Silver City News Archives

Despite some rain, a good crowd turned out Saturday night for the 19th annual Lighted Christmas Parade in downtown Silver City.

Columbus Police reported Sunday afternoon Dr. Roberto Fierro, a Palomas, Mexico, dentist, was still in the hands of men who kidnapped from his clinic at gunpoint last Wednesday afternoon.

The Western New Mexico University women's basketball team had a three-point lead, 40-37, at half versus Bemidji State Saturday afternoon at the Grand Canyon University Crowne Plaza Thanksgiving Classic, but the Beavers shot 44.8 percent in the second half to run away with the 79-65 victory.

Members-only Holiday Sale will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. today at the Silver City Museum Store, 312 W. Broadway St.

Copper Country Cruizers Toys for Kids will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday adjacent to Gough Park.

With six to 10 inches of snow predicted for the Silver City area over the next day or so, drivers should take precautions on the roads.

Frank Cordova, board member and president of the Cobre Consolidated School Board, was named school board member of the year by the New Mexico School Boards Association.

The Gila National Forest is hosting a grant-writing workshop to assist individuals or organizations interested in submitting a grant proposal for the 2010 Collaborative Forest Restoration Program.

Nearly 200 bikes thundered through Silver City Saturday afternoon during the third annual toy run, organized by David Vargas.

Dr. Twana Sparks, who was accused of performing non-authorized genital exams on male patients without their consent while they were under anesthesia, will not lose her medical license and has signed an agreement with the New Mexico Medical Board that allows her to continue to practice, but with numerous restrictions.

The German wirehaired pointer was locked up downwind of a scruffy oak tree about 100 yards ahead of me.

The first of a three-game set for the Western New Mexico University men's basketball team in Hawaii didn't go its way Wednesday night.

Jody Alderman, WNMU Accountant, has been selected as the WNMU Staff Employee of the month for November.

Remodeling, redecorating or just love the idea of art on sinks? Then you're in luck, because local artists have hand-painted and glazed one-of-a-kind sinks and bird baths, in honor of the Mimbres Region Arts Council.

Grant County Cooperative Extension Service dance, 8 p.m. to midnight today. National Guard Armory, Santa Clara.

Western New Mexico University alumni in the Grant County and El Paso, Texas areas are invited to attend the University of Texas-El Paso and WNMU women's basketball game and tailgate Dec.

The New Mexico Veterinary Medical Association has elected board officers for 2009-2010. They are Linda Locklar, DVM, Silver City, president; T. Murt Byrne, DVM, Santa Fe, president-elect; and Manuel Garcia, DVM, Farmington, treasurer.

Gila Valley Christmas Arts and Craft Faire scheduled Olde Fashioned Gila Valley Christmas Arts and Craft Faire will be held from 3 to 10 p.m. on Dec.

Grant County Cooperative Extension Service dance, 8 p.m. to midnight today. National Guard Armory, Santa Clara.

Master American Indian weaver Crane Day will be at the Blue Dome Gallery today, in conjunction with an exhibit opening of his work.

The unemployment rate in Grant County declined slightly in October, to 12 percent from 12.4 percent in September, according to estimates released Wednesday by the state Department of Workforce Solutions.

Permits for cutting Christmas trees on the Gila National Forest will be available at all Ranger District offices starting Friday.

On Monday, Nov. 23, at about 12:09 p.m., officers from the Grant County Sheriff’s Department and the Bayard, Hurley and Santa Clara police departments were dispatched to the Bayard Magistrate Court, where a male subject was reporting that a home invasion/robbery had just occurred at 104 Hurley Ave. in Bayard.

Santa Clara voters will elect a mayor and four Board of Trustees members when they go to the polls Tuesday, March 2. The village's board, meeting in special session Monday night, approved an election resolution ...

For one day only, Grant County residents can experience the traveling exhibition, "Held on the Homefront: German POWs in the United States, 1943-1946," when it stops in Silver City from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on December 1at the Silver City-Grant County Chamber of Commerce parking lot.

"Joy!" the annual Christmas show, opens at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at WNMU's Fine Arts Center Theatre.

Every year for the past five years, Jim and Debbie Nennich have put on a community Thanksgiving dinner that feeds hundreds of people in Grant County.

The unemployment rate in Grant County declined slightly in October, to 12 percent from 12.4 percent in September, according to estimates released Wednesday by the state Department of Workforce Solutions.

