A light rain brought an end to live music from the Illusion Band on Friday evening, but it didn’t stop people from dancing or enjoying the festivities at the Daily Press’ 90th anniversary street party ...

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. ...

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 MARCELA JOHNSON Daily Press Staff All areas that were still under evacuation orders related to the Trout Fire were lowered to “set” status at around noon Wednesday, meaning residents can return ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

With a combined career at the Silver City Daily Press of almost 90 years, Managing and Sports Editor Dean Thompson and Tauna Gallagher, who handles legals, obituaries and copy-editing duties, have ...

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 ...