Memorial Day 052724
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- Published: 02 June 2024 02 June 2024
Photos and article by Mary Alice Murphy
Videos by Al Gamboa
On May 27, 2924, a bright sunny Monday, veterans, family members, and supporters of veterans gathered to take part in the annual Fort Bayard National Cemetery Memorial Day ceremonies to honor those who died in service to country.
The Gaffney-Oglesby Marine Corps League Detachment 1328 hosted the event, but veterans from the Grant County Veterans Coalition, which includes all local veteran organizations, participated in the ceremonies.
Marine Master Gunnery Sgt. Dean Bearup, Ret., served as master of ceremonies.
Photo and video added: Scrap yard burns hot
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- Published: 02 June 2024 02 June 2024
By Roger Lanse
Photo and video by Lynn Janes (below)
June 1. 2024 – 10:30 p.m.
Black smoke was seen billowing into the sky Saturday, around 6 p.m., May 1, 2024, from a two-acre fire at a scrap yard in the area of Rosedale, Rodeo, and Spring Creek roads, and the smoke was observed from as far away as Deming, T or C, and Glenwood. According to Silver City Fire Department Chief Milo Lambert, 49 firefighters from every volunteer fire department in the county, with the possible exception of Sapillo Volunteer Fire, and 13 firefighters from SCFD, responded to the fire. Also responding were the Silver City Police Department and the Grant County Sheriff's Office.
Update 1:Fire off Rosedale Road
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- Published: 01 June 2024 01 June 2024
Fire on Rodeo off Rosedale. Every fire departmentt in the area is on it for full suppression.
More photos at bottom
Silver Schools recognizes accomplishments
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- Published: 31 May 2024 31 May 2024
By Lynn Janes
The Silver City Consolidated Schools held a work session and regular meeting, on May 20, 2024, at the Silver High School theater. Members in attendance Ashley Montenegro, Michelle Diaz, Patrick Cohn, Mike McMillan, and Kimberly Klement. Superintendent William Hawkins also attended.
Work session
The board had a presentation by Capital AE for the facilities master plan. The plan involves facts, goals, demographics, needs, growth and the finances needed to develop the plan. The district has held several workshops and the turnout had been approximately 35 each time.
Silver City downtown faces challenges
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- Published: 31 May 2024 31 May 2024
By Lynn Janes
The Silver City Town Council held a regular meeting May 14, 2024. Attendance to the meeting included Mayor Ken Ladner, Mayor Pro Tem Guadalupe Cano and councilors Rudy Bencomo, Nicholas Prince, and Stan Snider.
The town of Silver City recognized Heather Franklin, Silver City poet Laureate for 2024-2026, with a proclamation. She thanked them for the honor and looked forward to advocacy for poetry and support for literature and literacy.
Council comments
Man resists arrest by Tri-City officers
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- Published: 29 May 2024 29 May 2024
By Roger Lanse
Two Bayard Police Department officers and an officer from the Santa Clara Police Department were dispatched to a domestic disturbance at 113 S. Yucca Street in Bayard on Sunday, May 19, 2024, at about 5:45 p.m. When officers arrived, they found two males on the ground, with one, later identified as Danny Ray Young, 38, of Santa Clara, having the other in a headlock.
According to a BPD incident report, Young resisted when officers attempted to cuff him and place him in investigative detention, saying, "Kill me, shoot me, just kill me." An officer requested an ambulance and Young was cleared medically by EMS.