Fort Bayard News

A 5K walk/run and an 8-mile run. Race fee is $15, Additional $10 for T-shirts. Same day registration is $25. Bike Works Community Bike Ride, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

Downtown Silver City. Tickets $12. 575-538-2505, www.mimbresarts.org or at the door at the Buffalo Dance Hall.

Hundreds gathered for an emotional memorial service at Yuma Civic Center to honor Huffman, who was killed when his patrol vehicle was struck by a truck while he was sitting inside during an accident investigation on Interstate 8. Huffman will be buried Friday at Fort Bayard National Cemetary in Fort Bayard, N.M. A long line of motorcycle patrolmen ... (more)

During the continuation of the Western New Mexico University Board of Regents' meeting, approvals were given for several items of business, including acquiring land, new degrees, program closure and changes, promotion and tenure and the budget.

Today, Thursday, May 2, competitors in the Master Men B, UCI , Men 1, 2, Men 3, Master Men A and Women Pro, 1, 2 in the Tour of the Gila bicycle race started and finished at Fort Bayard.

Controversy gripped the Silver City's Tour of the Gila Thursday after officials relegated would-be stage winner Jonathan Clarke and handed the men's stage 2 victory to Arnaud Grand .

Racers will begin gathering in Gough Park early in the morning and the first category will launch at 8 a.m., with the Women's Pro leaving at 8:25 a.m. and the UCI Men Pro at 9:05 a.m. Racers will head down Pope Street, and then through downtown via Bullard Street to Broadway then Cooper Street and up Market Street, otherwise known as "Snake Hill', ... (more)

It's the month for big annual events in Silver City, from bikes to the blues. The Tour of the Gila will race in and around town May 1-5, starting with the grueling Silver City to Mogollon race.