May 20, 2020 · Arrest, remote learning at Snell unrelated. By JUNO OGLE Daily Press Staff The Bayard Police Department has arrested a boy in connection with a shooting threat made for Friday at C.C. Snell Mi...

Dry winter forecast on heels of a hot year. As the new year begins and we leave the hot, stormy summer and mild, dry winter of 2024 behind us, it is time to look back at Grant County’s weather...

Jun 17, 2017 · WNMU Faculty Senate votes ‘no confidence’ in regents. Two days after Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham requested the resignations of the entire Western New Mexico University Board of Regents, the university’s...

Jan 21, 2025 · By JO LUTZ Daily Press Correspondent Grant County’s government is looking to state legislators to draw state capital outlay funds to county projects during this year’s 60-day session, which begins today. At a Dec. 6 forum organized by the Grant County Prospectors, Grant County presented priority projects from their Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan, a ranked request list which is ...

Nov 5, 2024 · 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 14,357 ballots cast by 7 p.m. Election Day in Grant County, voter turnout was 68 percent.

Municipalities outline high hopes for funding (Press Staff Photo by Juno Ogle)Silver City Town Manager Alex Brown, center, talks about.....

Feb 7, 2024 · By JO LUTZ Daily Press Correspondent Even as weather causes delays in roadwork and drainage problems on county property, several departments have completed major projects, including a new airport facility, a new county website and a new emergency text-alert system, according to department reports at Tuesday’s work session of the Grant County Commission. Airport Manager Rebekah Wenger said ...

Dec 21, 2024 · By JO LUTZ Daily Press Correspondent Outgoing commissioners and those they leave behind bid each other farewell during Thursday’s regular meeting of the Grant County Commission — the last for District 5 Commissioner Harry Browne, District 3 Commissioner Alicia Edwards and District 4 Commissioner Billy Billings. The cohort ends eight years on the commission together, beginning in 2016 and ...

Oct 15, 2024 · By JO LUTZ Daily Press Correspondent Thursday’s regular meeting of the Grant County Commission opened with public comment from Silver City Town Councilor Guadalupe Cano, who described privacy violations during a recent visit to the ER at Gila Regional Medical Center. Cano said she overheard personal information, including Social Security numbers, due to a door being left open in the ...

Jan 12, 2024 · By JO LUTZ Daily Press Staff Much of Thursday’s Grant County Commission meeting focused on annual renewals, appointments and other pro forma housekeeping, along with reports from the hospital and Sheriff’s Department. The commission tabled the appointment of a new hospital trustee to a vacant board seat. Commission Chair Chris Ponce cited the need to consider a range of input he and other ...