After only a couple of weeks of practice, the Cobre High wrestling team embarked on its first tournament of the season - The Fort Bliss Invitational in El Paso, Texas - this past weekend.

The La Plata eighth-grade boys' basketball team has come out of the gates running.

At Jose Barrios Elementary School, Mrs. Valentine's kindergarten class made American Indian headbands on Tuesday in celebration of the first Thanksgiving.

The following information was obtained by the Silver City Police Department. For the weekend, beginning 4 p.m. Friday and ending 8 a.m. Monday, officers of the Silver City Police Department responded to 38 calls for service and had 157 self-initiated activity, issued 163 citations, and made 5 arrests, including 1arrest for DWI.

The Grant County Sheriff's Department has donated five Thanksgiving food baskets to needy Grant County families.

Two Bayard men were injured in a home invasion/robbery at 104 Hurley Ave. in Bayard shortly after noon on Monday.

Rural Bookmobile today, 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. Mimbres Valley Cafe; 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Lake Roberts/Sapillo Fire Station, 2:15 to 3:15 p.m. Doc Campbell's Store, near Gila Cliff Dwellings.

Bayard voters will select a mayor, two city councilors and a municipal judge when they go to the polls Tuesday, March 2. The City Council on Monday night approved an election resolution regarding ...

The Grant County Sheriff's Department is bringing back the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program to schools in Grant County.

Gabriel Ramos has announced he will run for the County Commission District One seat in the June county election.

For prep football fans, this coming week's action on the gridiron is going to make the Thanksgiving holiday even better than the turkey or stuffing we ate.

Whenever a program loses a head coach, it's safe to say that the following year will be a little hectic and rusty because of the new system that is going to come into place.

Open Mic Night will be held at 6:30 p.m. today at Isaac's, 200 N. Bullard St. Come listen to local musicians or join in.

The next monthly meeting of The Compassionate Friends will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at The Episcopal Church, corner of 7th and Texas streets.

Winners of the Silver City Chamber of Commerce 2009 Leadership Awards are Michael Harris, of Southwest Bone and Joint Institute ; Cecilia Bell, of the Fort Bayard Historic Preservation Society ; Valdeen Wooten, ; Gale Moore, ; Joe Bagg ; Antonio Zapata ; and Jack Brennan and Michelle Geels .

The Gila Basin Irrigation Commission heard updates and partially evaluated several projects, using a matrix developed by Telesto Solutions Inc., an environmental science and engineering consulting firm.

During the Grant County Community Health Council meeting on Wednesday, members heard reports, a presentation on a new program and announcements of others, and comments from a ...

The Silver City-Grant County Chamber of Commerce held its annual leadership awards ceremony at Western New Mexico University on Friday.

Without a scrimmage, the Cliff High School girls' basketball team was ready for a game on the hardcourt, and Saturday night, the Cowgirls rolled to a 76-9 victory over Cobre High School in the season opener.

It only took days for the Western New Mexico University men's basketball team to enact some revenge against Eastern New Mexico University.

Last week, two groups of third graders from Jose Barrios Elementary School visited the Mimbres Culture Heritage Site in the Mimbres Valley to learn about the culture, history and features of the Mimbres Valley.

On Nov. 5, Ross Mason arrived at the Gila Cliff Dwellings Visitor Center for a planned solo hike in the wilderness.

For one quarter Friday night, the Silver High football team stayed with Volcano Vista in the second round of the Class 4A State Football Championships.

It started out as a celebratory and contemplative hike. Ross Mason, 44, had just lost his father a few months before.

The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal 60-day notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today over the agency's failure to respond to a scientific petition to list the Mexican gray wolf as "endangered" separate from other gray wolves nationwide.

It was a rough home opener for the Cobre High boys' basketball team Thursday night.

Ken Peed, Mark Shively, Ron Cameron and David "Moose" Jenkins unload a barrel of Argentinian Tung oil to treat the interior mahogany doors inside the Murray Hotel.

Three shots were fired Thursday afternoon into a home on San Vicente Street. At about 5 p.m. Thursday, Silver City police responded to a call of a drive-by shooting in the vicinity of San Vicente and Texas streets.

Local homeowners in need of a renovation still have a shot at being on TV. Tricon Films has extended the deadline for Silver City residents to apply for a home renovation project to be filmed for a future HGTV show.

Annual Holiday Art Sale, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. today, Silco Theater. Local vendors selling crafts, jewelry, photography, aromatherapy, pottery, wood carvings and more.

