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By Roger Lanse
On Saturday, May 4, 2024, at about 12:08 a.m., Silver City Police Department officers were dispatched to 2035 Pinos Altos Road in reference to a welfare check. The Grant County Regional Dispatch Authority advised an anonymous caller stated a male, who was bleeding heavily, was seen walking into the residence. According to an SCPD incident report, witnesses contacted at the residence denied anyone injured was in the residence and that everything was okay. Officers did not find any blood while walking around the house. There being no evidence of anyone injured on scene, officers left the residence.
[Editor's Note: This is part 3 of the Grant County Commission first work session of the month held April 9, 2024. It begins county reports.]
By Mary Alice Murphy
The first director report at the Grant County Commission April 9, 2024 work session, came from Detention Center Administrator Joseph Andazola. He said they had three officers in training, with four vacancies. "We did have an accreditation council meeting last month, and we did get approval for our application. It will go before the Accreditation Board and I am seeking approval to get our PARS (preliminary arraignment system) going."
Photos of the Give Grandly event on May 4, 2024 by Mary Alice Murphy
Seemingly, in addition to the de Kooning painting theft, which is chronicled in the links at the bottom of the article, some other stolen items have now been identified as having been in the possession of Jerry and Rita Alter.
KOB 4 posted this on May  2, 2024 and updated it on May 3, 2024.
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A persistent trough over the Northern Rockies will maintain dry west flow across the U.S. Southwest over the next several days. Disturbances within this prevailing flow will allow winds to increase area-wide into the middle of the week. Gusty winds will develop each afternoon combining with very low relative humidity to create critical to extreme fire danger. Recent lack of precipitation has progressed fuel dryness to a point where wildfire starts will be possible and spread aided by weather conditions.
Southwest Mountains/Gila NF/Apache NF/GLZ-
Southwest Deserts and Lowlands/Las Cruces BLM/GLZ-
South Central Lowlands and Southern Rio Grande Valley/BLM/GLZ-
Capitan and Sacramento Mountains/Lincoln NF/LNZ-
In a letter to Silver Schools principals and board members, Superintendent William Hawkins writes:
"Please forgive the early-morning off cycle email. As you might be aware, recent developments yesterday have occurred regarding the implementation of the Public Education Department's (PED) calendar rule, specifically New Rule 6.10.5 NMAC. Last evening, a district judge issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) pausing the enforcement of this rule across NM districts.
The court has recognized concerns that the rule may not align with existing laws, which define instructional requirements in terms of hours rather than days and allow for embedded professional development within the school day. This decision supports our stance on maintaining flexibility in shaping educational schedules that best meet the needs of our local communities.
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