Fort Bayard News

The area around what became known as Mogollon was quite active long before convicts carved out the road up the mountain in 1897.

The Silver City Police Department reported the following incidents: Wednesday Property damage was reported on East Pine Street.

The Santa Clara and Fort Bayard fire departments responded to a house fire at 204 Bard St.

A savings account has been established at AmBank for Robert Obar, to help with his medical expenses.

A chain maille bracelet workshop will be held at 9 a.m. today at A Bead or Two, 703 N. Bullard St.

An informational meeting on a proposed full-service senior housing center will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 28, at the First United Methodist Church, 300 W. College Ave.

The Board of Grant County Commissioners heard a recommendation Tuesday during its work session for the county to replace six blades with Caterpillar machines.

The future of Fort Bayard National Landmark will be discussed Monday by a panel of key state and local officials, including Secretary of Veterans Affairs John Garcia.

Since Crispus Attucks became the Revolutionary War's first casualty, men and women have been sacrificing their lives in battle for American freedom.

Sharp-eyed residents in the Fort Bayard area Friday morning may have been doing a double take as 18 people bailed out of a Douglas DC-3 aircraft at 1,500 feet sporting new blue and white parachutes.

The Grant County Health Fair on Saturday will give residents a chance to catch any potential problems in the early stages with free health screenings and tests offered by local health providers and coordinated by Grant County Community Health Council.

The remains of a soldier missing since World War II are to be buried Friday at Fort Bayard National Cemetery in southwestern New Mexico.

Silver City Aglow will meet at 9:30 a.m. today at the Silver City Woman's Club, 411 Silver Heights Blvd.

It may be one of the longest roll calls ever read. On May 16, as part of its Memorial Day observance, the Riverside National Cemetery will begin a roll call of every military veteran buried there.

Southwestern New Mexico's 19th-century forts and camps were among the most remote outposts, in the roughest country, ever manned by the US military.

A catfish plate fundraiser for the St. Vincent de Paul building will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday at the CYO Parish Hall, Arizona Street.

U.S. Senators Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall announced Tuesday that New Mexico will benefit from over $4 million through the Veterans Administration as a part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, according to a press release.

New Mexico Reps. Martin Heinrich, Harry Teague and Ben Ray Lujan announced Monday that $4.02 million in recovery funding is headed to New Mexico to improve the Veterans Affairs hospital in Albuquerque and the national cemeteries in Fort Bayard and Santa Fe.

SILVER CITY Local and regional businesses wishing to ease some of their staffing worries can sign up for the annual Employment Expo at Western New Mexico University.

Literacy Link-Leamos will host a workshop from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. today in the conference room of the Silver City Public Library.