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By Lynn Janes

The Silver City Town Council held a regular meeting March 25, 2025. Attendance to the meeting included Mayor Ken Ladner, Mayor Pro Tem Guadalupe Cano, and Councilors Nicholas Prince, Rudy Bencomo and Stan Snider. 

This meeting had filled all the seats in the audience and left standing room only. 

Council comments

Prince did not have any comments currently.

Cano spoke to the warming center and thanked everyone in the community that had helped both with time, donations and support. It had a successful first season. The last evening, they had opened, 67 people came in. That had been 67 people that didn’t freeze to death. They hope to continue the warming center in the future. It did help a lot of people, three people found jobs and two found permanent housing. “To us that was a win.” She expressed her thanks again to everyone that helped. 

By Lynn Janes

The Silver City Consolidated Schools  Board held a work session and regular meeting March 31, 2025. Members in attendance Ashley Montenegro (phone), Michelle Diaz, Patrick Cohn, Mike McMillan and Kimberly Klement. Superintendent William Hawkins also attended.

Work session

Cindy Barris, associate superintendent, provided an update on professional development for the board. "Your focus determines your reality." The objective has been to continue to train the staff and administration to build and sustain a movement. Soon they will be at a time that the dollars will become shorter so for the past few years they have invested those dollars in things they want to continue to sustain. "We still believe our greatest resource is our people."

By Lynn Janes

The Cobre Consolidated School Board held a board retreat on March 31, 2025. Board members in attendance included Gabriella Begay, Gilbert Guadiana, David Terrazas, Emmarie Heredia and Angelina Hardin. Superintendent Michael Koury also attended along with Charlene Fletcher executive secretary / board secretary.

They had the retreat at the parent center located at Bayard Elementary School. Evan Grasser and Cari Lemon facilitated the retreat with conversations and exercises to help the board get to know each other better and build the team. Grasser owns Principals L.E.A.D. and she works with schools and districts to develop leadership skills. Lemon works locally to help individuals and organizations to get unstuck and soar to the best versions of themselves.

Photos from east side of Gough Park of the booths and activities at the CDT Trail Days on April 19, 2025 by Mary Alice Murphy

Courtesy notice of impacts to roads April 23-27, 2025

Silver City, NM — Some southwest New Mexico roads and highways will be impacted while the 38th Tour of the Gila runs. The five-day bicycling stage race attracts athletes from across the world and is slated to run from Wednesday, April 23, through Sunday, April 27.

For the safety of athletes, some road closures will occur in conjunction with the event.

The race organization thanks residents for their patience and asks for continued respect for the visitors taking on this spectacular challenge. The schedule of closures is subject to change without notice at any time. Organizers will attempt to share changes on TourOfTheGila.com .

Wreaths Across America (WAA) at Fort Bayard National Cemetery has been ranked the #1 sponsorship site in New Mexico for 2024!

Thanks to the local WAA '24 Crew's successful planning and work, and certainly due to outstanding community support as well, 4908 wreaths were placed on  veterans' markers at Fort Bayard. This was the sixth year in a row that each veteran's marker there has been remembered and honored with a wreath over the Christmas holiday season.

The Beat called Southwest Solid Waste Authority to find out why the cardboard recycling bins have not been in the Harbor Freight parking lot the past two weeks.

The explanation given was that they have a truck down , so it is slowing their pick up and replacement, which includes Hurley, Mimbres, Cliff and Silver City.

Another call to Alex Brown, Town of Silver City manager, who serves on the SWSWA board, resulted in the Beat finding out that the one at Harbor Freight would not be returning to the location at the request of the business owner.

Brown said they are currently looking for another location, perhaps returning one to the Grant County Administration Center parking lot, but at this point anyone wishing to recycle cardboard locally in Silver City will have to take a trip to the dump.