Artist Deborah Hutchings is closing her Texas Street gallery at the end of November.

The Grant County Economic Development Coalition for Progress, at its meeting Wednesday, received an update from the Gila Economic Development Alliance.

Richard Gonzalez, a Silver City resident and Vietnam veteran, will participate in the Run for the Wall, a motorcycle event that takes riders from Cucamonga, Calif., to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial ...

The Grant County Water Commission convened for its first meeting of the year Wednesday.

After eight years of dedicated service to the Western New Mexico University Foundation, Murray Ryan and F. Gene Gruber are retiring from its Board of Directors.

Silver High has been in this situation before: A quarterfinal appearance in the Class 4A state playoffs.

Caregivers' Craft Fair, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, GRMC Main Campus, 1313 E 32nd St.

Every year for the past five years, Jim and Debbie Nennich have put on a community Thanksgiving dinner that feeds hundreds of people in Grant County.

Duane Morris hands a bag of Fuji apples to Larry Rogers Friday afternoon on Hwy. 180 in Arenas Valley.

The Grant County Commission rejected a bid to place a ramp at the front of the jail, but approved all other items on its agenda during its regular meeting Wednesday.

Western New Mexico University head softball coach Scott Woodard, along with the Lady Mustang softball team, will add two more players to their 2010-11 roster.

After dropping two exhibition games to Division I schools, the Western New Mexico University men's basketball team opened up its season on the road against Eastern New Mexico University.

Rural Bookmobile today, 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. Mimbres Valley Cafe; 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Lake Roberts/Sapillo Fire Station, 2:15 to 3:15 p.m. Doc Campbell's Store, near Gila Cliff Dwellings.

Eric Maldonado, Ron Cameron and Mark Shively build a retaining wall Friday afternoon on Texas St.

Scott Knight has been inspiring a love for theater in his students since coming to Grant County from Chicago five years ago.

Polling places for the county's municipal election have been set and the list is available from the Grant County Clerk's Office.

A crowd of 51 people attended a ribboncutting ceremony Saturday at the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail to commemorate the 31st anniversary of the trail's designation by Congress and to celebrate the coming placement of the trail's southern terminus monument.

New Mexico legislators representing Grant County are weighing a task force's proposals to balance the state budget.

At the Gila San Francisco Water Commission meeting in Virden on Tuesday morning, the group lacked a quorum, so members discussed several items but took no action.

When Clara Yuvienco graduated in December with her master's degree in public health, she thought she was well-positioned to get a job.

Sophomore Salvador Garcia of the Western New Mexico University football team was a very versatile player for the Mustangs.

In the sport of football, little things can either make or break your season. Cobre High found that out this year, struggling for the most part to keep players healthy, and eligible, to make a difference on the football field.

In the season opener, the Western New Mexico University women's basketball team dropped a 72-43 decision to Grand Canyon University on Monday night.

The WILL/WNMU Economic Summit: "Through a Local Lens: Economic Change in Silver City/Grant County," will be 5:30 p.m. today at the WNMU Global Resource Center.

USDA Rural Development State Director Terry Brunner expressed surprise today that only a few applications for the Value-Added Producer Grant Program have been received from Ag producers in New Mexico.

Western New Mexico University's partnership with China has resulted in the gift of a life-size mustang sculpture by a well-known Chinese businessman.

On Friday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service settled a lawsuit concerning the Mexican gray wolf, according to a news release from the Center for Biological Diversity, one of the ...

The Grant County Commission at its work session Monday morning reviewed the agenda for Wednesday's regular meeting at 1 p.m. at the Grant County Administration Center.

The Gila/San Francisco Water Commission will meet at 9 a.m. today at the Community Center, Richmond Street at Virden.

State Rep. Rodolpho "Rudy" Martinez, D-Grant/Hidalgo District 39, will hold office hours from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Grant County Administration Center, 1400 Highway 180 East, to meet with the general public.

Sheriff Raul Villanueva has brought back the D.A.R.E. program to Grant County schools.

Operation Christmas Child, a kids-helping-kids project that seeks to collect gift-filled shoeboxes for needy children, launches today in Silver City.

A Sunday afternoon fire damaged a manufactured home in the Mangus Terrace trailer park on U.S. 180, just west of Silver City.

A federal grant will enable Western New Mexico University to expand its distance-learning program.

Fourth-graders at Harrison Schmitt Elementary School received a $1,000 grant from Wal-Mart to fund field trips to Santa Fe and Albuquerque in the spring.

