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grantcountybeat.com | Mary Alice Murphy
By Lynn Janes
The Village of Santa Clara held a public hearing May 15, 2025. Mayor Arnold Lopez called the meeting to order. Mayor Pro Tem Albert Esparza, trustees, Olga Amador, Peter Erickson, and Ralph Trujillo attended.
The purpose of the public hearing was to approve or disapprove of a conditional use permit in the commercial zoning district establishing a cannabis retail dispensary at 511 Fort Bayard Street in Santa Clara.
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1 week ago | 
grantcountybeat.com | Mary Alice Murphy
By Lynn Janes
The Silver City Town Council held a regular meeting May 13, 2025. Attendance to the meeting included Mayor Ken Ladner, Mayor Pro Tem Guadalupe Cano, Nicholas Prince (phone), Rudy Bencomo and Stan Snider.
The council presented the employee of the month award to Alfred Sedillo, town clerk.
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1 week ago | 
grantcountybeat.com | Mary Alice Murphy
By Lynn Janes
The town of Hurley had a budget workshop and regular meeting May 13, 2025. Mayor Ed Stevens, Mayor Pro Tem Reynaldo Maynes, Pete Ordonez, Aron Phillips and Robert Candelaria attended.
Budget workshop
Darlene McBride, town clerk, started with a summary of what had been spent to date. She had a few things she wanted to point out. The small city subsistence funding came in at $140,000 less than the year before.
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1 week ago | 
grantcountybeat.com | Mary Alice Murphy
By Lynn Janes
The Cobre Consolidated School Board held a regular meeting on May 12, 2025. Board members in attendance included Gabriella Begay, Gilbert Guadiana, Emmarie Heredia and Angelina Hardin. Superintendent Michael Koury also attended. David Terrazas did not attend.
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1 week ago | 
grantcountybeat.com | Mary Alice Murphy
By Lynn Janes
The Village of Santa Clara held a regular meeting May 8, 2025. Mayor Arnold Lopez called the meeting to order. Mayor Pro Tem Albert Esparza, and Trustees, Olga Amador and Ralph Trujillo attended. Peter Erickson didn't attend.
The council approved the agenda, past meeting minutes and department head reports.
Mayor's report
Lopez touched on the recent cleanup day in Santa Clara. It had been sponsored by Freeport McMoRan (FMI).
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1 week ago | 
grantcountybeat.com | Mary Alice Murphy
By Lynn Janes
On May 8, 2025, the board of regents held a regular meeting at Western New Mexico University. The board consisted of Steven Neville, chair, Joseph “Dean” Reed, John Wertheim and WNMU student Keana Huerta.
The board approved the agenda, meeting minutes April 29, 2025. The date for the next board meeting will be finalized later.
Presidents report
Jack Crocker, acting president, had updates from others to share with the board.
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1 week ago | 
grantcountybeat.com | Mary Alice Murphy
Frost McGaheyInvestigative Reporter[Editor's Note: Names of victims have been changed to protect their privacy.]CEO Dan Otero and HMS were named in a lawsuit filed by Philadelphia Insurance Company alleging insurance fraud. The basis for the suit was that Otero was allegedly guilty of two sexual harassment claims in the same policy year. In the next article the details of that will be covered. The second sexual harassment claim was filed by Dr. Linda Garcia.
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1 week ago | 
grantcountybeat.com | Mary Alice Murphy
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1 week ago | 
grantcountybeat.com | Mary Alice Murphy
By Frost McGaheyInvestigative Reporter
{Authtor’s Note: Names of victims have been changed to protect their privacy.]
According to court documents CEO Dan Otero’s history of sexual harassment began soon after his hiring in 2016. In a recent article by Algernon D’Ammassa in the Las Cruces Sun News, Otero and HMS were named in a lawsuit filed by Philadelphia Insurance which detailed the sexual harassment.
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1 week ago | 
grantcountybeat.com | Mary Alice Murphy
Photos and article by Mary Alice Murphy
The Marine Corps League Gaffney-Oglesby Detachment 1428 presented the Memorial Day Ceremony at Fort Bayard National Cemetery at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 26, 2025.
Shane Delaney, Fort Bayard National Cemetery manager, gave the welcome. He called for a "moment to pay tribute to the fallen heroes whose valor echoes through the generations.
"In 2025, our remembrance is framed by three significant anniversaries spanning American history.
