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More than two decades ago, Mining District communities banded together to secure funding for a wastewater plant to service the three municipalities of Bayard, Hurley and Santa Clara. Since the plant’s construction, the majority of the effluent water released from the plant has been pumped to Freeport-McMoRan’s Chino Mines Co. The mine, however, does not have a use for the water roughly 400,000 gallons per day, according to Santa …
Due to surging COVID-19 numbers across the state, Grant County Day at the New Mexico Legislature will again take place in a virtual format this year. Jan. 26 was slated to be the day that representatives from Grant County governments, schools, health care organizations and nonprofits trekked to the Roundhouse in Santa Fe to pitch projects, seek funding and raise awareness of the county’s priority issues. The annual event is …
Grant County residents may have seen more flying discs in recent months, and may start to see even more in the future. These discs, however, are not of the unidentified flying object variety that New Mexico has long been known for they’re from the rapidly growing sport of disc golf. Silver City is actually late to the game as far as establishing disc golf in New Mexico. Established basket …