Debaura James, a teacher at Aldo Leopold High School, was named Outstanding Environmental Educator of the year by the Environmental Education Association of New Mexico.

Curves of Silver City is collecting non-perishable, kid-friendly, food items for its "Give a Hungry Child Food" event.

Millie's Assisted Living Center will hold free memory screenings from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday as part of National Memory Screening Day, an annual initiative of the Alzheimer's Foundation of America.

At age 81, Paula Noreno has been a member of TOPS for nearly half her life. In 1967, approaching 40 years old and unhealthily overweight, Noreno discovered TOPS - which stands for Taking Off Pounds Sensibly - in her home of Lynwood, Calif.

A California man was arrested by Deming Police early Sunday morning in connection with a double homicide in Perris, Calif.

Congressman Harry Teague's district staff will host mobile office hours in Silver City on Tuesday.

Oh, how sweet it is. Another week on the gridiron is what the Silver High football team earned after a 44-20 rout over Valencia High School on Friday night.

For two quarters the Cobre High football team hung with Robertson High School during the first round of the Class 3A state playoffs on Saturday.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and environmentalists reached an agreement Friday that scraps a rule the agency had used to kill or permanently remove any wolf that killed three heads of livestock in a year.

A hiker lost in the Gila for several days was reunited late Saturday afternoon with family members who had flown from Houston earlier in the week once they learned he had not returned from a solo hike he began on Nov.

All the stars were out Friday during the premiere of Silver City's own "Ditch," a movie filmed in Silver City with actors from the Virus Theater.

Have you ever wanted to take a road trip with little direction and just wanted to get lost for a couple of days from family and friends, away from cell phone towers and e-mail, but still enjoy natural beauty and the company that comes from a tour of small ...

The season came to an abrupt end for the Silver High volleyball team at the Class 4A state playoffs in Rio Rancho on Friday.

The Western New Mexico University volleyball team ended their season Thursday night after falling to No. 3 University of Nebraska - Kearney in three straight sets in the first round of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Tournament in Kearney, Neb., (25-21, 25-19, 25-19).

The deadline for nominations to Silver City-Grant County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors is Wednesday.

Mario Lupercio, 21, immigrated to the United States from Mexico when he was 6 years old.

Weather concerns on Friday had organizers scrambling to change the venue for the Festival of the Soul, Silver City's first world music festival, which debuts today.

Rescue workers have confirmed that the man they spotted from a helicopter Thursday afternoon was missing hiker Ross Mason.

After four years and 60 hours of footage, "Ditch," a full-length movie filmed in Silver City by locals from the Virus Theater, opens this weekend at The Wherehouse.

The Forest Service is seeking individuals to serve on the new Resource Advisory Committee for southern New Mexico under provisions of Title II of the Secure Rural Schools Act of ...

The Mining District Historical and Tourism Committee at its regular monthly meeting Thursday received a $5,000 check from Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.

It's do or die time in prep football across the state, and tonight at Silver High School, the Fighting Colts will tangle with Valencia High School in the first round of the Class 4A state football playoffs at 7 at the Silver High football stadium.

Western New Mexico University senior volleyball player Ellen East was named to the 2009 All-RMAC Third Team.

The Silver High volleyball team had a good day at the Class 4A state championships in Rio Rancho on Thursday.

The 4th Annual Copper Country Christmas Bazaar will be 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Hurley Community Center, 312 Carrasco.

The Silver City Museum is hosting a quilt exhibit in collaboration with the Southwest New Mexico Quilters Guild.

The High Desert Humane Society will hold its "Magnificent Mutt Strut," fundraiser at 1 p.m. Sunday.

Casa de la Cultura will hold its third annual Native American Thanksgiving Dinner and program Saturday night, with exhibits, storytelling, chanting and traditional prayer dances performed by the Danza Maria Guadalupe group from San Elizario, Texas.

A radical Muslim imam reported to have corresponded with the suspected Fort Hood, Texas, shooter was born in Las Cruces.

A Houston man who has been missing since Tuesday in the Gila Wilderness Area was spotted late Thursday afternoon by National Guard Search and Rescue crew members aboard an HO 58 helicopter.

Gaffney-Oglesby Marine Corps League Detachment 1328 held a ball Tuesday evening to celebrate the Marine Corps' 234th birthday.

American Legion Allingham Golding Post 18 of Silver City organized and presented the Veterans Day ceremony at Fort Bayard National Cemetery on Wednesday.

