Jan 4, 2012 | Scdailypress.com
* the Silver City Daily Press *
The new fire station in Santa Clara is nearing completion. Construction began late last summer and will be finished in about a month or two, according to Santa Clara Mayor Richard Bauch.
Lawyer: Allen Hurley may not be competent for trial
Gary Mitchell, the defense attorney for Allen Hurley, who is charged with murdering Rachel Torrisi Sierra, is questioning his client's competency to stand trial and has taken the steps to have a competency evaluation done on his client.
Post office closures delayed temporarily
Post offices on the chopping block around the country got a reprieve Tuesday after the U.S. Postal Service agreed to put a temporary moratorium on closing any postal facilities at the request of 15 U.S. senators, including New Mexico Sen.