Local News Releases

PNM invites customers to thank linemen in celebration of National Lineman Appreciation Day

(ALBUQUERQUE, NM) – Thursday, April 18, 2024, is National Lineman Appreciation Day, and energy companies across the United States will celebrate. The electricity that powers our lives is an essential part of the world we live in, and so are the employees who battle inclement weather and challenging situations every day to make sure we continue to have safe, reliable power in our homes and businesses. The jobs they perform are imperative to ensuring the most important needs and functions of our communities stay intact.

Office Closure

The Town of Silver City Offices

Will be closed Friday March 29, 2024

In observance of Spring Holiday.

Offices will re-open Monday April 1, 2024

8am – 5pm

Friday, Mar. 22

Welfare check
1600 16th Street – Mountain View Senior Apartments
Can hear a female yelling and crying/been going on for about 25 minutes now. Officer walked both floors with negative contact.

Stolen motor vehicle
2711 Leslie Road – Lintero Apartments
Caller stated she believes a named male took her silver 2012 Ford Edge/they were both in her apartment and he took her keys/he has been gone for about 15-20 minutes/vehicle is in her mother's name.

Monday, Mar. 18

Loud party
1000 W. 7th Street – Reef Apartments
Officer advised party to keep it down.

Hot pursuit
Tracy Circle
Caller advised his son has been causing issues since yesterday/wants someone to talk to him to tell him to stop of he'll have to leave. Officer advised the male sped off at a high rate of speed going down Tracy Court in a silver SUV/officer went traffic with the vehicle on PA Road.

Suspicious vehicle
N. Cheyenne Street
Advised a green Honda Civic driving up and down the roadway. Officer made contact with the vehicle.

Event is free to the public

Silver City, New Mexico, March 22, 2024—After a year in business, the women behind the newly named Sage Serenity Studio invite the public to their First Anniversary Open House on Friday, March 29. Light snacks and refreshments will be provided from 1-3pm and there will be a raffle for pilates, pedicure, and massage services. Meet and greet the wellness practitioners behind the newly named Sage Serenity Studio, which houses three of Silver City's finest wellness and beauty businesses under one roof.

An intergenerational and woman-owned business, the studio brings mother and daughter Tracey Jones and Codie Bachman together with friend and colleague Carol Watson-Brand. The three women have been working and operating their respective practices in the space together since March of 2023 but are rebranding it as a destination under a single name people can go to for their wellness needs. 

March 31, at 10 am, 3845 North Swan Street –  "Gifts of the Land: A Guided Nature Tour"

 A video by "Braiding Sweetgrass" author Robin Wall Kimmerer takes us on a guided nature tour of Clark Reservation State Park in Jamesville, NY as Spring welcomes back migrating creatures and sends a message to wake up those who have taken a Winter rest.

 This video was commissioned by The Commons at the University of Kansas, in conjunction with Dr. Kimmerer's April 1, 2021 lecture. www.thecommons.ku.edu/kimmerer .

Bayard Police Department

Monday, Mar. 18

School threat
Snell Middle School
Report, no narrative.

Welfare check
Fahey Street
Caller lives next door to his mother, and he can hear yelling coming from the home. NMSP officer made contact with mother and she is okay/advising a female got into an argument with her significant other and is under the influence.

Monday, Mar. 18

Welfare check
Dragonfly Trailhead
Deputy advised female in town for week for work.

Mental health complaint
11072 W. Highway 180 – Hillside Havnen
Advised his girlfriend is outside lying in the middle of the roadway/she has schizophrenia-bipolar-manic/she is refusing to go to GRMC to get assistance. Deputy requested ambulance for a 50-year-old female to location/unknown medical.