A Houston, Texas, man has been missing since Tuesday in the Gila Wilderness, according to authorities.

Authentic Navajo fry bread, burgers and Navajo tacos will be available at Santa Clara National Guard Armory from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday.

Beto Acosta, 11, a fifth-grader at Central Elementary School, shakes the hand of Michael Peralta, a Vietnam veteran, while handing him a proclamation thanking him for his service to his country Wednesday during the Veterans Day Ceremony at Fort Bayard National Cemetery.

A split Silver City Town Council voted Tuesday night to put a non-binding poll question on the March, 2010 municipal ballot asking voters if they want to ban fireworks altogether in the community.

Under clear, blue New Mexico skies, on a perfect fall day, more than 200 people turned out for the Veterans Day Ceremony at Fort Bayard National Cemetery on Wednesday morning.

With eight key contributors returning to the lineup, not too many faces have changed for this year's Western New Mexico University women's basketball roster.

The Western New Mexico University men's basketball team was thinking upset against University of Arizona in Tucson, Ariz., on Tuesday night.

Gila Regional Cancer Support Group will meet at 6 p.m. today in the boardroom, Gila Regional Medical Center, 1313 E. 32nd St.

A $1,000 grant from Wal-Mart SuperCenter Store No.1357 has been given to Silver City MainStreet Project for the historic Silco Theater at 311 N. Bullard Street in Historic Downtown.

Hanover officials are seeking bids from contractors for water-system improvements.

After much discussion and debate, the Silver City Town Council voted at its meeting Tuesday to include a nonbinding poll question regarding the purchase and use of fireworks in Silver City on the ballot for the regular municipal election to be held March 2. Councilor Cynthia Bettison was against placing the poll question on the ballot.

Jose Barrios Elementary School held a Veterans Day program to 'give special thanks of gratitude to the veterans who have served and protected our country.' Debbie Anderson's second-grade class and Nils Eng's fifth-grade class sang service songs, read letters from home, and gave ...

With tough competition on the courts at the Southwest Collegiate Invitational in Albuquerque this past weekend, the Western New Mexico University women's tennis team came up short in every matchup.

It's official. The Western New Mexico University volleyball team was able to squeak in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference tourney as the No. 8 seed, but the bad news is that the Lady Mustangs will have to play top seeded Nebraska-Kearney, who is also ranked No. 4 in the country, in the first round of the tourney in Kearney, Neb.

After going undefeated in District 3-4A competition and winning the district championship by downing Deming last Saturday at home, the Silver High volleyball team is ready to tangle with the best that the state has to offer in Class 4A.

The following information was obtained from the Grant County Sheriff's Department from Friday through Sunday.

A tow truck driver and fire truck respond Tuesday evening to a single-car accident in which a pickup truck went over the embankment and into the ditch near Arby's. One eyewitness said the truck's wheels got caught in a pothole and the driver accelerated to get out.

The Gila National Forest offices will be closed today in observance of Veterans Day.

In a Veterans Day presentation Monday by the Silver City Chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of American, Marine Sgt. 1st Class David Maez, who has 35 years of service in the Corps, stands and claps in approval as one of the classes at Bayard Elementary School sings the Marine hymn, the official song of the Marines.

It was Cynthia Ann Bettison's love of author Tony Hillerman that prompted her to bring Hillerman's daughter, Anne Hillerman, also an author, and photographer Don Strel to WNMU for a kickoff event to celebrate the university museum's 35th anniversary.

The Bayard City Council on Monday night voted to advertise for bids from contractors to expand the municipal library, and received an update on the replacement of water and sewer lines.

Can't find what you're looking for? Try browsing the entire Silver City Daily Press by clicking here! The Catron County Commission on Nov. 4 sent to U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar a response and comments to a petition to list the Mexican gray wolf, Canis lupus baileyi, as an endangered subspecies or distinct population segment.

The Western New Mexico University Museum will kick-off its 35-year anniversary year-long celebration with a visit by author Anne Hillerman and photographer Don Strel on Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. in the Global Resource Center Auditorium.

People interested in becoming foster or adoptive parents can find out how at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Grant County office of CYFD office, 3082 Bypass Road.

The following information was obtained from the Silver City Police Department. For the weekend beginning 4 p.m. Friday and ending 8 a.m. Monday, officers of the Silver City Police Department responded to 43 calls for service and produced 107 self-initiated activities.

