Mimbres News

The Mimbres Region Arts Council is looking for enthusiastic and energetic volunteers for this year's annual Blues Festival on Memorial Day weekend, May 24-26. This is the 18th year for the festival, which one of the biggest and best events Silver City hosts each year.

Jerry Joseph, Walter Salas Humara and drummer Steve Drizos will play at the Buckhorn Opera House at 7:30 p.m. tonight.

Mimbres Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home is celebrating National Nursing Home Week by recognizing resident Emma Barker as the oldest mama resident.

The overnight low temperature should be in the low 50s, while Tuesday's high is expected to be near 82.

Steve Bean was Deming s first EMT and began training firefighters in life-saving skills and emergency medical services before his death from a heart attack at age 30 in 1995.

Luna County has done a good job of ensuring the life of a project exceeds life of funding." New Mexico Senator John Arthur Smith Words of encouragement and caution were shared by state Senator John Arthur Smith, D-Deming, when he addressed the Luna County Board of Commissioners on Thursday to discuss capital outlay funding.

Grant County Commission Regular Meeting, 9 a.m., Thursday, Grant County Administration Building, 1400 Highway 180 East, Silver City.

Domestic disturbance: A caller advised that a man was there and causing problems and he did hit her and smells like alcohol in the 4500 block of Mountain View Lane.

Silver City spectators and business owners are gearing up for another Downtown Criterium and Expo on Saturday as part of the 27th annual Tour of the Gila.

Accident with property damage: A caller reported that his friend hit a deer by the U-Store, which is by the side of the road in the 11000 block of Highway 180 near Kirkland Road.

The Grant County Art Guild has opened a new Western art exhibit at the Sun Valley Do It Best Center, 1401 Silver Heights Blvd.

G reg Renfro won't be on the bill for this year's Silver City Blues Festival, May 24-26, but there will be plenty of good listening nonetheless.

Editor's note: During the 2012-2013 academic year, the English faculty members at Aldo Leopold High School in Silver City hosted a writer's workshop series.

As promised in these pages, River Ranch Market is now open, Weds.-Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., featuring grassfed beef, pastured poultry, gluten-free baked goods and "good, clean food cooked in cast iron by real cowgirls." 300 S. Bullard, 597-6328. Millie's Bake House in downtown Silver City celebrates its first anniversary on Saturday, May 4, with an open ... (more)

Stained glass is, quite simply, Shirley Mize's passion. For nearly a quarter of a century, she has been piecing together fragments of glass to form beautiful, often intricate, designs.

The fourth annual Kiwanis/Rotary Kids Bicycle Safety Rodeo will be from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday in Downtown Silver City, the corner of College Avenue and Bullard Street.

While spring rains elude Grant County, members of the community spent a sunny Saturday making and applying ceramic rain drops to the mosaic mural now in place on the 12th Street bridge as part of Comcast Cares Day.

Editor's Note: This is the final report on the Grant County commissioners work and regular sessions this week.

Southwestern New Mexico Audubon Society field trip to Mangas Springs, the Iron Bridge, and the Cliff/Gila bridge will take place Saturday.

During the opening portion of the Silver City Town Council meeting of Tuesday, April 23, Mayor James Marshall made the following proclamations for the Town of Silver City: May 9, 2013 shall be "Children's Mental Health Awareness Day" The Wellness Coalition, in collaboration with the other mental health services organizations in Grant County, is ... (more)