Silver City Daily Digest Monday, September 28, 2026
Ty's Take
Water's on everybody's mind this week, which shouldn't surprise anyone who's watched the monsoon season turn temperamental the last few years. The flood watch hanging over the county through tomorrow has folks keeping an eye on the usual trouble spots, and that's just smart living in this part of New Mexico. Meanwhile, up in Bayard they're working through the numbers on that golf course, the school district's laying out its challenges to council, and come October the fairgrounds will be humming again with the kind of ordinary goodness that keeps a county tied together. When it rains, when money gets tight, when the harvest comes in, that's when you see what a place is actually made of.
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Weather Alerts
Flood Watch
Flood Watch issued September 28 at 5:51AM MDT until September 30 at 6:00AM MDT by NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...Southwest New Mexico including Dona Ana, Otero, Luna, Sierra, Grant, and Hidalgo Counties. Far West Texas, including El Paso and Hudspeth Counties. * WHEN...From noon MDT today through late Tuesday night. * IMPACTS...
Grant County Beat
The 2026 Grant County Fair at the Cliff-Gila Fairgrounds honored NM District 39 Representative Luis Terrazas, County Manager Charlene Webb, and Grant County Public Works Director Jason Lockett for their legislative and county contributions. The fair concluded on Saturday with the Junior Livestock...
Silver City council receives extensive presentation by school superintendent
The Silver City Town Council met on September 8, 2026, with Mayor Simon Wheaton-Smith and council members Nicholas Prince, Stan Snider, Victor Nanez, and Angela Salaiz in attendance. The council approved the agenda while removing the executive session, and recognized Jackie Harnandez Davis as...
Bayard proceeding with negotiations for the golf course
The Bayard Town Council convened on August 19, 2026, with Mayor John L. Ojinaga, Mayor Pro Tem Eloy Gonzales, and Councilors Eloy Medina, Gilbert Ortiz, and Charles Gray present. The council heard a public hearing regarding a liquor license ownership change at the Food Basket, which would keep the...
A flood watch was issued for multiple areas across southern New Mexico from September 28 to September 29, 2026, covering regions including the Upper Gila River Valley, Mimbres Valley, Lower Gila River Valley, Central Grant County and Silver City Area, and parts of the Sacramento Mountains and Dona...
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