After weeks of work, "Lights, Camera, Action!" a dance performance put on by New Mexico Dance Institute and featuring students from local schools, was unveiled at WNMU's Fine Arts Center to a standing-room-only crowd of parents and local attendees Friday night.

Two groups that support health care reform criticized Rep. Harry Teague on Monday for the Democrat's vote against a bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives.

A number of Veterans' Day events and ceremonies are scheduled around the county today and Wednesday to honor those who served.

Television production company Tricon Films is looking to showcase the character of a small town like Silver City for a new show for HGTV.

The National Public Observatory presented a Reach for the Stars program Saturday at City of Rocks State Park, between Hurley and Deming.

The man who coached Rincon High School to the 1965 state basketball championship rises from a chair and extends a hand.

Before its basketball team faces Arizona in a McKale Center exhibition game Tuesday, Western New Mexico has scheduled a reception that coaches Mark Coleman and Sean Miller will speak at.

The Silver City-Grant County Chamber of Commerce has selected the recipients of its leadership awards.

The Rev. Virgilio Flores, the parish priest for St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Lordsburg, died Thursday, Nov. 5.

Silver High School Cross Country competed with some of the top teams in the State Championship meet on Saturday.

Widowed Persons Service will meet for lunch and a program at 11 a.m. today at Western New Mexico University cafeteria.

CYFD to host public meetings

Find out how. Se habla Espanol. For information, call Ronny Diaz , CYFD Foster and Adoptive Parent Recruiter at 434-5950, ext.

The Cobre Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. today at the Cobre Administration Office, 900 Central Ave., in Bayard.

Corina Castillo, a dedicated and committed president of Key Club, a group effort that helps give back to the community and any other organizations.

Kathy Ryan teaches English, social studies, business and math at Cobre High School and Western New Mexico University.

Public Hearing on Village of Santa Clara 2010 CDBG applications, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday, at City Hall, 105 N. Bayard St.

Taylor Tominson, 17, and Chase Tester, 17, both seniors at Silver High School, are put to the test to see who can climb the highest and fastest during a visit to the school by U.S. Army recruiters in September.

The New Mexico Media Literacy Project announces a call for entries for its fourth annual "Talk Back to Big Tobacco! Script and Storyboard Contest." The contest is seeking scripts written by New Mexico youth for 30-second radio and television commercials aimed at preventing tobacco use by children and teens.

A health-care forum will be held at Western New Mexico University from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Miller Library.

The Silver City Ranger District of the Gila National Forest began prescribed fire operations on the Signal Peak North project Friday morning, with continued operations throughout the weekend.

Lois Duffy is known for her art: Large-scale portraits that can take on a surreal quality.

The WNMU football team wanted to finish their 2009 season as the lone team to place eighth in the conference, but instead they had to settle for a tie at the bottom - in ninth place, with Fort Lewis College and New Mexico Highlands University after Fort Lewis stormed past the Mustangs, 40-21 on Saturday.

The last time the Western New Mexico University basketball team played against Division I University of Arizona, the Mustangs pulled off an upset.

It's come down to the final game of the season for the Western New Mexico University football team.

The Mustangs started the night off well against Adams State College, taking the first two sets Friday night 25-21 and 25-18, but Grizzlies senior middle hitter Darcy Jennings-Calkins finished the five-set match with a career-high 27 kills and 13 blocks to push Adams State over the top.

Staff of U.S. Rep. Harry Teague, D-N.M., will hold mobile office hours for veterans in Las Cruces and Silver City this week.

Growing up in Silver City, Jose Rodriguez always wanted to do something out of the ordinary.

Silver City Museum Gift Shop Manager Charmaine Wait displays "Butterfly Landscapes of New Mexico" by Steven Cary, chief naturalist and natural resource planner for New Mexico State Parks, who will give a free presentation at 2 p.m. today at the Silco Theater, following the Silver City Museum Society's 25th annual meeting.

Firefighters resumed operations Saturday on the Signal Peak North prescribed fire project.

It's been a week since the Silver High volleyball team has seen any action on the court and, tonight, the Lady Colts will host Deming in a battle for the District 3-4A championship at 7 p.m. Silver earned the right to host the championship by going 6-0 in district play.

It's come down to the final game of the season for the Western New Mexico University football team.

"Surviving Spiritually," 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. today, in Conference Room A at the Miller Library on the WNMU campus.

The Mimbres Region Arts Council will hold its Guatemalan Holiday Sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., today.

The Silver City Police Department is conducting its annual "Coats for Kids" Campaign.

