Hurley News

Details have been announced for the 13th annual Weekend at the Galleries event on Columbus Day weekend, Oct.

A Deming man was released and issued a criminal summons to appear in court after allegedly shooting at a person in Hurley on Monday night, the Grant County Sheriff's Office reported Friday in a press release.

Silver City Police officer Joe Sotelo, a passenger in the Ford pickup, returned home Wednesday evening after spending five months at hospitals and rehabilitation centers.

The Grant County Sheriff's Department responded to a burglary at 2:25 a.m. at the Gateway Restaurant in Hurley.

The Arenas Valley Water Development Association Board of Directors will meet at 8 a.m. today at 41A Kirkland Road.

Bank officials for AmBank have announced plans to open a full-service branch at 1401 Tom Foy Blvd.

The first Saturday Garage Sale will be from 8 to 10 a.m. today at the church of the Good Shepherd garage, Texas Street, between Sixth and Seventh streets, in Silver City.

Grant County Arts Scene The Mimbres Region Arts Council Gallery in the Wells Fargo Bank Building opens "Everything Including the Kitchen Sink," a new exhibit, at 5 p.m. on June 5. The arts council's Mural Camp for ages 9-12 will be held June 22-July 3 at Manzanita Ridge, featuring the history of Chihuahua Hill; call the MRAC or Leyba & Ingalls Arts ...

A planned ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Gila Regional Medical Center EMS will not be held today.

Hurley's Fourth Annual Hurley Festival, Parade and Show & Shine event is slated for Saturday.

The remains of a soldier missing since World War II are to be buried Friday at Fort Bayard National Cemetery in southwestern New Mexico after DNA from his sisters was used to identify him.

Bike Race breakfast Saturday Bike Race Breakfast will be held at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Silver City Lions Clubhouse, on 8th St., behind Domino's. Breakfast burritos are $2, pancakes and sausage are $3. Proceeds will benefit Lions Club community eye programs.

An AARP Safe Driving Class will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. today at the First Presbyterian Church, 1915 N. Swan St.

The Town of Hurley will hold a budget work session at 5 p.m. Monday at the Hurley Town Hall.

A catfish plate fundraiser for the St. Vincent de Paul building fund will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday at the CYO Parish Hall, Arizona Street.

Due to mining at the Chino open-pit copper mine, things in Grant County were getting pretty lively in the early 1900s.

Jess Searcy of Black Hat Trading in Deming looks over his geodes on Thursday during the opening day of the 44th annual Rockhound Roundup at the Southwestern New Mexico State Fairgrounds in Deming.

Two printmaking classes offered Relief, Monotype and Collagraph Printmaking, a series of two classes, will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on March 20 and March 27 at JW Art Gallery, 99 Cortez Ave., in Hurley.

Animal control officers and humane society officials rescued two severely abused dogs from the Hurley area late last week, according to High Desert Humane Society Director Jeff Young.

The Silver City AmBank is the 2009 Silver City Rotary Club's bi-annual Charity Auction's premiere sponsor, the club announced Tuesday.