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A domestic cat has become the fourth case of New World screwworm infection in Grant County. The cat, from a residence located between Silver City and Mimbres, had been attacked by another animal and was taken to a veterinarian for care. When the vet cleaned the wound, New World screwworm larvae were discovered, according to the New Mexico Department of Agriculture. Two more of Grant County’s cases are still listed as active by the U.S. Department of Agriculture — a horse and a calf, confirmed on

The Silver City Town Council once again postponed action on a memorandum of understanding with the Silver City Museum Society, but one member of the society’s board encouraged its approval soon. Mayor Pro Tem Nick Prince said the draft MOU that was tabled at the Oct. 13 meeting was substantially different from one that was on Tuesday’s agenda, and asked the council if they would agree to strike it from the agenda pending a full review. The council agreed. Prince, who represents District 2 on the

By JUNO OGLE Daily Press Staff There was a lot of turf talk at Monday’s meeting of the Silver Consolidated Schools Board of Education, along with passionate defense of teachers and students regarding assessments. Residents Gary Stailey and Robert Goates had a place on the agenda to comment on the district’s proposal to put new artificial turf at soccer and baseball/softball fields at La Plata Middle School and Silver High School, and to use those fields rather than those at the Ben Altamirano Sp

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By JUNO OGLE Daily Press Staff Next year, residents of Santa Clara and Hanover will get new water meters, along with a water line to Hanover, thanks to grant agreements approved by the Santa Clara Board of Trustees at its meeting Thursday. “Hopefully in the spring, we’ll start with all new meters within the town,” Santa Clara Mayor Arnold Lopez said. “We’ll make priority here, and then we’ll go to Hanover.” The resolutions approving the grant agreements were all approved unanimously. The project

Fire Chief Milo Lambert was chosen as “acting interim town manager” at a special meeting Friday morning of the Silver City Town Council, effective immediately. Lambert has been with the Silver City Fire Department for almost 19 years, becoming chief in 2017. Jacqui Olea, who has been acting as town manager since Dec. 20 following the departure of longtime manager Alex Brown, has returned to her previous role as assistant town manager. No interim assistant had been appointed during her temporary

By JUNO OGLE Daily Press Staff New World screwworm is likely something New Mexico and the United States will be dealing with for several years, the state’s veterinarian said in a virtual meeting for Grant County on Thursday. The meeting was originally scheduled to be conducted in person at the Grant County Veterans Memorial Business and Conference Center, but was shifted to a virtual meeting due to the threat of severe weather Thursday evening. Two additional cases of screwworm infection were co

By JUNO OGLE Daily Press Staff Gila Regional Medical Center honored one of its nurses with an award for her care and compassion with its annual DAISY Award ceremony in the hospital courtyard Wednesday afternoon. Medical-surgical nurse Nichole Foster was chosen for the award by a hospital committee out of 44 nurses with a total of 83 nominations. She has been at Gila Regional for five years. “Those numbers reflect something truly remarkable: the deep appreciation our patients and families and com

By JUNO OGLE Daily Press Staff The Cobre Consolidated Schools Board of Education voted Monday night to authorize its superintendent to file ethics complaints against seven former district employees after findings of wrongdoing in the first phase of the district’s special audit. That first phase was completed in July 2024 and was made public in September 2025. Its 29 findings include potential fraud, embezzlement and payment for services not rendered, violations of the state Governmental Conduct

With a young but eager crew manning their water and wastewater departments, the Bayard City Council voted at their meeting Wednesday on pay increases for members of those departments who move up the certification levels. An operator with a Level 2 certification is required to operate the city’s water and wastewater systems, and the city is contracting with an operator from Lordsburg for that. Two water employees recently passed testing to obtain Level 1 certification, however, and will take the

By JUNO OGLE Daily Press Staff While visitors to the Western New Mexico University Museum could get their hands dirty Saturday, one of the messages organizers hoped they would learn is that archaeology is about more than just digging in the dirt. Saturday was International Archaeology Day, a day set to celebrate the science and its contributions to society, according to the Archaeological Institute of America. The WNMU Museum participated for the first time with hands-on activities and volunteer

Written by Juno Ogle on October 20, 2026

By JUNO OGLE Daily Press Staff Silver City is named again and again among lists of the best art towns in the state and country, but a group of people have been working for over a decade to fill what they see as a gap here — the lack of an art museum. This weekend, the community can get a glimpse of their dream with a pop-up exhibition in the old post office at 412 W. Broadway, just west of the Silver City Museum. The exhibit will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The pop-up was

Two additional cases of New World screwworm have been confirmed in Grant County, the New Mexico Department of Agriculture said Thursday. The new cases were detected in a horse and a calf here, according to a press release from the agency. In September, the first case in Grant County — which was the second in the state — was confirmed in a horse in Mimbres. That case is now listed as inactive. Of the new cases, one is in the Silver City area and the second near Hachita, Jenny Green, public affair