Andrew Dahl-Bredine likes his music primitive, like he likes his land.

Students at Western New Mexico University will host a health care forum at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, in Miller Library.

The Silver City Police Department, with deputies from the Grant County sheriff's office and personnel from the Silver City Fire Department and Gila Regional Medical Center, responded to a bomb scare at Silver ...

The Silver City Police Department held a warrant roundup on Thursday, Oct. 29, and Friday, Oct. 30, in the Silver City and Mining District areas.

The Mimbres Roundup Lodge in San Lorenzo will hold a Pancake Breakfast from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday.

The following information was obtained from the Grant County Sheriff's Department.

For the past three weeks, nearly 200 students from schools across both area districts have practiced dance moves tirelessly, both during and after school.

Acclaimed folk singer Tom Russell, billed "The Americana Man," will perform tonight at the Silco Theatre, the second in the Mimbres Region Arts Council's Folk Series, and the first of two "Special Events" the Arts Council has added to the series this year.

The flu has come through Silver and Cobre School Districts, hitting some schools hard, with attendance down more than 50 percent at one school and just over 20 percent at another.

Thanks for the memories: Among the things to be thankful for this month is a cornucopia of musical offerings.

I was encouraged when I read Dutch Salmons recent column in the Sun-News, "Lost Water and Lost Water Rights," and its discussion of issues related to the planning process for the 2004 Arizona Water Settlements Act .

Five people have been hospitalized in Grant County with H1N1 influenza since the outbreak began, according to the New Mexico Department of Health.

David Letterman's misfortunes have been to Tom Russell's benefit. Coming on the heels of some of the best reviews of his long and storied career, the El Paso area singer-songwriter's fifth "Late Show" appearance was bumped a day to Oct. 2, the day after the talk-show host admitted to affairs with female staff members.

There was a change in Western New Mexico University's volleyball lineup Tuesday night against Mesa State College in Grand Junction, Colo.

Calvary Christian Academy host fundraiser

The student council at Calvary Christian Academy is hosting a yard sale and bake sale fundraiser from 7:30 a.m. to noon Saturday at Calvary Chapel, 3001 Highway 90 South.

An Evening with an Artist, lecture with painter and sculptor Tim Hasenstein, will take place at 6:30 p.m. today at Western New Mexico University Parotti Hall.

A wall at the U.S. Forest Service office on 32nd Street had to be boarded up Tuesday afternoon after the driver of a gray Dodge truck crashed through it.

Southwest New Mexico Council of Governments Board of Directors meets 9 a.m. today, City Hall Annex, 1203 N. Hudson, 2nd floor conference room.

Susan Bryant, who teaches sixth through eighth grades at Agape Academy, takes students to the Big Ditch Park on their first assignment this year for their 4-H photography class.

Thieves have struck again, hitting a business and a church in Silver City, taking computers, office equipment and welding equipment in several separate incidents at each location.

More than a dozen people were arrested in a warrant roundup conducted by the Silver City Police Department last week.

For the third time in the past five weeks, Silver High School has had to be evacuated because of a bomb threat.

On a blustery, cold October morning, Gaffney-Oglesby Marine Corps League Detachment 1328 of Silver City honored one of its namesakes.

Senior volleyball student-athlete Ellen East and senior football student-athlete Dennis Havrilla are October's Western New Mexico University Student-Athletes of the Month.

In the first of two National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I exhibition matchups, the Western New Mexico University men's basketball team fell to New Mexico State University, 111-83, at the Pan American Center in Las Cruces on Monday night.

You'll begin to see, soon, in stores around Luna County boxes in which to leave donated toys for the annual Toys for Tots program.

The following information was obtained by that Silver City Police Department. Friday Accident with property damage - two vehicle accident at J.C Penney.

The Silver City MainStreet Project will host a float workshop for the Lighted Christmas Parade from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday.

Fourth-graders from Stout Elementary and surrounding schools practice for their upcoming dance performance, "Lights, Camera, Action," which will be a free concert event hosted by the Fine Arts Center on Friday.

Wal-Mart recently presented a check to Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest. Pictured are Annette Toney, Girl Scouts membership manager; Johnny Williams, Wal-Mart store manager; Miriam Cwieka, Wal-Mart community liaison; Katelyn Hill and Faith Diamanti; Jayden Pierpont, Mikayla Johnson, Marcella Johnson, Andi Morones, Katie Morones, and Kylie ...

