Eloy Vasquez, fire marshal for the Silver City Fire Department, center, speaks about Fire Prevention Week at the Silver City Town Council meeting Tuesday evening. Mayor Ken Ladner proclaimed Oct. 5-11 ...

Last week, the Silver City Police Department, aided by state and federal officials, located and arrested two men facing felony charges who had allegedly armed themselves and made threats against law ...

The Cobre Consolidated Schools Board of Education appointed Bayard Police Chief Hector Carrillo as their newest member during a special meeting Monday. “I want to make sure every student has the same ...

Cynthia Nañez, center, talks about the importance of retaining the name of her father, Jose Barrios, at the elementary school that bears his name during a meeting Monday evening at the school. Silver ...

The body of a man was discovered in the Big Ditch near College Avenue early Friday morning. Silver City Police Chief Freddie Portillo told the Daily Press that a call for a welfare check was made by ...

First-year Western New Mexico University student Makiah Granadino is awarded a scholarship at the Hispanic Heritage Month Fiesta held last week on campus. Western New Mexico University celebrated ...

A Quetzalcōātl effigy is set on fire Friday night, marking a new annual communal tradition at Whiskey Creek Zócalo in Arenas Valley. On Friday, Sept. 19, Whiskey Creek Zócalo held its first Cholla ...

The trial of a Silver City man charged in a 2023 murder will take place in Sierra County due to harassment from the community, including a shrine to the victim placed near the defendant’s house. Luis ...

Rhonda Murphy, H20 Partners deputy mitigation manager, left, and Krystian Cole, H20 Partners hazard mitigation specialist, answer questions Monday during the first of three public meetings for ...

The Interstate Stream Commission could make a decision next month on which projects in four southwest New Mexico counties will be the first to receive money from the New Mexico Unit Fund. The Unit ...

Interim Superintendent Randall Piper, left, talks to board member Angelina Hardin, President Gabrielle Begay and member Gilbert Guadiana about the work his staff has been doing during the Cobre school ...

El Refugio board member Dolores Charon, right, presents on the organization’s October “Paint the Town Purple” effort to Deputy Clerk Tanya Ortiz, left, Councilor Eloy Gonzales, Mayor Pro Tem Eloy ...