Click to Search
[{{{type}}}] {{{reason}}}
{{/data.error.root_cause}}
{{{_source.displayDate}}}
{{/_source.showDate}}{{{_source.description}}}
{{#_source.additionalInfo}}{{#_source.additionalFields}} {{#title}} {{{label}}}: {{{title}}} {{/title}} {{/_source.additionalFields}}
{{/_source.additionalInfo}}
You'll receive the Update on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Grant NM-
254 PM MDT Wed Jul 16 2025
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Arroyo and small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of southwest New Mexico, including the following county, Grant. Specifically over the Trout Fire Burn Scar.
* WHEN...Until 600 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poordrainage areas. Rises in small streams and normally dry arroyos.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
This week marks 20 incredible years of connecting communities, and we couldn't have done it without you. To celebrate, we're offering 20% off all Advanced Air flights - for a full week!
Please see the details in the three PDFs below:
Tuesday July 16, 2025
Reported date: July 9, 2025 Containment: 0% Cause: Lightning/Natural Size: 800 acres
Personnel: 115 Fuels: Timber, Brush Strategy: Full Suppression
Fire behavior: Short Crown Runs, Backing, Flanking
Operations: Yesterday, two hotshot crews focused efforts on the southeast corner of the fire along the 238 (Goose Lake) Trail, working to limit fire spread and identify opportunities for future containment lines. While helicopters supported suppression efforts with bucket drops, no helicopters are currently assigned to the incident. Engine crews continued line preparation along Forest Road 282 toward the 238 Trail.
Wednesday July 16, 2025
The Gila Las Cruces Zone Type 3 Team Assumes Command of Turkeyfeather Wildfire
Acres: 24,128 Location: 22 miles south of Reserve NM Containment: 19%
Start Date: Monday, June 30, 2025 Personnel: 91 Cause: Natural/Lightning
The Gila Las Cruces Zone Type 3 Team officially assumed command of the Turkeyfeather Wildfire at 6:00 PM on July 15, 2025. The Turkeyfeather Wildfire is 24,128 acres and is 19% contained. The fire is burning through older fire scars from previous years and consuming downed fuels, forest duff and heavy fuels which have accumulated on the forest floor.
By Frost McGahey
Investigative Journalist
In 2021 Siah Correa Hemphill, a first-term state senator, was appointed to the New Mexico State Senate’s influential Finance Committee. Her assignment to that committee marked an unusually swift placement of a freshman senator to such a high-profile committee. This committee allocates money, among other things, to the state’s universities.At first Siah Hemphill worked well with Dr. Shepard considering her husband was employed as a photographer for Western New Mexico University.
According to multiple, independent sources, the fracture in their relationship occurred in March 2023 when Shepard asked for $5 million for the university from the Finance Committee. Of that amount, $500,000 was to go to the Aldo Leopold Charter School for Experiential Learning where Siah had children attending. In committee, Siah changed the allocation to $1 Million for Aldo Leopold with WNMU receiving nothing - zero dollars.
FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Arroyo and small stream flooding caused by excessive
rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...Portions of Grant County in Southwestern New Mexico, west
of Lake Roberts.
* WHEN...Until 700 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...Water over roadways. Low water crossings along Highways
35 and 15 west of Lake Roberts may become inundated and
impassable. Run off is coming mostly from the north and is NOT
associated with the Trout Fire burn scar.
Page 3 of 156
WARNING: All articles and photos with a byline or photo credit are copyrighted to the author or photographer. You may not use any information found within the articles without asking permission AND giving attribution to the source. Photos can be requested and may incur a nominal fee for use personally or commercially.
Disclaimer: If you find errors in articles not written by the Beat team but sent to us from other content providers, please contact the writer, not the Beat. For example, obituaries are always provided by the funeral home or a family member. We can fix errors, but please give details on where the error is so we can find it. News releases from government and non-profit entities are posted generally without change, except for legal notices, which incur a small charge.
NOTE: If an article does not have a byline, it was written by someone not affiliated with the Beat and then sent to the Beat for posting.
Images: We have received complaints about large images blocking parts of other articles. If you encounter this problem, click on the title of the article you want to read and it will take you to that article's page, which shows only that article without any intruders.
New Columnists: The Beat continues to bring you new columnists. And check out the old faithfuls who continue to provide content.
Newsletter: If you opt in to the Join GCB Three Times Weekly Updates option above this to the right, you will be subscribed to email notifications with links to recently posted articles.
It has come to this editor's attention that people are sending information to the Grant County Beat Facebook page. Please be aware that the editor does not regularly monitor the page. If you have items you want to send to the editor, please send them to editor@grantcountybeat.com. Thanks!
Here for YOU: Consider the Beat your DAILY newspaper for up-to-date information about Grant County. It's at your fingertips! One Click to Local News. Thanks for your support for and your readership of Grant County's online news source—www.grantcountybeat.com
Feel free to notify editor@grantcountybeat.com if you notice any technical problems on the site. Your convenience is my desire for the Beat. The Beat totally appreciates its readers and subscribers!
Compliance: Because you are an esteemed member of The Grant County Beat readership, be assured that we at the Beat continue to do everything we can to be in full compliance with GDPR and pertinent US law, so that the information you have chosen to give to us cannot be compromised.
Those new to providing news releases to the Beat are asked to please check out submission guidelines at https://www.grantcountybeat.com/about/submissions. They are for your information to make life easier on the readers, as well as for the editor.
Advertising: Don't forget to tell advertisers that you saw their ads on the Beat.
Classifieds: We have changed Classifieds to a simpler option. Check periodically to see if any new ones have popped up. Send your information to editor@grantcountybeat.com and we will post it as soon as we can. Instructions and prices are on the page.
