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Silver City Police Blotter for Thursday

The following information was obtained from the Silver City Police Department: Thursday Fraud/embezzlement checks forged on the 300 block of Highway 180 Grafitti building...

Newly rennovated tennis courts now playable

After being resurfaced, the tennis courts at Silver High School are now playable, but more work is scheduled to be done when the weather warms up.

Man shot during alleged burglary charged

SILVER CITY A suspected burglar who was shot in the chest last month after he allegedly kicked in the door to a home during an attempted burglary was arraigned Friday morning in...

Western New Mexico University celebrates 119th birthday

Western New Mexico University celebrated its 119th birthday Friday with a reception that included a purple-and-white birthday cake, a piñata and a time capsule burial.

Chocolate Fantasia adds activities for kids

What would a festival dedicated to chocolate be without those who perhaps appreciate sugar the most? During this year's Chocolate Fantasia, the Mimbres Region Arts Council...

In the Area

SILVER CITY ---- The 4th annual Cowboy Dinner and Dance, sponsored by the Gila Livestock Growers Association and the Americans for the Preservation of Western Environment, will...

Work crew repairs traffic lights

SILVER CITY ---- A New Mexico Department of Transportation work crew from Santa Fe arrived in Silver City on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. to repair the traffic lights on the corner of...

Jail employee files tort claim notice with the county

A long-time jail employee has filed a tort claim notice with the county, notifying them that he may sue over what he claims is retaliatory behavior on the part of the jail...

Love Your Library Day brings community together for "The Magic of Reading"

If Willy Wonka and his Oompa Loompas at Saturday s Chocolate Fantasia aren t enough for you, then maybe a few carnival clowns, a robot-building demonstration and a parade of...

Temporary art gallery celebrates anniversary and chocolate

Chocolate Fantasia will probably provide the sugar-inclined with enough candy to last until next year, but for those who can t wait until Saturday, there s "The Sweetheart...

In the Area

In the Area Today Enchilada dinner, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. today, Rio Mimbres Baptist Church, 29 Cactus Drive.

Silver City Police Blotter for Friday

The following information was obtained from the Silver City Police Department: Wednesday Repossession occurred on the 1300 block of 6th Street Fraud/embezzlement insurance...

Woman accused in Deming gun case seeks jail release (2:38 p.m.)

LAS CRUCES - Terri Reese, wife and mother in the Deming family accused of selling Mexico-bound guns to stand-in buyers, sought Wednesday to pledge $2 million in assets to...

In the Area

Today Grant County Commission Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting, 9 a.m. today, Commissioners Meeting Room, Grant County Administration Center, 1400 Hwy 180 E.

Chocolate Fantasia set to transform downtown on Saturday

An anonymous wise person once said that "there's more to life than chocolate, but not right now." Come Saturday in Silver City, that wisdom will have never been...

Silver City Police Blotter for Thursday

The Santa Clara Police Department issued 14 citations for the week of Jan. 31 through Feb. 7 and had four calls for service involving: one hit and run; one civil standby; one...

New mural adorns wall near Don Juan's Burrito's

SILVER CITY Students in Diana Ingalls Leyba and Peter Bill s mural class at WNMU work on a new mural on the side of a building next to Don Juan s Burrito s on Hwy. 180.

Silver City Police Blotter for Monday

The following information was obtained from the Silver City Police Department:

AmericanTowns Heroes: Ariana Hargis is a Real Livesaver

Ariana Hargis is the kind of lifeguard you want on duty when your loved ones are in the pool. She's a quick-thinking, focused professional with eyes in the back of her head. When...

Local musician adds colorful creativity to Silver City

When Max Carmichael moved to Silver City six years ago, he knew he had finally found that diverse, eclectic place that he d been looking for. And funny enough, when Carmichael...

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Silver City Police Blotter for Monday

The following information was obtained from the Silver City Police Department:

TAX HELP PROGRAM RETURNS TO WNMU

SILVER CITY Tax season has arrived and with it comes Tax Help New Mexico. For 29 years, Western New Mexico University has offered the program in partnership with the state as...

Reward targets inmate's capture

SILVER CITY Grant County Crime Stoppers has authorized a $1,000 reward for information leading to the capture of jail escapee Michael Scott Freeman. Freeman, 35, was serving...

In the area (Feb. 7)

In Brief Family College Expo at WNMU Sun-News report SILVER CITY Grant County area parents interested in learning about college enrollment options are invited to attend the...

