Silver City News
Join the Mimbres Region Arts Council July 27th and August 3rd as they dedicate two Youth Mural Projects. Everyone is invited to attend either one or both and “celebrate the creative spirit and talent of our community youngsters.” This Saturday’s Youth Mural Dedication will be held at Penny Park at noon. The mural dedicated will…
There will be a Battle of the Badges Blood Drive this weekend in Silver City with the United Blood Services-Rio Grande. Head out to Wal-Mart this Friday, Saturday and Sunday to donate on behalf of your favorite department and receive a Battle of the Badges T-shirt. The Battle of the Badges wages on between the…
The Silver City Public Library, in conjunction with the Silver City Museum, the Bayard Public Library, and the Gila Valley Library, will host a talk by John Heisey about clay in the Gila Cliff Dwellings. The presentation will be held this Thursday, July 25th, at 5:30 pm at the library. Mr. Heisey will be discussing…
The New Mexico Department of Transportation will be assisting the US Forest Service with traffic control as seeding and mulching projects begin in the area of the 2013 Silver Fire. NM 152 from mile marker 22 through 39 will be closed beginning tomorrow, July 23rd beginning at 6 am, through August 5th at 6 pm…
Rehabilitation for the Silver Fire burn area began on Sunday, July 21st. The USDA Forest Service, Washington Office has approved funding, and a contract has been awarded to begin seeding on over 11,000 acres of severely burned areas of the Gila Wilderness. Mulching operations for nearly 3,000 acres will begin in the Hillsboro mining district…
Smoke may be visible over the next several weeks as the Glenwood and Reserve Ranger Districts begin pile burning operations. Smoke will likely be most visible during the night and early morning, but should decrease as temperatures rise during the day. Now that the Gila National Forest is finally seeing some rain, the Glenwood and…
The Gila National Forest Office have recently completed Aerial Seeding and Re-seeding of severely burned areas from last year’s Whitewater-Baldy complex fire burn scar. The Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team, which had been monitoring the burn scar, identified certain areas that did not take during the initial seeding operations last year. These areas were…
Update July 18, 2013: 8:00 am The New Mexico Department of Transportation has issued an alert for I-25 north of Las Cruces. As of 6:30 this morning, the southbound lane between mile marker 21 and 22 had been closed due to a commercial vehicle incident. If you need to travel in this area, please check…
The Catwalk National Recreation Trail and Whitewater Picnic Area will be closed this Thursday and Friday, July 18th and 19th for the safety of the public. Officials will be blasting hazardous rock outcrops in the area where the June 2nd rockfall occurred. The Whitewater Picnic Area and 1/4 mile of the old trail that have…
The Extreme Midget Wrestling Foundation will be at the Flame Convention Center on August 8th. The show begins at 9 pm and is, of course, limited to visitors 21 years of age and older. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door, and $25 for Ringside. Extreme Midget Wrestling Foundation “provides one of the…