Bayard News

Each year Golden Apple recognizes seven teachers from around New Mexico with the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching.

The offices of Western New Mexico University, WNMU Museum, and Miller Library are closed for the Winter Break.

Some more missed opportunities that Cobre High couldn't cash in on in the fourth period led to Mesilla Valley edging the Lady Indians, 40-33, Friday night in Bayard.

Cameraman Chuck Tjeltweed, left, and "Travel Guide New Mexico" host Richard Holcomb on Tuesday film a plaque that gives further insight into the Fort Bayard Theater.

Town of Silver City Design Review Committee will meet at 2 p.m. today at the City Hall Annex, 12th and Hudson streets.

The Gila Chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is hosting a Two Gun Raffle Reception Party from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight at the Red Barn Steakhouse.

One suspect in a home invasion, robbery and assault that left two Bayard men with knife wounds is in custody, and Crime Stoppers has issued a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest of the second suspect.

The funeral procession for retired Sheriff's Deputy Lt. Elias Garcia passed under a large flag belonging to the Fort Bayard Fire Department and hung by Silver City and Fort Bayard firefighters to honor Garcia's service.

WNMU will host a Safety and Security Forum to address local crime issues in Grant County from 6:30 to 8 p.m. tonight at the Miller Library on the WNMU campus.

In image 1, Coby Wilson helps unload toys at the Casa Blanca Bar during the third annual toy run Saturday.

Every year, for the nearly the past 30 years, youth from all over the Southwest have been giving up their Thanksgiving weekend to serve others.

Grant County Cooperative Extension Service dance, 8 p.m. to midnight today. National Guard Armory, Santa Clara.

For one day only, Grant County residents can experience the traveling exhibition, "Held on the Homefront: German POWs in the United States, 1943-1946," when it stops in Silver City from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on December 1at the Silver City-Grant County Chamber of Commerce parking lot.

Two Bayard men were injured in a home invasion/robbery at 104 Hurley Ave. in Bayard shortly after noon on Monday.

Winners of the Silver City Chamber of Commerce 2009 Leadership Awards are Michael Harris, of Southwest Bone and Joint Institute ; Cecilia Bell, of the Fort Bayard Historic Preservation Society ; Valdeen Wooten, ; Gale Moore, ; Joe Bagg ; Antonio Zapata ; and Jack Brennan and Michelle Geels .

Annual Holiday Art Sale, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. today, Silco Theater. Local vendors selling crafts, jewelry, photography, aromatherapy, pottery, wood carvings and more.

Every year for the past five years, Jim and Debbie Nennich have put on a community Thanksgiving dinner that feeds hundreds of people in Grant County.

Under clear, blue New Mexico skies, on a perfect fall day, more than 200 people turned out for the Veterans Day Ceremony at Fort Bayard National Cemetery on Wednesday morning.

Top Stories for Tuesday, November 10th, 2009: ENJOYING THE AFTERNOON With the crazy weather Grant County has experienced this fall, Adam Baca decided to take his daughters to Fox Field to enjoy a nice Monday afternoon.

Hanover officials are seeking bids from contactors for watersystem improvements.