GNF Offices Closed for MLK Day

Here is a look at some local news and happenings brought to you by Silver City Radio. The Gila National Forest is reporting an unusually wet spring on the Gila National Forest. Caution is advised to nearly all visitors due to soft roads and abnormally high river flows. The 2022 monsoon season delivered nearly double…

The Gila National Forest’s Reserve Ranger District will temporarily close approximately 4.5 miles of Forest Road 141 (Reserve Beaverhead Road) this summer to facilitate the removal and replacement of the South Fork Negrito Creek bridge, located just east of South Fork Campground. The closure will begin on May 5 and will extend from the intersection…

Here’s a look at today’s headlines: A federal jury sitting in Las Cruces, N.M., returned a verdict on Friday, April 21st, finding Trevor Lee Thayer, 46, of Silver City, guilty of violating the federal firearms and narcotics trafficking laws after a five-day trial. The jury found Thayer guilty on two firearms charges and one narcotics…