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News from Grant County, New Mexico

(Press Staff Photo by Makayla Grijalva)  AmeriCorps volunteer Elise Kinzer, originally from Minnesota, paints a shed behind the Silver City Waterworks building, one of the several projects their team is working on during their time in Grant County. As National AmeriCorps Week approaches — March 7-13 — 11 AmeriCorps volunteers have returned to Grant County, and have been putting in the hard work to rehabilitate several buildings since they were deployed two weeks ago. “It just works really well for our county to have one group, bring them in and then share them around,” said Bridgette...

(Press Staff Photo by Makayla Grijalva) Gila National Forest road crew worker Patrick Garcia helps direct a bulldozer during refurbishment of the Little Walnut trailhead near Silver City. Grant County is moving one step closer to developing a master plan to guide improvements to outdoor recreation opportunities — opportunities that community leaders say will play a key role in diversifying southwest New Mexico’s mining-reliant economy. On Tuesday, a review committee recommended to Grant County commissioners that they award a contract for developing the master plan to SE Group, a national ...