Silver City Daily Digest Saturday, September 19, 2026
Ty's Take
Screwworms in the Mimbres Valley, flood damage over in Deming, and now the Forest Service is fixing to light fires in the Pinos Altos come fall. It's the kind of week that reminds you this country doesn't sit still, and neither can we. That livestock quarantine is serious business for ranchers who've got animals on that land, and flooding always costs somebody money they weren't planning to lose. But the prescribed burns, those are the long game, the kind of work that keeps the whole forest from turning into a tinderbox. Around here we understand that sometimes you have to make a hard choice now to prevent a worse one later. Folks will notice the smoke. Folks will complain. And then, God willing, we'll all sleep a little easier next summer knowing the ridge country is healthier for it.
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Silver City Daily Press
Mimbres quarantined after screwworm case
State agriculture officials have quarantined an area around Mimbres after confirming screwworm in a horse in Grant County on Thursday. A 12.4-mile infested zone has been established around the animal's location, with no warm-blooded animals allowed to leave without inspection and state...
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Grant County Beat
Difficult Driving conditions due to flooding in Deming area
The I-10 Frontage Road in the Deming and Gage area is flooded in both directions from Gage to NM 418, creating hazardous driving conditions with standing water on the roadway. Drivers should seek alternate routes and avoid crossing flooded sections, following the guidance to turn around rather than...
Locations added-Prescribed burns planned for Pinos Altos area likely beginning Sept. 21
The U.S. Wildland Fire Service plans to conduct a 205-acre prescribed broadcast burn near Pinos Altos beginning around September 21. Smoke from the burn will likely be visible from Highways 15 and 180, as well as from Pinos Altos, Silver City, and the Mimbres Valley.
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