A large juniper tree limb on 10th Street fell and downed power lines early Sunday afternoon, darkening several blocks of central Silver City until the evening. (Photo Courtesy of Kurt Albershardt) A ...

Areas under “go” status to evacuation from the Trout Fire are those in green, zones 1, 2 and 3 along N.M. 15, and zone 6 to the south. Zone 7, in yellow, is in “set” status and residents there should ...

The Trout Fire, which started Thursday morning north of Silver City near N.M. 15, has grown rapidly in hot, dry conditions, charring more than 2,100 acres by midmorning Friday and prompting an ...

During Tuesday morning’s work session, the Grant County Commission touched on a number of familiar controversies, including reactions to Hidalgo Medical Services’ official notice of termination for ...

Hurley Police Chief Kevin Vigil, left, presents to Councilor Robert Candelaria, Mayor Pro Tem Reynaldo Maynes, Mayor Ed Stevens and Councilors Pete Ordonez and Aron Phillips on department equipment ...

A retired superintendent from southern New Mexico will serve as interim superintendent for Cobre Consolidated Schools. After two days of special meetings Friday and Saturday, the board chose Randall ...

New Mexico Lt. Gov. Howie Morales won’t be running for governor next year, he told the Daily Press on Sunday afternoon, but he is interested in another job opening — the president of Western New ...

A medical residency program targeted for rural areas might make it easier to restart a program bringing new physicians to Silver City. The Gila Regional Medical Center board of trustees gathered for a ...

Hidalgo Medical Services on Monday gave a 60-day notice of termination of its contract to manage the four senior centers in Grant County — but officials said public hearings at the centers will still ...

Silver Consolidated Schools Superintendent William Hawkins, left, presents Lee Wilson, social studies teacher and sponsor of National History Day at Silver High School, with the district Teacher of ...

Fourth-grade students Aizley Buzard, left, and Audrey Runyan from Cliff Elementary School roll the dice in a game designed to teach area schoolchildren about women in health care, the subject of the ...

Mike Rocko, right, arena director for the Southwest Horseman’s Association, holds the proclamation declaring June 2-8 as First New Mexico Bank Wild Wild West Rodeo Week in Silver City. With him, from ...