Silver City Daily Press and Independent

01/10/2025

Tomorrow morning, Friday, January 10th, school will proceed on a regular schedule. I just returned from driving around town, including a trip out toward Tyrone and up PA, checking the main roads and several neighborhoods. Both the city and county have done a great job clearing the roads, and mother nature has also helped. Currently, no additional moisture is falling or is scheduled to fall…

I will conduct my usual early-morning drive at 4:00 a.m. to check road conditions and monitor for any overnight precipitation. Barring any new moisture, we expect to follow our regular schedule. We will also be checking power and heating at our buildings early in the morning, well before the start of school, to ensure everything is functioning properly.

Making decisions about weather delays, cancellations, or remote learning days is always challenging. It’s not an exact science, but we make the best decisions possible with the information available at the time. Since temperatures are expected to be extremely cold in the morning, please ensure your child is dressed warmly, especially if they wait for the bus or walk to school.

I will send an update in the morning if conditions change. As of now, we are proceeding with a regular schedule. Thank you for your continued patience.

01/10/2025

“We just got the authorization to open, so [Thursday] is our first night open,” said the director of the emergency warming center, Tiffany Lindsey. “We have already had people pouring in with donations of blankets, beanies, coats and sleeping bags. The Mint Chip Creamery [located at 601 N. Bullard St. in The Hub Plaza] is also operating as a donation center.”

Having just received clearance to begin operation, a new emergency warming center opened for the first time in the old Silver City Recreation Center off Gold Street, thanks to the town of Silver City’s work with the area’s Housing and Behavioral Health Task Force. “We just got the authorizatio...

01/09/2025

Today is the last day to enter the Daily Press-Mountain Ridge Ace Hardware holiday coloring contest! Entry forms are available in the Tuesday Daily Press, and completed entries must be turned in by 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9, at Ace Hardware, 3025 U.S. 180 East in Silver City.

01/09/2025

A PNM spokesperson said Thursday afternoon that the cause of the outage was still under investigation, but all customers were expected to have power restored between 3:45 and 4:14 p.m. Thursday.

Crews from PNM are on the ground working to restore power to about 1,000 customers Thursday afternoon in the western portions of Grant County, adding extra chill for some residents on the first day of widespread winter weather in the area. With snow falling through much of the morning, temperatures....

01/09/2025

In a press conference Thursday morning, New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez said his office would also work with legislators to introduce reforms on how regents are selected, how they can award contracts and how they can be removed. Speaker of the House Javier Martinez was also present at the press conference.

Upon learning Wednesday that a $1.9 million severance payment had already been disbursed to the outgoing Western New Mexico University president, the state attorney general is now seeking to prevent him from spending any of that money, asking a judge to set aside the entire separation package includ...

12/20/2024

In his 14th year as president, Shepard has been embattled with accusations of spending on international travel, furnishings for the president’s home and more, which, in a statement during the meeting, he continued to call false.

Saying it’s the right thing to do for the university, Western New Mexico University President Joseph Shepard announced his resignation Friday morning, effective Jan. 15. The university’s Board of Regents approved a termination of his contract as president, replacing it with one that appoints She...

12/19/2024

US 180 to close for blasting at noon Thursday

Crews have planned a test blast for Thursday, Dec. 19, starting at noon. U.S. 180 will be closed from Lusk Street to the Bayard Cemetery at milepost 125.8. Please expect delays. This closure is expected to last 30 minutes.
The closure is part of the widening of U.S. 180 from a two-lane to a four-lane road from Bayard to Hurley, work on which is underway by the New Mexico Department of Transportation District One in partnership with Mountain States Constructors, Inc.

12/07/2024

From our sister newspaper, the Deming Headlight:

Deming Police Officer Jesus Lopez Jr. was arrested outside Deming police headquarters on Thursday by officers with the New Mexico State Police. Although charges have not been released to the Deming Headlight by either Deming police or the State Police, KRQE News 13 reported Friday that the charges a...

11/06/2024

UPDATED: With all voting centers reporting, Republicans saw a banner night in the historically Democratic county, sweeping contested local races.

Polls have closed in Grant County for the 2024 General Election, and unofficial results have been tabulated in the Grant County Clerk’s Office. With all voting centers reporting, Republicans saw a banner night in the historically Democratic county, sweeping contested local races. With a total of 1...

10/30/2024

The Daily Press hosts a candidate forum for District 28 in the New Mexico Senate, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, in the auditorium of the WNMU Besse Forward Global Resource Center.

10/30/2024

The Daily Press hosts a candidate forum for District 39 in the New Mexico House of Representatives, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, in the auditorium of the WNMU Besse Forward Global Resource Center.

10/25/2024

The Daily Press hosts a candidate forum for district attorney in the Sixth Judicial District, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, in the auditorium of the WNMU Besse Forward Global Resource Center.

10/23/2024

The Daily Press hosts a candidate forum for the District 4 seat on the Grant County Commission, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, in the auditorium of the WNMU Besse Forward Global Resource Center.

10/05/2024

Just got word from Sheriff Villanueva that she has been found.

The Grant County Sheriff’s Office is seeking public assistance in locating a woman last seen north of Pinos Altos. According to a Friday press release from the Grant County Sheriff’s Office, Melissa Dawn Reed, 50, was last seen between 2 and 3 p.m. Thursday in the Meadow Creek area off N.M. 15. ...

09/24/2024

Fire Chief Milo Lambert spoke to about two dozen residents in the park at 10 a.m., telling them that based on what he knew of the New Mexico State Police investigation into Jamal Green’s disappearance, there wasn’t much more that could be done locally to find Green. As he was wrapping up his statements at about 10:20 a.m., a woman stepped forward and got his attention.

“Somebody just said he’s been found,” she said.

Relief rushed through a crowd in Gough Park this morning with word that a Silver City firefighter reported missing for two days was alive. Fire Chief Milo Lambert spoke to about two dozen residents in the park at 10 a.m., telling them that based on what he knew of the New Mexico State Police investi...

09/23/2024