Little Walnut Picnic Area construction continues

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Temporary closure of the Little Walnut Picnic Area on the Silver City Ranger District in the Gila National Forest is expected to continue throu...

Discussion turns to chickens at council meeting

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By ROGER LANSE Daily Press Staff Chickens ruled the roost at the Silver City Town Council meeting Tuesday. Councilor Michael Morones said t...

Free admission planned at cliff dwellings

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National Public Lands Day will be held Saturday, Sept. 24, and Steve Riley, Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument superintendent, has announce...

Raid on a Deming gun shop nets 1,200 firearms

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal authorities seized more than 1,200 fi rearms and nearly 2 million rounds of ammunition when they raided a fa...

Representatives disagree on immigrant licenses

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By JIM OWEN Daily Press Staff Grant County’s two members of the New Mexico House of Representatives differ on a proposal to repeal a 2003...

Memorial observance set at Bataan Park

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A memorial observance to “ remember those lost and to thank the local first responders who aid people every day in Grant County' will be held...

Desert bighorn sheep to be discussed

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By JIM OWEN Daily Press Staff Meetings to discuss a proposal to delist the desert bighorn sheep as an endangered species will be held next ...

Continuing drought hurting area ranchers

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By JIM OWEN Daily Press Staff The continuing drought is severely straining the budgets of ranchers, many of whom have been forced to haul w...

Bingaman to receive award

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U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., a native of Silver City, is one of three recipients of the 2011 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Distinguished Public...

Kirtland base officials working around wildlife

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Most people don’t think of bathing bears, prowling cougars or burrowing owl counts when theythink of Kirtland Air...