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Silver City Daily Digest Friday, May 08, 2026

Ty McDuffey

08 May 2026 — 1 min read

Ty's Take

There's something about watching a building get a second life that makes you believe a town's still got some fight in it. R&L moving into the old Gibson's space—that's not just retail shuffling, that's somebody betting Silver City's still a place where people shop local, where foot traffic on those downtown blocks means something. Meanwhile, the Sixth Street School saying goodbye is the harder side of that same coin: we're losing the physical anchors that held neighborhoods together, even as new ones try to take hold. Both things are true at once, which is about as Silver City as it gets.

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Silver City Daily Press

R&L to expand into the old Gibson’s store building

R&L Service Center, a family-owned fuel and auto repair business operating since 1962, is expanding into the vacant Gibson's Discount Center building on Pinos Altos Road to offer easier fuel access and additional services to Silver City residents. Owner Rusty Lewis says the expansion will bring...

Grant County Beat

Sixth Street School Farewell Fiesta 050126

Sixth Street Elementary School held a farewell celebration on May 1 as the historic building prepares to close at the end of the semester. Western New Mexico University plans to purchase the property and convert it into an Early Childhood Education Center of Excellence.

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