Pinos Altos News

The Gila National Forest is hosting a grant-writing workshop to assist individuals or organizations interested in submitting a grant proposal for the 2010 Collaborative Forest Restoration Program.

Duane Morris hands a bag of Fuji apples to Larry Rogers Friday afternoon on Hwy.

STEP BACK IN TIME: Explore the historic Black Range Lodge in Kingston, N.M. Need to get away from cell phones and e-mail, and enjoy the natural beauty and company that come from a tour of small towns? If so, I recommend this road trip in Arizona and New Mexico.

"Surviving Spiritually," 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. today, in Conference Room A at the Miller Library on the WNMU campus.

Two Spirits Cafe is about as small a restaurant as one can imagine, but it has stirred up a big response.

Top Stories for Friday, October 30th, 2009: HALLOWEEN TRADITION The Armando and Maria Elena Galindo family has opened the Galindo's home to anyone who wants to bring their children to their haunted house.

Top Stories for Thursday, October 29th, 2009: Let it snow Can it be winter already? It sure looked like it, and felt like it, Wednesday morning.

The first snowfall of the season dropped about two inches Wednesday night on Pinos Altos, but not much accumulated down the hill in Silver City.

The Copper CowBelles will host their annual "Denim and Pearls" dance and silent auction 7 p.m. tonight at the Flame.

This year's Mimbres Region Arts Council Folk Series features a change of venue and bonus performances by two well-known national acts.

Rolling Stones Field Trip to Rabb Park will take place at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Meet a Santa Rita Mine Overlook on Highway 152.

Tommy Billy, a Navajo/Hopi, will sell Indian fry bread and Navajo tacos and burgers in the courtyard of The Silver City Museum from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. today, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Lois DeLong points out painterly details on the People's Choice Award-winning painting, "Hollyhocks V," by Lauren Johnson of Albuquerque, in the 24th Annual Purchase Prize Exhibit, sponsored by the Grant County Art Guild.

Government fi re- management offi cials plan to thin more vegetation around Pinos Altos to further reduce the risk of wildfi re.

Fall into fun this month. Can you say "fiesta"? Last month's festival free-for-all spills over into this month, starting with the annual Taste of Downtown Silver City on Saturday, Oct.

The 11th Annual Pinos Altos October Fiesta will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in historic Main Street in Pinos Altos.

Connie Thibeau poses with her oil painting "Mesa Light," which took first place in the Grant County Art Guild's 24th Annual Purchase Prize Exhibit, awarded Tuesday evening by judge Krystna Robbins of El Paso.

Water and Natural Resources Interim Legislative Committee, 9 a.m. to noon, Grant County Convention Center .

Capital-improvement and maintenance projects on the Gila National Forest are to receive $6,158,000 in federal stimulus funding, according to the agency.

The Church Gallery in Pinos Altos will be open this weekend, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday through Monday.