Silver City News

Grant County commissioners proclaimed June 1 as National Trails Day. Three people were on hand to receive and promote the day in Grant County.

A one-car accident occurred at approximately 7:34 a.m. Tuesday, May 21, just south of the intersection of Ridge Road and New Mexico 90 South.

WNMU recently revived an old tradition and inducted five students into the Student Hall of Fame.

Pat Phistry, president of District 111 Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, throws a wreath into the Rio Grande on Memorial Day 2010 in memory of her husband, Philip Phistry, who was a navel officer in World War II.

A Deming couple has donated a collection of research materials on 1st Lt. Charles Gatewood of the 6th U.S. Calvary, to the Silver City Public Library .

There is a large population of hippies in New Mexico. They are alternative, creative and idealistic, ranging in age from 20 to 80, and all with a similar scent, philosophy and life experience.

In northern New Mexico, La Bajada is the hill to remember. Down south, that honor falls to the towering heights of Emory Pass.

The excitement is building for the 18th annual Silver City Blues Festival, the largest free outdoor Blues Festival in the Southwest.

Situation: Crews from Silver City, VFDs and the US Forest Service are responding to a fire on McKenny Road near the old Quail Ridge Fire area near Silver City.

Situation: Crews are making good progress against the McKenny Fire, which has grown to approximately 200 acres.

The trial of an Albuquerque youth charged with murder in the shooting death of his father on a southwestern New Mexico hunting trip is being delayed.

It's not surprising. From the beginning, he was one of the governor's most dubious appointees a businessman and campaign contributor who ponied up $16,000. The governor promised that business people would have "a friend and an ally" in Dennis, a self-made man who founded and grew DKD Electric Co.

Several generations of the Moses family gather with the WNMU President's award, a replica artifact of a Mimbres water gourd, created by Silver City artists Pierre Nichols, a student of the Mimbres Culture, which native to Southwest New Mexico, and presented to the family by university president Dr.

Following a tearful apology to his victim and his family and a plea for mercy from the court, 22-year-old Jace Hinton of Silver City was sentenced Monday to five years in prison for shooting local chiropractor Dr.

Silver City's own Mimbres Region Arts Council was named as one of the recipients of the 2013 NM Governor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts: Governor Susana Martinez and the New Mexico Arts Commission have announced the seven artists and art supporters who will be recipients of the 2013 Governor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts.

In northern New Mexico, La Bajada is the hill to remember. Down south, that honor falls to the towering heights of Emory Pass.

Businesses in the Silver City area are invited to attend a workshop about how to lower electric bills and take advantage of available energy efficiency rebates.

From left, artists Mariah Walker, Nancy Wachholz, Bayard Public Library coordinator Jody Decker, artists Karen Muench and BJ Allen gatherat the Silver City h'Art Sisters Artist Exhibit Reception in the newly remodeled Bayard Public Library.

Look beyond the backyard barbecue this Memorial Day weekend, and you'll find lots to do, close to home.

The Silver/Cliff school district met May 16, 2013, at the district office on Swan Street.