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(Press Staff Photo by Geoffrey Plant) From left, Silver High School junior Maleah Diaz and senior Alizeah Murillo show their National History Day exhibit about propaganda in Nazi Germany to brothers Avery and Anson Beck. The Becks built a website for the competition that explores the cultural significance of the Grimm brothers’ folk stories. After 14 Silver High School students won National History Day awards at the state contest over the weekend — advancing them to the national stage of t...

Here is a look at some local news brought to you by Silver City Radio. Campfire and smoking restrictions have commenced on the Gila National Forest in order to protect public health and reduce preventable human-caused fires. According to a release from the Forest Service Gila National Forest, “Fire restrictions for the Gila National Forest include allowing campfires only in designated developed campgrounds and picnic areas and must be in a Forest Service provided metal grill or metal fire pit...

COURTESY WESTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS Wrestlers from five New Mexico high schools competed at Western New Mexico University’s football stadium in Silver City last Friday in a rare outdoors, dual-match competition hosted by Silver High School. Silver and WNMU hope to collaborate to make this an annual event. Wrestling, al fresco. A unique partnership between Silver High and Western New Mexico last weekend created one of the most unusual scenes of the year in what has already been th...

Students return full-time to a remade school Written by Dean Thompson on April 5, 2021 Pictured is one of the hallways near the cafeteria and library where new benches were installed. Taking advantage of the seating are, from left, Paul Ortega, Zeke Torres, Brandon Torres and Cierra Torres from Raul Diaz’s class. Students will be heading back to class Tuesday across Grant County — and not hybrid classes this time, but full, in-person learnin...

April 5, 2021 Wenzel tapped for All-American game at Cowboys’ stadium Written by Dean Thompson on April 5, 2021 While the abbreviated Silver High School football season came to an end this past weekend with a 40-7 win over the Kirtland Central Broncos in a Los Lunas “Bowl Game,” as designated by the New Mexico Activities Association, the season isn’t quite over for quarterback Walker Wenzel. On Monday, May 17, Wenzel, who announced last m...

Councilors continue fielding flag complaints Written by Geoffrey Plant on March 10, 2021 Silver City councilors have been collecting copious complaints from constituents — and the largest culprit behind the cacophony is a certain flag being flown at the intersection of 33rd and Swan streets that disparages President Joe Biden and ※everyone who voted for him” — although that’s not the only issue rankling residents, it turns out. ※I wan...

COVID-19 closes Silver High for 10 days Written by Dean Thompson on March 9, 2021 While the New Mexico Public Education Department was holding a news conference Monday afternoon to announce that all schools in the state should be back to full, in-person learning April 5 — meaning all students who want to attend school in person full time will be able to — the Silver School District was announcing that it was going to have to shut down its pri...

February 1, 2021 Despite misgivings, students, staff back return to classrooms Written by Dean Thompson on February 1, 2021 The Silver Schools Board of Education has already given the green light for its secondary schools to move into the hybrid model. The district’s elementary schools have been in and out of hybrid instruction — where 50 percent of the student population is in the classroom two days a week, altern...

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... Marv Sanders is shown coaching Farmington High’s boys basketball team in a photo dated Nov. 25, 1993. Sanders, an Indiana native, earned almost 800 coaching victories in New Mexico high schools. (Journal File) Marv Sanders, the fourth-winningest high school boys basketball coach in New Mexico histo...

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