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(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 go...

Commission shoots down low-income tax rebate Thursday Written by Geoffrey Plant on January 29, 2021 Worried about the county’s bottom line, Grant County commissioners voted 3-2 Thursday against a push to adopt an ordinance that would have allowed Grant County’s lowest-income property owners to take advantage of a tax rebate available under state statute. Only Santa Fe and Los Alamos counties currently offer the rebate, and Grant County officials have repeatedly shot down the idea, which individual counties must c...

Lara Exploration Ltd.: Lara Exploration Ltd: Production Update for the Celesta Copper Mine in Brazil Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - January 26, 2021) - Lara Exploration Ltd. (TSXV: LRA) ("Lara" or the "Company"), is pleased to report that during the ramp-up phase between July and December 2020 the Celesta Copper Mine shipped 1,195 dry metric tonnes of concentrate, containing 457 tonnes of copper metal and 1,286 ounces of gold. The plant has so far achieved a maximum processing rate of 350 tonnes per day, below the targeted 500 tonnes per day commercial production as defined i...

(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,�...

Food, boosting businesses top area legislators’ plans Written by Geoffrey Plant on January 19, 2021 As the 60-day legislative session begins today in Santa Fe, the three legislators who represent most of Grant County have fine-tuned their priorities lists and identified some of the bills and issues they plan to support. The Daily Press visited with the two Republican representatives and the Democratic senator who will be in Santa Fe — or joining portions of the session remotely due to the pandemic. Senate District 28 Newly elected Democrat...