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Silver City Daily Digest Sunday, May 03, 2026

Ty McDuffey

03 May 2026 — 1 min read

Ty's Take

Spring's come to the high country, which out here means two things happening at once: the racing season hits full stride and the fire season starts doing the same. We've got cyclists tearing through downtown this afternoon for Stage 4 of the Tour of the Gila—which draws serious riders from all over—while the Hummingbird Fire's taking its own run up in the mountains, with thunderstorms rolling in that could either help or make things worse depending on where they land. It's the kind of day that reminds you Silver City sits right at the hinge between what brings people here to play and what keeps us nervous about the land that surrounds us. Both happening in the same afternoon light.

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UCU Women and UCI Men race Tour of the Gila Stage 4 The Downtown Criterium 050226

Competitive cyclists from around the region descended on downtown Silver City for Stage 4 of the Tour of the Gila, with UCI Women and Men racing a challenging one-mile criterium course through local streets. The high-speed circuit took racers down Bullard, College, and Cooper Streets before...

Afternoon thunderstorms move over Hummingbird Fire Update 050226

The Hummingbird Fire east of Glenwood continues to burn across 5,650 acres with 241 personnel working containment efforts that have reached 12 percent. Afternoon thunderstorms moved over the fire area on May 2, which started from lightning on April 20 and remains far from fully contained.

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