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By Lynn Janes
The Silver City Town Council held a special meeting April 2, 2026. Attendance to the meeting included Mayor Simon Wheaton-Smith, Nicholas Prince, Stan Snider, and Angela Salaiz. Victor Nanez didn't attend.
The council approved the agenda
None of the council had any comments currently.
Wheaton-Smith did say he would be proposing an additional committee that will be called the downtown action group to address pressing issues downtown. The reason he will be doing this would be because the economic development and research committee would be focusing on long-term issues. At the next meeting he would have a draft resolution to start the committee.
By Lynn Janes
The Cobre Consolidated School Board held special meetings on March 31, 2026, and April 2, 2026. Board members in attendance included Hector Carrillo, Gabriella Begay, Gilbert Guadiana, Agelina Hardin, and David Wilguess. Interim Superintendent Randal Piper also attended.
The board approved the agenda for the March 31, 2026, meeting.
Public input none currently
The board went into executive session to interview three of the six finalists and the other three would be done April 2, 2026.
By Lynn Janes
The Cobre Consolidated School Board held a special meeting on March 30, 2026. Board members in attendance included Hector Carrillo, Gabriella Begay, Gilbert Guadiana, Agelina Hardin, and David Wilguess. Interim Superintendent Randal Piper also attended.
The board recognized the district 3A boys' and girls' basketball teams. The teams had accomplished an outstanding achievement winning in their district championships. Their dedication and commitment to excellence had brought great pride to the school and Cobre community. The board presented them with a certificate of recognition.
The board approved the agenda
By Lynn Janes
The Silver City Town Council held a regular meeting March 24, 2026. Attendance to the meeting included Mayor Simon Wheaton-Smith and Councilors Nicholas Prince, Stan Snider, Victor Nanez and Angela Salaiz.
The council approved the agenda.
Council comments
Salaiz and Nanez did not have any comments.
Snider spoke to the newly formed reuse and recycle committee. They had their first meeting the past Friday. One of the goals proposed by the committee had been to analyze the refuge stream, direct recyclables and the landfill. By diverting recyclables from the landfill space would be saved and extend the life of the landfill. He mentioned some other ideas. The next meeting they will be electing a chair, secretary and review grant opportunities. It will be held March 27, 2026, at the Little Toad Brewery.
Photos by Mary Alice Murphy
The Southwest Fiber Arts Collective held its annual Tapestry of Talent fashion show on Saturday, April 4, 2026, at the Hearth.
The event was chaired by Lisa Rush, with a committee of helpers. Bill Nolde again served as master of ceremonies.
Eighteen local models showed about 120 pieces created by members of the SWFAC. The annual fashion show gives the creators a chance to show and sell their work, thereby creating a source of income for the artists.
ELEPHANT BUTTE — Today, Attorney General Raúl Torrez released a 224-page investigative report finding that New Mexico's Children, Youth and Families Department has systemically endangered the children it is sworn to protect — returning children to dangerous homes, obstructing oversight, and losing at least seven children to preventable deaths since the investigation opened in April 2025. Simultaneous with the report, AG Torrez announced a lawsuit to narrow the Children's Code confidentiality statute.
Senator Crystal Brantley (R-Elephant Butte) has introduced CYFD reform legislation every session since taking office in 2021, including bills to establish a best interest of the child standard (SB 207, 2023; SB 4, 2025), to narrow CYFD's use of the Children's Code confidentiality clause (SB 84, 2025), to create an independent Office of the Child Advocate (SB 373, 2023; HB 5, 2025), and to reform CYFD's reunification-first policy (2023, 2026 session).
Senator Brantley issued the following statement:
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