Scott Brocato spoke with Nickolas Seibel, editor and publisher of The Silver City Daily Press and Independent, for the latest Silver City Report. This week we find out that the overturned tanker truck from two weeks ago is still causing major issues; last week's rains forced events indoors; and he discusses the Thursday candidate forums.
Scott Brocato spoke with Nickolas Seibel, editor and publisher of The Silver City Daily Press and Independent, for the latest top stories for Silver City Report.
The Daily Press will once again hold a series of candidate forums in advance of the June 7 major party primary election, marking the ninth year that the newspaper has hosted the events. The forums, which will all take place in the auditorium of Western New Mexico University’s Besse-Forward Global Resource Center, will pose written questions from audience members and the newspaper’s reporters to candidates in competitive races. Candidates will …
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 …
Five of seven Silver City candidates in the Nov. 2 consolidated local election hopped online Thursday evening to join a candidate forum hosted by the Daily Press via Zoom, and while forums in previous years have been held in person, the online format did not deter residents from participating. Several constituents chimed in with written questions for their potential future representatives, who also fielded inquiries from Daily Press reporter Geoffrey …