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By Roger Lanse
The U.S. Forest Service is the incident command agency of the Whitetail Fire, an approximate100 acre blaze, on USFS land, southwest of White Signal, according to Maribeth Pecotte, USFS Public Information Officer. The fire is lightning-caused and started Friday morning, June 7, 2024.
Saturday, Jun 8, Pecotte noted three engines and a hot-shot crew are working to establish a perimeter around the burn site. Aided by air tankers dropping retardant, forward progress of the fire has been stopped and resources are 'anchored in,' meaning crews were able to locate their resources in a single location from which to tackle the fire.
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Article by Roger Lanse
According to Tyrone Volunteer Fire Department Chief Mike Cox, two lightning-caused fires were ignited in the White Signal area on Friday, June 7, 2024. One, of about 100 acres, the Whitetail Fire, was on U.S. Forest Service land, and that agency assumed command responsibility.
Photos by Mary Alice Murphy
Sunday afternoon , June 2, 2024, in the Grant County Veterans Memorial Business and Conference Center parking lot, RW Specialties of Bayard hosted an "Anything But a Car" show to highlight various sorts of ATVs and motorcycles. Raffle ticket purchasers also had a shot at winning items such as four new tires for their vehicle.Â
Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin-Northern Dona Ana County-
Including the cities of Hatch, Radium Springs, Deming, Garfield,
and Columbus
103 PM MDT Thu Jun 6 2024
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT FRIDAY...
* WHAT...high temperatures of 104 to 107
* WHERE...Northern Dona Ana County and Southwest Desert/Mimbres
Basin.
Photos and article by Mary Alice Murphy
On a sunny, breezy June Saturday afternoon, many friends of Linda Gray, who recently and unexpectedly passed from this life, gathered in the courtyard of the Silver City Museum to honor and praise Linda and her volunteer work with several non-profit organizations in Silver City.
Silver City Museum Director Bart Roselli said he had worked with her for the past five years. "I knew her as a volunteer. She had a great sense of humor, sarcastic and sardonic. I had a lot of fun chatting with her. She did a little bit of everything, except windows."
Photos by Mary Alice Murphy
Activities were in full swing at Gough Park on a sunny Saturday morning, June 1, 2024, as part of the Gila Wilderness Centennial festivities. Crowds of people went from booth to booth, visited vendors, and listened to speakers at the park.
The highlight of the day was a cross-cut saw competition to see which teams could cut a disk of wood off a long log in the fastest time. The narrator noted that the process is the best option for cleaning trails in the national forests. He said it is a historical process, but continues to be used in the Gila National Forest today. The teams came from Grant County, Catron County and Albuquerque. [Editor's Note: This photographer could not stay for the final competition to see which team would take home the honors, due to a prior commitment. When she left, the Albuquerque team of a man and woman had the lowest time at 21 seconds. Quarter-, semi- and finals chose the winner. ]
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