Tri-city blotter for Feb. 3 through 6

The following information was obtained from Grant County Central Regional Dispatch regarding the Bayard Police Department, Hurley Police Department and Santa Clara Police...

Silver City Police Blotter for the weekend of Feb. 3 through 6

The following information was obtained from the Silver City Police Department.

Grant County Sheriff's Blotter for the weekend of Feb. 3 through 6

The following information was obtained from the Grant County Sheriffs Department

BREAKING: Reward offered for escapee

Crime Stoppers has authorized a reward of $1,000 for information that leads to the capture of jail escapee Michael Scott Freeman.

Disabled veterans shuttle service cuts back amid drought of volunteers

csteele@scsun-news.comSILVER CITY - Due to a lack of volunteer drivers, the Silver City DAV Van, which has been shuttling area veterans to appointments at the Veterans Affairs...

Accused child molester brought to NM to face charges

DEMING - A former Silver City man who previously worked as a corrections officer at the Luna County Detention Center, was extradited from Arizona to face charges that he allegedly...

In Brief (Feb. 6)

Learn how to square dance with the Silver Squares Square Dance Club. Dance for the health of it. Keep mentally and physically fit by becoming a Square Dancer.

NM ghost town to reopen as murder stays unsolved

STEINS, N.M. - Seven months after 68-year-old Larry Link was gunned down in the dusty expanse of the ghost town he owned and where he once hosted tourists, his murder remains...

Two new prescribed fires planned by Gila National Forest

SILVER CITY - The Gila National Forest will be conducting two prescribed burns later this month. Next week, on the Silver City Ranger District, officials on the Forest have...

Chile craft

Children and their parents participated in a chile-making craft at the Silver City Museum on Saturday, making chile ristras out of red and green yarn, paper and glue.

Super Bowl offers party atmosphere for fans and non-fans

LAS CRUCES - If you could eat a chicken wing every second of every day - without sleeping or taking a break - it would take you nearly 40 years of constant chowing down to eat as...

High cost of hay bad news for hungry cows

The high price of alfalfa has caused all sorts of aberrant behavior amongst ranchers in the area. Stockmen are actually padlocking the door to the hay barn and there was one...

Camera-shy lawmakers seek cover

In 2008, New Mexico taxpayers spent $30,000 to equip the Senate gallery with video equipment that would allow for floor sessions to be broadcast over the Internet.

In a world where Redbox dominates, this shop won't stop

SILVER CITY - Pat Mootz and Patsy Sandoval manned Video Stop's two computers on Friday, scanning DVDs and telling the customers, who they often know on a first-name basis,...

More Mexican gray wolves in the wild

ALBUQUERQUE - Federal officials said Friday there are more Mexican gray wolves in the wild than there have been in each of the past five years, giving a glimmer of hope to a...

Effort to boot politicians from investment board moves ahead

SANTA FE - Of the 50 states, New Mexico stands alone in having its governor lead the board responsible for investing the public's money.

Couple traveling the West gallops into town

Art Lamely and Sue Hemming, two travelers who arrived in town by horseback Thursday, had people slowing down to take another look as they rode downtown.

License bill now doomed, Park says

SANTA FE - Republican Gov. Susana Martinez on Friday won a round in her fight to repeal a controversial driver's license law, but a Democrat who voted on her side said the...

Fallen soldier's vow to restore truck fulfilled

LAS CRUCES - Capt. Bruce Hays died in Afghanistan three years ago.But the roadside bomb that claimed his life did not keep him from giving his wife a gift from her childhood...

Michigan band to roll into WNMU

SILVER CITY - Birdwatching in Silver City is already big, but tonight it's going to get a bit bigger - and a bit more exotic - when The Ragbirds take the WNMU Fine Arts...

Search continues for escaped inmate

SILVER CITY - Police in Southwestern New Mexico and Southern Arizona are still looking for Michael Scott Freeman, 35, a domestic violence offender who walked away from a work...

Skandera's experience called into question

SANTA FE - One powerful state senator hinted Thursday that Gov. Susana Martinez's choice to head the Public Education Department could be in trouble.

Two arrested in car theft

Sun-News reportSILVER CITY - A 16-year-old male juvenile and a 24-year-old Arenas Valley man were picked up in a stolen truck Monday on Highway 180 E. and Kirkland Road by Silver...

Authors celebrate downtown's ambience

SILVER CITY - A book reading and signing, a drawing and perhaps even a show-and-tell of pre-1950s gadgets will take place 2 p.m. Saturday at the historic Silco Theater, all part...