In an effort to equip both staff and students in the event of an active shooter incident, Silver Schools is in the process of updating their method of response and district officials detailed their plans in an online town hall Friday evening. While the district previously relied on utilizing traditional lockdown procedures, staff was recently trained using ALICE Training safety protocol. ALICE, a research-based protocol authored in 2000, is …
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 …
While new Police Chief Cornel Stemley outlined how he hopes to restructure the Bayard Police Department during a City Council work session Monday evening, Bayard councilors were quick to question several aspects of his plan. Their primary pushback centered around one urgently repeated phrase: “We want to see boots on the ground.” Stemley, who spent the last several years of his career working as a justice studies professor, spoke at …
While Santa Clara trustees approved the resignations of three employees at their Jan. 11 meeting, the village made haste in finding replacements for two of those, hiring a maintenance technician and deputy clerk during their meeting Thursday. Trustees also approved two more hires, including a new clerk-treasurer. Rebekah Russell, who has served as the village’s code enforcement officer for the last six months, was hired as clerk-treasurer at the recommendation …
By HANNAH DUMAS Daily Press Staff Two new members of the Bayard City Council made their presence felt at the council’s regular meeting Monday afternoon, forcing 2-2 splits on several votes and tie-breakers cast by Mayor Chon Fierro. The council revisited a tabled motion from the last meeting about a potential time change for council meetings. While new Councilors Jose Diaz and Frances Gonzales pushed for meeting times to change …