Grant Cooperative Extension-Livestock Production Program December 2, 2024
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By Roger Lanse
The Grant County Beat has received calls on Monday afternoon, Oct. 7, 2024, reporting smoke north of Silver City. According to U.S. Forest Service staff, the Redstone Prescribed Burn was ignited this morning on 571 acres east of Highway 15 between Signal Peak and Meadow Creek roads. The burn area has been closed and a pilot car will lead traffic along Highway 15 through the closure.
Ignition will continue through tomorrow, staff said, and the rest of the week firefighters will monitor the area to hold the burn in place.
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Senate District 28 Candidate Questionnaire: Part Two– Chris Ponce
By Frost McGahey
[Editor's Note:The Grant County Beat asked Candidates questions so voters can determine who they want to vote for. Early voting starts Tuesday, October 8th and Election Day is Tuesday, November 5th. The replies are posted in the order received.]
(Authors’s Note: If Ponce wins the senate seat then he has to resign his county commissioner’s seat. His vacancy would be filled by an appointment done by the Governor. Some fear Lujan-Grisham would appoint a Progressive.)
Gabriel Ramos’s answers are in Part One.
Chris Ponce
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Monday, Sept. 30
Stolen motor vehicle
Trailing Heart Drive – Silver Acres
Temporary tag/hasn't been registered/last time he saw it was on Friday. Deputy set up frequent patrol for one month.
Accident-property damage
Highway 152 – MM 23 (9 miles east of Highway 35 junction)
Advised single vehicle off roadway/vehicle rolled down the side of the roadway 40-50 feet/no one inside the vehicle/four occupants/one has laceration on back. Deputy advised passing MM 24- negative contact/passing MM 28-negative contact.
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The Grant County Sheriff's Office is asking for assistance ini reference to a missing person. Melissa Dawn Reed (50 years of age) was last seen in the Meadow Creek area off of Hwy 15 in Pinos Altos NM on Thursday, October 3, 2024 ,between the hours of 2:00pm and 3:00pm. Melissa spoke to afriend on the phone and informed him that she was out in this area with another subject cutting wood.
They apparently got into an argument so she left walking back towards Silver City. The reporting party stated
Melissa had sent him her GPS coordinates of where she was. When he went to the location he did not locate her.
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Senate District 28 Candidate Questionnaire: Part One – Gabriel Ramos
By Frost McGahey
[Editor's Note:The Grant County Beat asked Candidates questions so voters can determine who they want to vote for. Early voting starts Tuesday, October 8th and Election Day is Tuesday, November 5th. The replies are posted in the order received.]
[Author's Note:Gabriel Ramos has served as the senator for District 28. He was appointed to fill Howie Morales’s seat in the legislature in 2019 when Morales became Lieutenant Governor. However in 2020, he was primaried by Siah Correa Hemphill and lost his race. Hemphill went on to win, but only by a slim margin.
Hemphill resigned her seat this June because she had to take a paying position as legislators do not receive a salary. Chris Ponce was appointed to take her position on the ballot.]
In Part Two, Chris Ponce answers the questions.
Gabriel Ramos
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[Editor's Note: Misspelling corrected.]
District 5 County Commissioner Candidate Questionnaire- Part Two: Phillip Schoenberg
By Frost McGahey
[Editor's Note:The Grant County Beat asked Candidates questions so voters can determine who they want to vote for. Early voting starts Tuesday, October 8th and Election Day is Tuesday, November 5th. The replies are posted in the order received.]
Tom Shelley’s answers are in Part One
Phillip Schoenberg
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