Silver City News

Host Silver City got a walk-off hit in the bottom of the sixth inning to hand the Deming Major Division All-Stars girls a 3-2 defeat and send them into the loser's bracket on Wednesday for an elimination showdown with the Bayard Copper League All-Stars today at Ben Altamirano Park in Silver City.

The following information was obtained from the Silver City Police Department: July 3-5 Burglary An individual pried through the front door at the Budweiser office, July 4.

"Guadalupe's" will have a grand opening today at 505 N. Bullard Street. The store will specialize in spiritually oriented art and gifts from around the world.

Senate Majority Whip Mary Jane Garcia, D-Doña Ana, grilled Luna County Manager John Sutherland about an admitted weakness in education during an interim meeting of the Legislature's Economic and Rural Development Committee in Deming on Wednesday, "To what do you attribute weakness in education," Sen. Garcia asked Sutherland in response to his earlier statement that "Education is a weakness we have in this community."

SILVER CITY Police are looking into a drive-by shooting that happened Tuesday evening, according to Capt. Steve Reese.

Silver City residents don't do enough recycling, and dispose of too much trash, some of it in their recycling bins, officials said.

School busses that travel down Grant County roads will soon have better ones to roll down with safer bridges.

A fire heavily damaged the interior of First Savings Bank on Hudson Street in downtown Silver City Thursday night. Flames and smoke were reported coming from the lobby of the bank by someone who called the fire in at approximately 8:45 p.m.

Grant County commissioners during a special meeting Tuesday afternoon appointed two members to the Gila Regional Medical Center board of trustees.

The first and second-round action of the District 7 Little League Baseball and Softball All-Star Tournament is in the books.

The Silver City-Grant County Chamber of Commerce announced the winning entries Tuesday of this year's Fourth of July parade.

Grant County residents are throwing away too much trash. The Southwest Regional Landfill, which serves all of Grant and Hidalgo counties, is filling up at a faster rate than anticipated, and the authority that governs the landfill is scrambling to open a new "cell" - a unit that accommodates the waste - before the existing one is full.

After nearly 10 years of serving the village of Santa Clara, both as mayor and trustee, Imelda Lopez has turned in her resignation, effective July 1. In a letter to Mayor Pro-Tem Richard Bauch and Trustees Amanda Chavez, John Chavez, and Albert Esparza, Lopez said that she was stepping down to care for her terminally ill mother, and cited the toll ...

Prosecutors have decided to not pursue double-billing charges against Grant County Commissioner Mary Ann Sedillo.

The Silver City Fire Department has promoted three lieutenants to the rank of captain.

Head women's basketball coach Greg Adams announced his first pack of recruits since joining the Mustang staff in June.

An estimated crowd of nearly 1,000 people turned out for the Silver City Museum's Ice Cream Social and Antique Tractor event on the Fourth of July, the biggest turnout in quite a few years, said Museum Director Susan Berry.

The Diabetes Support Group, scheduled to meet at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Silver City Senior Center, 205 W. Victoria St. has been canceled.

Tall Tales with Chris and Smokey Bear will be presented 10:30 a.m. today at the Silver City Public Library.

Four Silver City Fire Department employees have moved up the ladder. Lieutenants Eloy Medina, Lance Horton and Gabe Gutierrez have been promoted to captain, effective July 1, and Lieutenant Tim Heidrick has been promoted to Training Officer.