The NM Department of Game and Fish is again reviewing its trapping policies. This comes around every two years. Meetings are being held around the state to gather input. Rick Winslow who is the large carnivore program coordinator will be present at these meetings and while the verbal discussion will be limited to large carnivores, he will [...]

On Saturday, February 25, starting at 8:00 PM The Mudcats will be playing a dance concert to benefit El Refugio, Incorporated, a domestic violence shelter serving southwestern New Mexico. Music begins at 8:00 p.m. A $10 donation is requested at the door, 100 percent of which will go to El Refugio. The venue will be [...]

The Recycling Advisory Committee will meet at 4:45 PM on Thursday Feb. 23 in the downstairs meeting room of the Silver City Annex building at 1203 N. Hudson Street across from Food Basket. The meetings are open to everyone interested in recycling. The meeting will be focused on developing educational and informational materials about recycling [...]

On Wednesday, February 22, 7 pm at the County Admin Bldg on Hwy 180 candidates for Silver City municipal Offices will be heard. Local press people will moderate the discussion, and questions will be taken from the audience. The elections are non-partisan, so party affiliation is not an issue in any of these races. The [...]

Paul Dix and Pam Fitzpatrick share the histories of 20 of these Nicaraguans through a one hour slide and testimony presentation. For more than a century the US has intervened in the political, economic, and social policies of Nicaragua. In the 1980′s the US supported a proxy army in Nicaragua, the “contras,” with the objective [...]

Wednesday night, Februrary 21, the candidates for offices in Bayard, Santa Clara and Hurley will participate in a public forum beginning at 6 pm at the Bayard Community Center. Local press people will moderate the discussion, and questions will be taken from the audience. The elections are non-partisan, so party affiliation is not an issue [...]

Isaac’s Bar “Only the Best” Productions & the SWANS present Ninth Annual Benefit $1.98 Show “Babe Toys in Phantom Land” Where: Fine Arts Center Theater WNMU Tickets go on Sale Feb. 1 at Shevek & Mi Restaurant & the Broadway Boutique Phone Orders: 534-1114

WNMU Dean and Professor Emeritus and founder of both El Refugio and Border Area Mental Health, Bonnie Buckley is very well known and respected in Grant County. She has published nationally and internationally in the fields of education and counselling. She currently teaches one course per semester at WNMU’s School of Education, and performs counselling [...]

Mexican Migration, Free Trade, and Border Security to Be Focus of a Talk and Meeting Dr. Magdaleno Manzanarez will share his insights on “Mexican Migration, Free Trade, and Border Security” on Sunday, January 22, at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Global Resource Center on the Western New Mexico State University campus. Dr. Manzanarez [...]

With career diplomat and Foreign Service officer Rick Sherman. During his career, Rick served in American diplomatic missions in Libya, Italy, Kenya, Pakistan, Fiji, and New Zealand. He also served at various times as political advisor on Middle East Affairs and as Senior Watch Officer in the State Department’s Operations Center (ie, worldwide crisis management). [...]