Silver City News

The excitement is building for the 18th annual Silver City Blues Festival, the largest free outdoor Blues Festival in the Southwest.

Situation: Crews from Silver City, VFDs and the US Forest Service are responding to a fire on McKenny Road near the old Quail Ridge Fire area near Silver City.

Situation: Crews are making good progress against the McKenny Fire, which has grown to approximately 200 acres.

The trial of an Albuquerque youth charged with murder in the shooting death of his father on a southwestern New Mexico hunting trip is being delayed.

It's not surprising. From the beginning, he was one of the governor's most dubious appointees a businessman and campaign contributor who ponied up $16,000. The governor promised that business people would have "a friend and an ally" in Dennis, a self-made man who founded and grew DKD Electric Co.

Several generations of the Moses family gather with the WNMU President's award, a replica artifact of a Mimbres water gourd, created by Silver City artists Pierre Nichols, a student of the Mimbres Culture, which native to Southwest New Mexico, and presented to the family by university president Dr.

Following a tearful apology to his victim and his family and a plea for mercy from the court, 22-year-old Jace Hinton of Silver City was sentenced Monday to five years in prison for shooting local chiropractor Dr.

Silver City's own Mimbres Region Arts Council was named as one of the recipients of the 2013 NM Governor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts: Governor Susana Martinez and the New Mexico Arts Commission have announced the seven artists and art supporters who will be recipients of the 2013 Governor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts.

In northern New Mexico, La Bajada is the hill to remember. Down south, that honor falls to the towering heights of Emory Pass.

Businesses in the Silver City area are invited to attend a workshop about how to lower electric bills and take advantage of available energy efficiency rebates.

From left, artists Mariah Walker, Nancy Wachholz, Bayard Public Library coordinator Jody Decker, artists Karen Muench and BJ Allen gatherat the Silver City h'Art Sisters Artist Exhibit Reception in the newly remodeled Bayard Public Library.

Look beyond the backyard barbecue this Memorial Day weekend, and you'll find lots to do, close to home.

The Silver/Cliff school district met May 16, 2013, at the district office on Swan Street.

The Diaz Farms produce stand started out as a 6'x6' table near the Hatch Highway NM Highway 26) in 1981.

Deming residents Robert and Wilma Knox, in Bungle Bungle, Australia. The couple recently donated a collection of books and research material on Lt.

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.

New Mexico Music Series presents: Jerry Joseph, Walter Salas-Humara, and Steve Drizos 2013 tour, 7 p.m. Friday, Buckhorn Opera House, 32 Main St.

William P. Dobricky brings business and government contracting experience to the organization.

The Grant County Community Concert Association presents The Phoenix Boys Choir's Town Choir 7 p.m. Saturday, at WNMU Fine Arts Center Theater, in Silver City as part of the Town Choir's annual spring tour.

The Silver City Town Council at its May 14 meeting heard a report on recommended renovations for the Silco Theater.