Bayard City Council Meeting Highlights 102615
By: Alexis Rico (Grant County Beat Intern) On October 26, 2015, the Bayard City Council held its regular meeting. Mayor Charles L. Kelly, Councilor Chon Fierro, Councilor Zeke Santa Maria, and...
View ArticleYou Can be Religious, as Long as You're Not Christian
Two former Somali refugees were hired by a beer distributor, to deliver beer. But because they claimed it violated their religious beliefs, they refused to do their job. The distributor fired them....
View ArticleUdall Votes for Bipartisan Budget Agreement
WASHINGTON – Early this morning, U.S. Senator Tom Udall voted to approve a bipartisan budget agreement. The plan passed the Senate 64-35 and now heads to the president for his signature. Udall released...
View ArticleNMDOT Traffic Report for Week of November 1, 2015
White Sands Missile Range Notification For information regarding closures you may call WSMR at 678-1178 or 678-2222 for updates. Traffic updates are posted on the NMDOT traffic advisory web-site at...
View ArticlePNM Named Recipient of the 2015 ReliabilityOne™ Award for Outstanding Midsize...
(Albuquerque, N.M.) – PNM was recognized by PA Consulting Group as a recipient of the 2015 ReliabilityOne™ Award for Outstanding Midsize Utility - recognizing the very best midsize investor owned...
View ArticleNM Interim LESC to hear NMPED testimony
Santa Fe, NM - Today the New Mexico Interim Legislative Education Study Committee will hear testimony from the scandal-plagued Public Education Department about their seriously flawed, ill conceived...
View ArticleLegislative Health and Human Services Committee to meet Nov. 16-18
SANTA FE — The Legislative Health and Human Services Committee will hold its final meeting of the 2015 interim on November 16 through 18, 2015 in Room 309 of the State Capitol. A tentative agenda for...
View ArticleMimbres Art Council to Host Creative Conversations
Creative Conversations are a part of a national program taking place all across the country in cities and towns as part of National Arts and Humanities Month. It is an opportunity to gather and...
View ArticleIRS Reminder for Tax Preparers
PHOENIX - - The Internal Revenue Service recently reminded non-credentialed tax return preparers of major upcoming changes regarding which tax return preparers can represent clients in matters before...
View ArticleCareful with the Candy
(Santa Fe) – The New Mexico Department of Health urges children and their parents to keep their Halloween not just fun but healthy! "It's important to use moderation when it comes to eating candy and...
View ArticleDeming MainStreet has Graduated to a State-Certified MainStreet Community
Santa Fe, NM - Today, Governor Susana Martinez announced that Deming MainStreet has graduated from a "Start-Up" MainStreet program to a State-Certified MainStreet Community. As a State-Certified...
View ArticleJoint Statement by Udall, Heinrich, Luján and Lujan Grisham on DHS Decision...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and Representatives Ben Ray Luján and Michelle Lujan Grisham issued the following statement on the Department of Homeland Security's decision to...
View ArticleUdall Honors Nuclear Weapons Workers on National Day of Remembrance
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tom Udall released the following statement on today's National Day of Remembrance for Nuclear Weapons Program Workers: "Thousands of men and women served our country by...
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Man donates handmade miniature saddle to Fort Bayard Historic Preservation...
Cecilia Bell, Fort Bayard Historic Preservation Society president, stands beside the miniature saddle and its creator, Nick Doubble. By Mary Alice Murphy An Englishman, Nick Doubble, builds western...
View ArticleReminder: New Mexico Department of Health to Host Flu Shot Clinic in Silver City
(Santa Fe) – The New Mexico Department of Health’s Grant County Public Health Office will be hosting a flu shot clinic on Tuesday, November 3, 2015 from 8 am to 12 pm and 1 pm to 7 pm at the 2610 N...
View ArticleNew Mexico MainStreet Accepting Emerging Community Applications for 2015
Santa Fe, NM - New Mexico MainStreet (NMMS) has opened the application process for new "Emerging Communities" to enter the MainStreet Program. "Becoming a MainStreet Emerging Community is a great way...
View Article3-D Art Show
SVA will be holding a 3-D art show and sale Thanksgiving weekend at the Artist Lair Gallery in the old Elk's Club Ballroom. Hours are Friday 11:00 to 4 p.m., Saturday 10-4 and Sunday 11-3. The public...
View ArticleUdall Statement on Deployment of Special Operations Troops in Syria
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Tom Udall, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on President Obama's announcement that he will deploy troops to Syria: "From the...
View ArticleNM Environment Joins 5-State Challenge to EPA's Ozone Rule
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View ArticleGrant County Sheriff’s Department Blotter - Oct. 26 - Oct. 29, 2015
Monday, Oct. 26 Suspicious vehicle Bayard – Santa Clara Vehicle parked against guardrail between the ditch of Santa Clara and the Bayard City limits. Deputy advised that the plate was run...
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