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1 week ago | 
grantcountybeat.com | Mary Alice Murphy
CRITICAL TO EXTREME FIRE WEATHER FOR SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS ON THURSDAY... .An upper level trough is expected to swing through the Four Corners on Thursday aligning the jet stream across much of New Mexico. This will develop a lee cyclone over Eastern Colorado while deep mixing taps into higher winds aloft. Windy to very windy conditions will combine with single-digit lowland minimum RH values with only the highest elevations seeing minimum RH values in the teens.
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1 week ago | 
grantcountybeat.com | Mary Alice Murphy
Watch Worldclass Bike Racing at 38th Tour of the Gila
Pro and Amateur Competitors To Race in Silver City Next Week
Silver City, NM — For the 38th year, Tour of the Gila invites visitors to southwest New Mexico for the annual opportunity to watch top bicycling talent compete on the roads in and around Silver City. Set for Wednesday, April 23, through Sunday, April 27, 2025, Tour of the Gila provides both competitive pro bicyclists and amateur athletes with an iconic challenge.
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1 week ago | 
grantcountybeat.com | Mary Alice Murphy
Photos and article by Mary Alice Murphy
[Editor's Note: Thanks to Ruben for previewing my article, correcting spellings and adding some explanations.]
On Friday afternoon, April 11, Ruben Leyva, who researches his Apache family roots in southwest New Mexico, presented his findings at a presentation at the Silver City Public Library to about 60 or more people.
Leyva is working on a Ph.D. in Apache History at the University of New Mexico in Native American Studies.
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1 week ago | 
grantcountybeat.com | Mary Alice Murphy
By Lynn Janes
The Village of Santa Clara held a regular meeting March 27, 2025. Mayor Arnold Lopez called the meeting to order. Mayor Pro Tem Albert Esparza an Trustees, Peter Erickson, and Ralph Trujillo attended. Olga Amador didn't attend.
Mayors report
Lopez said they had been able to have the wells working again in Hanover. Another contractor had gone out along with Matt Dement of Dement Electric and they had fixed it. They still will need to do some more work on the chlorinators.
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1 week ago | 
grantcountybeat.com | Mary Alice Murphy
By Lynn Janes
The town of Bayard held a regular meeting March 19, 2025. Attendance included Mayor John L. Ojinaga, Pro Tem Eloy Medina, and Councilors Frances Gonzales, Eloy Gonzales and Gilbert Ortiz. Martha Salas, city clerk, also attended.
Public Input
A resident came to speak to the board on behalf of some of his neighbors. They live at the end of Empire Street. The city had put in a new water supply line for the double wide mobile home being set up.
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1 week ago | 
grantcountybeat.com | Mary Alice Murphy
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1 week ago | 
grantcountybeat.com | Mary Alice Murphy
ELEPHANT BUTTE, NM — On the final day of bill signings, Governor Michelle Luján Grisham signed Senate Bill 11 into law, offering a rare moment of bipartisan consensus amid a flurry of vetoes and sharp criticism aimed at the Legislature. The measure, sponsored by Senator Crystal Brantley (R-Elephant Butte) and Senator Moe Maestas (D-Albuquerque), directs every public school district to adopt a clear, enforceable policy to manage student cell phone use during the school day.
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1 week ago | 
grantcountybeat.com | Mary Alice Murphy
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY... .Upper level ridge will flatten on Saturday and Sunday as an upper level trough races across the Northern Rockies. As a result, the mid to upper level pressure gradient will tighten across the region, orientated from SW to NE inducing SWerly flow aloft. This will ultimately promote daily afternoon/evening occurrences of lee-side low development over the Front Range and sufficient surface troughing across New Mexico.
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1 week ago | 
brainerddispatch.com | Mary Alice Murphy
ST. PAUL — Gov. Tim Walz and lawmakers at the Capitol on Wednesday afternoon assured a crowd of hundreds that veterans will remain a priority as lawmakers continue budget negotiations. A Wednesday, April 9 rally — hosted by the Commanders' Task Force and the Minnesota Association of County Veterans Service Officers — featured speakers urging relief for veteran homelessness and food insecurity, mental health support, property tax reform and fraud protection.
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2 weeks ago | 
grantcountybeat.com | Mary Alice Murphy
Photos by Mary Alice Murphy
[This photographer sat in the audience with heads between her and the models. And pardon the blur in some photos as the models moved quickly. Also pardon any typos in the captions. Please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for any errors.]
The Southwest Fiber Arts Collective held its annual Tapestry of Talent fashion show at the Silco Theatre on Saturday, April 5, during a late spring snowstorm.
