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- Category: Front Page News
By Frost McGahey, Investigative Journalist
On Thursday, October 26, the Beat called the Clerk's office and asked for the number of registered voters by party affiliation. These are the numbers:
Democrats 9,806
Republicans 6,387
DTS (Independents) 5,478
Other 414
Total 22,085
This was compared to the population of Grant County as determined by the U.S. Census. As of July 1, 2025, the estimate is:
Total Population 27,252 – 4,687 (population under 18) = 22,565
This means 98% of the adults in the county are registered to vote. The national average is 73.6%.
- Category: Weather
Flash Flood Warning from 10/29/2026 8:02 PM to 11:00 PM MDT for Grant County, NM
[Editor's Note: No maps are available! A flood advisory was sent to my email address, but it was not available. I had to go look for it, and this is all I could find!]
FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
The Advisory has been EXTENDED to 10 p.m., [but we still don't know where in the county.]
* WHAT...Arroyo and small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...West Central Grant County in southwestern New Mexico...Northwestern Hidalgo County in southwestern New Mexico...
* WHEN...Until 845 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. River or stream flows are elevated.
- Category: Weather
Attached is the latest NWS Situational Briefing for the upcoming rainfall.
- Category: Weather
Us 180 westbound at mile marker 115, 1 mile east of Silver Acres is now open. Removed from NM Roads.
ROAD ADVISORY
CRASH- Silver City Area
Crash, US 180 westbound at mile marker 115, 1 mile east of Silver Acres, both lanes are closed due to a crash.
- Category: Front Page News
By Lynn Janes
The town of Hurley had a regular meeting October 13, 2026. Reynaldo Maynes, Ester Gil, and Robert Candelaria attended. Jason Cox did not attend. Aron Phillips attended by phone at different times in the meeting.
Public input - none currently.
The council approved a proclamation naming October domestic awareness month. Many American families may be tarnished with violence and fear. Approximately 95 percent of the victims of domestic violence have been women and nationally four million women have been assaulted by their partners and at least four will be murdered by their perpetrator. Approximately 70 percent of the men that batter their partners also abuse the children. They continued with a long list of statistics—one being the use of weapons, 2 percent had been with a gun, 5 percent with a knife and 93 percent had been other weapons.
Dolores Charon thanked the council for the proclamation and participation.
- Category: Front Page News
By Lynn Janes
(Writers note: this article was written using the minutes provided by the Village of Santa Clara)
The Village of Santa Clara held a regular meeting October 8, 2026. Mayor Arnold Lopez called the meeting to order Mayor Pro Tem Albert Esparza, trustees, Peter Erickson, Olga Amador and Ralph Trujillo attended.
The council approved the agenda with some changes in the order and minutes from September 10, 2026. They also approved the department head reports.
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