hall on the Silver City campus on Wednesday, September 6th starting at Light Hall Patio at 5:30 with appetizers and refreshments provided by Bear Mountain Lodge from recipes that will be featured in the upcoming Mimbres Press publication, “Bear Mountain Lodge Cookbook.” At [...]

Fort Bayard Historic Preservation Society will be having a Film Series. Starting August 31st, Fort Bayard Historic Preservation Society will be starting once again their FREE Thursday evening film series.  The fall series runs for 12 weeks, through November 16th.  For a complete listing of the movies go to historic fort Bayard dot org.  The films are shown in the [...]

Wildlife law violation checkpoints start for hunting, fishing seasons. The Department of Game and Fish will conduct checkpoints throughout the state this hunting season to collect biological data and to detect wildlife law violations. As a result, the public may encounter minor delays. Department officers may be assisted by other law enforcement agencies such as the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau [...]

We received a final update on the Turkey Fire. According to the US Forest Service, the Turkey Fire, which is 9 miles northeast of Cliff, has seen very little fire activity in a week and thus, the Type 3 Incident team will be turning back operational control of the fire to the local unit tomorrow evening. To date, the fire [...]

The National Forest System Roads NFSR 282 and NSFR 878, which cover the entire length of Goose Lake Trail #238 and Dorsey Canyon Trail #239, have been closed due to the Turkey Fire. The purpose of the closure is to protect public health and safety from hazardous road and trail conditions stemming from fire suppression activities. The closure will be [...]