Santa Clara News

School busses that travel down Grant County roads will soon have better ones to roll down with safer bridges.

After nearly 10 years of serving the village of Santa Clara, both as mayor and trustee, Imelda Lopez has turned in her resignation, effective July 1. In a letter to Mayor Pro-Tem Richard Bauch and Trustees Amanda Chavez, John Chavez, and Albert Esparza, Lopez said that she was stepping down to care for her terminally ill mother, and cited the toll ...

SANTA CLARA The fire that destroyed a Santa Clara home Monday also took the life of one of the family's dogs, a Chihuahua named "Chico pero Pelioso" meaning "small but feisty." The family's other dog, Chewy, a Lhasa Apso, was pulled from the fire and given mouth-to-mouth resuscitation at the scene by Santa Clara Police Chief Paul Jasso.

Tracing transplanted Santa Rita houses and other parts of Grant County history with Melvin Huff, age 90.

Under a proposed rate reorganization, the financial burden for construction and operation of a regional wastewater treatment plant would be more evenly divided between residential and non-residential customers.

Bank officials for AmBank have announced plans to open a full-service branch at 1401 Tom Foy Blvd.

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

Lt. Gov. Diane Denish told the Sun-News she is doing everything in her power to keep the Grant County Senior Centers open.

The mayor of Santa Clara said she is concerned about the number of complaints being received about the road conditions in the village, and is taking action to have them fixed.

Photo: Erica Garcia, director of education at the New Mexico History Museum, leads a guided tour of the facilities Thursday.

Patty Breed, 58, of Deming, was arrested for battery on a household member. Warrant - Francisco Gonzales, 21, of El Paso, was arrested on a Dona Ana County warrant for failure to appear.

With funding running low, employees at one Grant County senior center have been forced to dip into their own pocket to make sure their elderly patrons are fed each day, the center manager said.

Photo: A group of tourists hikes the lower part of the Puye Cliff Dwellings on Wednesday.

Member Appreciation Day will be held at the Silver City Food Cooperative from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. today.

Glenwood's Senior Center is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Area firefighters fought a grass fire of 50 or more acres Monday near mile marker 158 on the east side of U.S. 180, the Silver City Highway.

Residents of the Arenas Valley who live along or off of Race Track will notice construction crews for the next couple of weeks and maybe longer.

Police officers here could be facing layoffs if a new grant is not approved to keep funding coming into the village to pay them, Santa Clara Police Chief Paul Jasso told trustees at Mondays night's meeting.

Even with the economy in a tailspin, area residents were determined not to let it affect their family plans for Easter.

Don Orton gets his blood pressure checked in Mimbres recently by Jesse DouBrava, an RN for Gila Regional Medical Center.