EcoNew Mexico, which describes itself as "a dedicated ecotourism company that is working closely with the New Mexico Tourism Department to create the largest and most exciting ecotourism initiative in the USA" has scheduled a workshop for next month in Silver City.

Painter, sculptor and educator Timothy Hasenstein will present a slide show and lecture at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Western New Mexico University's Parotti Hall.

An Ecotourism Seminar is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 11, in Silver City. “All key operators, outfitters, ranch and lodge owners, guides and native communities whose businesses are focused in and around the Gila Wilderness" are urged to attend, according to a news release from the EcoNewMexico company.

Can't find what you're looking for? Try browsing the entire Silver City Daily Press by clicking here! Veterans Day events planned at Fort Bayard Veterans Day will be commemorated at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the Fort Bayard National Cemetery. American Legion Post 18, Silver City, will host the event this year.

The New Mexico Humanities Council and Silver High School National History Day students will present chautauqua programs with Rosalia De Aragon and David Jackson on Sunday, Nov. 15, at the Silver High School Little Theater.

Low-income people may apply for assistance with their home-heating bills again this winter.

It may have started out as just a little tune in their heads, but some area music students, with the help of their teachers, have turned inspiration into their greatest masterpieces - so far.

For the weekend beginning at 4 p.m. Friday and ending 8 a.m. Monday, the Silver City Police Department responded to 123 calls for service, had 217 self-initiated activities, issued 69 citations and made five arrests.

The Gila National Forest Luna Work Center in Luna will be closed through Wednesday and open Thursday and Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. During the period that the Luna office is closed, visitor information can be obtained at the Quemado and Reserve Ranger District offices in New Mexico and the Alpine Ranger District in Alpine, Ariz.

It's an ongoing problem that has turned into a big issue recently. In Grant County, mule deer are populating towns and cities at an enormous rate that has some citizens upset over the fact that these deer are eating and becoming a nuisance in their yards.

Forest managers on the Gila National Forest plan to conduct a prescribed fire on Signal Peak North in the Silver City Ranger District.

One of Silver City's lifelong residents, a graduate of Silver High School and Western New Mexico University, will be honored at Gov. Bill Richardson’s New Mexico Distinguished Public Service Awards banquet on Nov. 12 at the Marriott Pyramid in Albuquerque.

The Gila National Forest will receive $3 million to buy a portion of Bear Creek Ranch, if President Barack Obama signs legislation containing the funding.

Attendees of a Town and Gown meeting Thursday evening heard a report pertaining to the Silver City Arts and Cultural District from Molly Bleecker of the University of New Mexico Bureau of Business and Economic Research.

WNMU to hold orientation for Tyrone mine workers The School of Applied Technology at Western New Mexico University will hold an orientation meeting at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Global Resource Center auditorium, 817 W. 12th St., for employees of Freeport McMoRan who worked at the Tyrone Mine site.

Seedboat Gallery, 214 W. Yankie St., presents "Emerging Artists from WNMU" opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m. today.

Silver High School students Angel Narvaez and Melissa Redman prepare for the balloon release during Red Ribbon Week at Silver High School.

College Connection Night will be held at 6 p.m. today at Silver High School's Little Theater.

The Reserve Ranger District of the Gila National Forest is planning on treating approximately 4,000 acres using prescribed fire on the Eckleberger Project.

Members of the Marine Corps League Gaffney-Oglesby Detachment 1328 honored one of their own Thursday - Capt. Joseph Gaffney, for whom their detachment is partly named - with a a wreath-laying ceremony at his grave on the six-year anniversary of his death.

It may have started out as just a little tune in their heads, but some area music students, with the help of their teachers, have turned inspiration into their greatest masterpieces - so far.

Congressman Harry Teague's district staff will host mobile office hours in Silver City on Tuesday.

It wasn't much of a game for the Colorado State University-Pueblo football team Saturday against Western New Mexico University.

"This actually began this past summer," said Silver High's first-year head coach Tiana Sanchez of goals set by the Lady Colts.

For the second straight week, the Cobre High football squad dropped a District 3-3A game at home.

Several Day of the Dead celebrations will take place in Silver City on Sunday including an exhibit of ofrendas at several downtown galleries and a puppet parade down Bullard Street by the Monsoon Puppet Theater.

Two Spirits Café is about as small a restaurant as one can imagine, but it has stirred up a big response.

With the change today back to standard time, the Silver City Fire Department reminds residents to make another change that could save their lives - changing the batteries in their smoke alarms.