Nickolas Seibel

Silver City

Publisher and Editor at Silver City Daily Press

Publisher of the Silver City Daily Press and Independent. U. of Arizona alum, former AZDW EIC, Silver City Town Councilor, MainStreet manager and pie maker.

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Hospital town hall postponed

May 28, 2024 | scdailypress.com | Nickolas Seibel

A Gila Regional Medical Center town hall meeting that was scheduled for tonight, Tuesday, May 28, has been postponed. The meeting had been scheduled as part of the hospital’s Community Health Needs Assessment, which also includes surveys and forum groups, according to a statement from Gila Regional CEO Robert Whitaker. The postponement was made in order to have better turnout, Whitaker said in the statement.
Game Commission sets new limits on bear, cougar hunts

Nov 1, 2023 | scdailypress.com | Nickolas Seibel |Hannah Grover

By HANNAH GROVERN.M. Political ReportThe New Mexico Game Commission unanimously approved new limits on how many bears and cougars can be killed by hunters during a meeting last Friday in Farmington. During the public comment period leading up to the vote, the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish received more than 2,800 comments regarding bear and cougar hunting. Of those, approximately 1,700 supported the limits in the new rule, and another approximately 1,000 people opposed them.
Rep. Vasquez announces border bills

Nov 1, 2023 | scdailypress.com | Nickolas Seibel |Algernon D'Ammassa

By ALGERNON D’AMMASSADeming HeadlightU.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez stood at the side of the roadway leading into the Santa Teresa Port of Entry on Monday to announce a package of bills addressing immigration and the border.
Final forums set before election day

Oct 31, 2023 | scdailypress.com | Nickolas Seibel

By The Daily Press StaffWith election day for nonpartisan local offices across New Mexico just one week away, the Daily Press will hold its final two candidate forums in the coming days. The two candidates vying for the District 1 seat on the Silver City Town Council — incumbent Councilor Rudy Bencomo and challenger Hillary Treadway — will face off Wednesday evening at 6 in the boardroom of the Silver Consolidated Schools Administration Building, located at 2810 N.
Lordsburg’s dry lakes eyed for lithium production

Oct 31, 2023 | scdailypress.com | Nickolas Seibel |Hannah Grover

By HANNAH GROVERN.M. Political ReportSouthwest New Mexico’s playa lakes could play a key role in the energy transition as a source of lithium. Lancaster Resources, a company based in Canada, is hoping to cash in on that opportunity and has acquired the Alkali Flat lithium brine project located in Hidalgo County, near Lordsburg.
Daily Press news deemed second only to Santa Fe’s

Oct 30, 2023 | scdailypress.com | Nickolas Seibel

By The Daily Press StaffThe Daily Press had a good night at the New Mexico Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest award banquet Saturday in Albuquerque, but it paled in comparison to the honors awarded to sister newspaper the Deming Headlight, which was named the best overall newspaper of its size in the state.
Reps vow to ‘bring home results’ under new speaker

Oct 27, 2023 | scdailypress.com | Nickolas Seibel |Algernon D'Ammassa

By ALGERNON D’AMMASSADeming HeadlightNew Mexico’s House delegation reacted Wednesday to the election of Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, in a joint video news conference. The three N.M. Congress members, all Democrats, promised their constituents to work with their caucus to advance legislation important to the state, while staying on guard against a House leader who, in their view, represents an extreme faction of the House majority.
NM reps support electing interim House speaker

Oct 24, 2023 | scdailypress.com | Nickolas Seibel |Alex Ross

By ALEX ROSS Roswell Daily RecordROSWELL — U.S. Reps. Melanie Stansbury, the Democrat representing New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District, and Teresa Leger Fernandez, the Democrat from the 3rd District, signaled they would potentially back electing someone to serve temporarily as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives until someone can be found to fill the role on a more permanent basis.
Campus Police cover lots, from patrols to flat tire fixes

Oct 23, 2023 | scdailypress.com | Nickolas Seibel |Linda Brown

By LINDA JOYCE BROWNDaily Press CorrespondentWhile the Western New Mexico University Campus Police force is small — only six staff members — they play an outsized role in keeping the campus safe. “We are a full-service police department,” said Barbara Perez, WNMU Campus Security specialist.
Curandera pens award-winning book

Oct 20, 2023 | scdailypress.com | Nickolas Seibel |Stephen Fox

By STEPHEN FOXDaily Press CorrespondentFelicia Cocotzin Ruiz is a curandera, a folk healer who draws on old Mexican and Indigenous traditions in order to use wild herbs, plants, food, and magic to treat illnesses. Four years ago, a publisher invited her to write a book about her methods, recipes, and stories. It was a bit like capturing lightning in a bottle: to corral centuries of fleeting oral traditions onto the permanent printed page. But Ruiz pulled it off.