By JUNO OGLE Daily Press Staff The Western New Mexico University Board of Regents has chosen a geologist and former university administrator as its interim president. Having conducted a search with a ...

Out of concern for life and property, the Silver City Fire Department last week canceled the annual Fourth of July fireworks show, Fire Marshal Eloy Vasquez told the Town Council at its meeting ...

By LISA JIMENEZ Daily Press Correspondent Silver City son Julian Madrid is the new manager of the town’s recently reorganized Parks and Recreation Department, which will be housed in the new Henry V. ...

It would be impossible to mention the Daily Press’ 90 years without also featuring the founding family behind the newspaper, the Elys. Col. Clyde Ely purchased the weekly Silver City Independent in ...

After being shuttered last Tuesday in response to evacuation orders related to the growth of the Trout Fire, Freeport-McMoRan officials confirmed this week that most of its mining operations here had ...

By MARCELA JOHNSON Daily Press Staff Preventive tree thinning and prescribed burns have helped to stop the spread of the Trout Fire in certain areas. These prescribed burns clear out the underbrush ...

Voters in the Cobre Consolidated School District will be asked to consider a $6 million bond question and renewal of a capital improvement tax on November’s general election ballot, after the Board of ...

By AARON ROGERS Daily Press Correspondent A little over 10 years ago, Laura Aubry was living in Anchorage, Alaska, and wondering how she could find some work to make enough money to raise her newborn ...

By The Daily Press Staff Evacuees of the Trout Fire can go to an emergency evacuation center at the Grant County Veterans Memorial Business and Conference Center with representatives of the Red Cross ...

By MARCELA JOHNSON Daily Press Staff One week after the 44,570-acre Trout Fire was sparked near the Sheep Corral area in the Gila National Forest, fire managers had a piece of good news to report ...

By JUNO OGLE Daily Press Staff A state agency has denied Hidalgo Medical Services’ intention to continue management of the senior center in Hidalgo County, citing shortcomings in the center’s budget ...

The Bayard City Council declared Stage 2 fire restrictions due to drought during their regular meeting Wednesday afternoon. These restrictions include the use of charcoal and outside burning ...