Incumbent Grant Soil and Water Conservation Board Position 3 Supervisor David L. McCauley was joined by fellow Position 3 candidate Nancy Lee Stephens via Zoom on Thursday evening for the last of a string of candidate forums hosted by the Daily Press. Armando D. Aguilera, who is running for Position 4 on the board, was not invited to participate in the forum, as he is running unopposed. While McCauley, a …
The Bayard City Council’s scheduled meeting Monday was just one casualty of Bayard City Hall’s closure due to “unforeseen circumstances” last Thursday afternoon, per a printed notice taped to the door of the building. “We had a COVID exposure at City Hall,” Councilor Eloy Medina said. “We felt it would be in the best interest of the public to [temporarily] shut down.” “Somebody walked in there who had COVID-19,” Mayor …
Before the Santa Clara Board of Trustees meeting got rolling last Thursday, resident Thomas Caddel interrupted the typical flow with an urgent concern: The board had posted notice of the meeting too late, he said, which violated the state’s Open Meetings Act. Santa Clara Clerk-Treasurer Sheila Hudman responded to Caddel’s concern, stating she posted the meeting Tuesday morning, which, in her opinion, allowed for sufficient notice. While she usually posts …
Six candidates vying for three at-large positions up for election on the Cobre Consolidated School District Board of Education on Nov. 2 joined the two running for election in District 4 on the Silver Consolidated Schools board for a Zoom-broadcast Daily Press candidate forum Tuesday night. Michelle Diaz, incumbent District 4 Silver board member, opened the forum by saying the COVID-19 pandemic had given her “a newfound sense of urgency …
The Daily Press virtually visited the Mining District on Monday night to kick off its series of local election candidate forums with Bayard City Council candidates Jose Diaz and Frances Gonzales. The two council positions up for election in Hurley on Nov. 2 are uncontested in this election cycle, and none of the three candidates running for two trustee positions in Santa Clara were able to put in an appearance …