Parade of county officials submit budget requests Written by Geoffrey Plant on April 28, 2021
Grant County officials held a hearing Tuesday afternoon in preparation for formulating their 2022 fiscal year budget, and while solid revenue projections aren’t available yet, the exercise gave some insight into expenditure priorities for the various county departments.
Payroll is the largest overall expense for the county, accounting for around 70 percent of its expenditures; but at the departmental level, costs associated with the Grant County Detention Center eat up about one-third of the annual budget, according to County Manager Charlene Webb.
“That’s the reality of counties in New Mexico right now,” said Webb, who has long been a member of the chorus of county managers who argue that the state unfairly mandates county corrections services a large portion of which are ultimately for detainees with behavioral health challen
April 13, 2021
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Wreckage of a plane which crashed at the Grant County Airport on Sunday night and injured two occupants could still be seen Monday afternoon. Grant County Sheriff Frank Gomez said the men sustained minor injuries.
Two men were transported to Gila Regional Medical Center on Sunday night after the airplane they were flying crashed at the Grant County Airport about 8:43 p.m., according to authorities.
The Daily Press was unable to confirm the identities of the two men, whom Grant County Sheriff Frank Gomez said sustained minor injuries in the crash. The aircraft, a 1966 single-engine Piper model PA-28-180, is registered to Jimmy Harrison of Pima, Ariz., according to the Federal Aviation Administration registry.