After a closed-door discussion during their regular meeting Monday evening, the Silver Consolidated Schools Board of Education reconvened and voted to approve a contract extension for Superintendent William Hawkins, who has led the district for more than a year now. “We have approved an extension of the contract through 2024 in recognition of our ongoing satisfaction with our current superintendent,” said board member Michelle Diaz. “It will also reflect an …
December 16, 2020
Economic development group looks to county for funding Written by Dean Thompson on December 16, 2020
The Grant County Commission heard a couple of presentations about public health and economic development during its work session Tuesday morning.
The first came from the Grant County Community Health Council’s Emerging Infectious Diseases Task Force, represented by Jeff Fell, the town of Silver City’s emergency manager, and Renee Despres.
Despres started with COVID-19 numbers for the county.
“This data is for November 17 to November 30, so I can’t tell you what our positivity rate is here right now,” she said. “We’re testing pretty well compared to other counties in the state, but we still haven’t met the gating criteria of 5 percent of tests being positive.
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