(Press File Photo by Geoffrey Plant)
Lt. Gov. Howie Morales, Silver City Mayor Ken Ladner and others are seen inside the N.M. Senate chamber as Darlene Chavez, president of the Associated Students of Western New Mexico University sings the national anthem during the opening ceremony for Grant County Day at the New Mexico Legislature last year. The 2021 version will take place via Zoom.
Wednesday is Grant County Day at the New Mexico Legislature, and despite pandemic rules that bar all but essential staff, credentialed media, and, of course, legislators themselves from the Roundhouse, local government officials and representatives from a range of organizations here will still be pitching the priority needs of the region to legislators virtually.
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Today, seven New Mexico counties have changed from red to yellow according to the county-by-county COVID-19 framework. Grant County is joined by Colfax, Los Alamos, San Miguel, Sierra, Socorro, and Union in reaching the less restrictive yellow category. Harding County is the only county reaching the green level. Although the yellow level is still considered high risk, some mandated restrictions are lessened that include increased in-person capacity, limited indoor dining, increased places of lodging capacity, and mass gatherings up to 10 persons or 25 vehicles. The state’s largest counties, including Bernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe and Doña Ana, remain in the red level of restrictions.
(Press Staff Photo by Makayla Grijalva)
A truck fills up with water at the Chino Mine on Friday. Chino resumed operations at 50 percent capacity Monday, after operating with a skeleton crew since April. Out of 800 furloughed employees, 340 had returned to work by last week.
On Jan. 19, 600 employees reported to work at Freeport-McMoRan’s Chino Mine, representing a return to 50 percent production capacity. Many miners had been on furlough since April, as COVID-19 swept through the United States.
※We are excited to restart the Chino Mine, bringing many people in the community back to work,” said Laura Hayes, a spokesperson for Freeport-McMoRan. ※We look forward to a safe and productive 2021, and appreciate the support of the community as we worked to develop the plans that would help secure a long-term future for the operation.”
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