By JUNO OGLE Daily Press Staff The Western New Mexico University Board of Regents has chosen a geologist and former university administrator as its interim president. Having conducted a search with a ...

By MARCELA JOHNSON Daily Press Staff Preventive tree thinning and prescribed burns have helped to stop the spread of the Trout Fire in certain areas. These prescribed burns clear out the underbrush ...

After being shuttered last Tuesday in response to evacuation orders related to the growth of the Trout Fire, Freeport-McMoRan officials confirmed this week that most of its mining operations here had ...

Out of concern for life and property, the Silver City Fire Department last week canceled the annual Fourth of July fireworks show, Fire Marshal Eloy Vasquez told the Town Council at its meeting ...

By MARCELA JOHNSON Daily Press Staff One week after the 44,570-acre Trout Fire was sparked near the Sheep Corral area in the Gila National Forest, fire managers had a piece of good news to report ...

Voters in the Cobre Consolidated School District will be asked to consider a $6 million bond question and renewal of a capital improvement tax on November’s general election ballot, after the Board of ...

A state agency has denied Hidalgo Medical Services’ intention to continue management of the senior center in Hidalgo County, citing shortcomings in the center’s budget and alleging that HMS violated ...

By JUNO OGLE Daily Press Staff The Trout Fire, which started Thursday morning north of Silver City near N.M. 15, has grown rapidly in hot, dry conditions, charring more than 2,100 acres by midmorning ...

By JUNO OGLE Daily Press Staff A man shouting and pounding on the glass front of the Grant County Administration Building on Tuesday night brought the Silver City Town Council’s meeting to a halt for ...

The Bayard City Council declared Stage 2 fire restrictions due to drought during their regular meeting Wednesday afternoon. These restrictions include the use of charcoal and outside burning ...

By ANDREW WANG Daily Press Correspondent Silver City’s Silco Theatre just completed its first-ever youth film workshop on Friday, wrapping up the week of activities with a film screening. The youth ...