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By Frost McGahey, Investigative Journalist
An Ethics Complaint was filed with the Ethics Division, Bureau of Elections against Nicholas Prince for violating town ordinances and committing fraud in the November 2021 election. It is based on the claim that Prince did not live in his district at the time.
The complaint states Prince signed up to be on the ballot for Town Council in District 2. (He ran against a write-in candidate, Lonnie Shoup, and won 266 to 90.) Prince violated Silver City's Code of Ordinances: Part 1, Article I. - Town Council, Section 3[6], on two counts.
[Editor's Note: This is the ninth of a series of articles on the Grant County Commission work session on March 12, 2024. It continues the review of the March 14, 2024 regular meeting agenda and begins with new business items at the regular meeting.]
By Mary Alice Murphy
Grant County Manager Charlene Webb continued the March 12, 2024 work session review of the March 14, 2024 regular meeting agenda by noting new business items would come next.
The first item of new business reviewed was consideration of the 2023 Volunteer Firefighters annual reporting for PERA (public employees retirement association). The VFDs include Fort Bayard-Santa Rita, Lower Mimbres, Pinos Altos, Sapillo Creek, Tyrone, Upper Mimbres and Whiskey Creek. Webb noted that The Cliff'-Gila VFD was working on its report.
Southern Gila Region Highlands/Black Range-
Including the cities of Kingston and Lake Roberts
949 PM MDT Thu Apr 4 2024
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM MDT SATURDAY...
...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY...
* WHAT...For the Wind Advisory, southwest winds 30 to 40 mph with
gusts up to 55 mph expected. For the High Wind Warning, west winds
30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected.
Upper Gila River Valley-Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley-
Southwest Desert/Lower Gila River Valley-Lowlands of the Bootheel-
Uplands of the Bootheel-Eastern Black Range Foothills-Sierra
County Lakes-Central Grant County/Silver City Area-
Including the cities of Cloverdale, Spaceport, Mule Creek,
Faywood, Cliff, Grant County Airport, Lordsburg, Buckhorn, Red
Rock, Truth Or Consequences, Hillsboro, Animas, Mimbres, Fort
Bayard, Silver City, Gila Hot Springs, Hurley, Derry, Hachita,
Virden, Winston, and Antelope Wells
Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet-East Slopes Sacramento
Mountains Below 7500 Feet-Southern Gila Region Highlands/Black
Range-West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands-
Including the cities of Sunspot, Kingston, Cloudcroft,
Sacramento, Pinon, Mayhill, White Sands National Park, White
Sands Range Headquarters, Chaparral, Lake Roberts, and Apache
Summit
By Roger Lanse
Sunday morning, Mar. 31, 2024, at about 1:51a.m., a Silver City Police Department officer observed a grey Chrysler van on the 32nd Street Bypass travelling 78 mph in the 35 mph zone. According to an SCPD incident report, reaching Highway 180 the van turned east, and after a delay, pulled to the side of the road near the intersection of Shasta Street. Because of the speed of the vehicle and the vehicle's delay in stopping, the officer commanded the driver to step out of the vehicle. The driver refused.
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