Congratulations to Western New Mexico University student, Margarita Telles who is the first-prize winner in Western’s Academic Writing Contest. Margarita’s paper, “The Adverse Effect of Parent-Child Loss or Separation: A literature Review”, was inspired by her interest in psychological parenting, and the physiological effects a child experiences when they lose contact with a caregiver. Ms. Telles is currently a senior [...]

The Gila National Forest has been working with volunteers from Trout Unlimited, Mesilla Valley Flyfishers, Amigos Bravos and other conservation groups to help restore Little Turkey Creek, which is part of the Willow Creek Restoration Project. So far, volunteers have installed dozens of instream rock structures, filled two large headcuts that were beginning to erode adjacent wetlands and planted more [...]

Calvary Baptist Church in Silver City will be hosting a “Candyland” Vacation Bible School for Kindergarten to 6th graders. There will be games, crafts, bible stories, prizes and much more. The bible school will take place July 23rd through the 26th from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and is free to those who attend. For more information, contact the Calvary [...]

The USDA Rural Development, Southwest New Mexico Council of Governments and the Silver City Realtors will be hosting a Southwest New Mexico Resource Housing Summit on July 20th. The summit will provide information regarding home repairs, homelessness, housing programs and will include a variety of housing agencies. This event will take place from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the [...]