Despite soaring copper prices, Grant County and the two school districts within the county are set to see a decline in revenue derived from the ad valorem copper tax again this year, according to Grant County Assessor Raul Turrieta, who presented the figures during a special meeting of the Grant County Commission on Tuesday morning. Since the passage of the state Copper Production Ad Valorem Tax Act in the 1980s, …
Grant County Manager Charlene Webb submitted her resignation Monday morning, effective in 60 days. Webb, who didn’t return calls seeking comment Monday, did not state her reasons for resigning in a brief letter she sent to Grant County Commission Chairman and District 1 Commissioner Chris Ponce and Vice Chair and District 5 Commissioner Harry Browne. Grant County commissioners hired Webb in 2014, after Jon Saari left the position. She worked …
Along with the weather, criminal activity appears to be heating up in Grant County.
“April and the first week of May have brought us a significant increase in serious incidents and/or criminal cases,” Sheriff Frank Gomez told Grant County commissioners at their regular meeting Thursday. He noted that “a convicted felon with a lengthy criminal history” who had recently been released from prison was apprehended this week in connection with a May 1 shootout that occurred “at a large family gathering” in Santa Clara.
Gomez told the Daily Press that the Silver City Police Department arrested 27-year-old Joseph Chavez pursuant to an arrest warrant during a traffic stop in the Brewer Hill neighborhood Wednesday. According to court documents, in addition to three criminal charges stemming from the Santa Clara shootout, Chavez picked up seven more charges during the traffic stop, during which police say they found nearly 11 grams of methamphetamine in the car Chavez was operatin
A group of neighbors who live directly south of the Tyrone Mine is proposing that Grant County adopt an ordinance that would attempt to hold mining companies accountable for adverse environmental impacts on communities adjacent to mineral extraction sites. Freeport-McMoRan, which also owns the Chino and Cobre open-pit copper mines in Grant County, is in the process of expanding its operations to the west and to the south of the …
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