A towering smoke plume rises northeast of Silver City on Tuesday evening as red flag winds fan the flames of the Trout Fire in the Gila National Forest. The fire forced evacuations in an area ...

The Silver Consolidated Schools Board of Education got a look at the planning for a new Cliff Schools campus during a two-hour meeting Monday at the Silver Schools Administration Building. Dekker ...

On Tuesday evening, the U.S. Forest Service expanded their emergency closure due to the spread of the Trout Fire to encompass much of the forest in central and northern Grant County. The closure will ...

One week from today — June 24 — the Daily Press will celebrate its 90th birthday, and the newspaper will host a special celebration at its Market Street home on Friday, June 27, from 5 to 9 p.m. The ...

Shifting winds blew the smoke plume from the Trout Fire over central Grant County on Sunday night, prompting air quality warnings from officials and the cancellation of summer lunch program meals ...

Areas under “go” status to evacuation from the Trout Fire are those in green, zones 1, 2 and 3 along N.M. 15, and zone 6 to the south. Zone 7, in yellow, is in “set” status and residents there should ...

The Trout Fire, which started Thursday morning north of Silver City near N.M. 15, has grown rapidly in hot, dry conditions, charring more than 2,100 acres by midmorning Friday and prompting an ...

A retired superintendent from southern New Mexico will serve as interim superintendent for Cobre Consolidated Schools. After two days of special meetings Friday and Saturday, the board chose Randall ...

New Mexico Lt. Gov. Howie Morales won’t be running for governor next year, he told the Daily Press on Sunday afternoon, but he is interested in another job opening — the president of Western New ...

Brian Stengel, director of Silver City Outreach, shows the new couch purchased for the organization’s cooling center that opened this week at 215 W. College Ave. A community cooling center is now open ...

Mike Rocko, right, arena director for the Southwest Horseman’s Association, holds the proclamation declaring June 2-8 as First New Mexico Bank Wild Wild West Rodeo Week in Silver City. With him, from ...

The Silver City Blues Festival celebrated its 30th anniversary over the weekend with an overall turnout of 17,000 people, according to festival organizers. People from all walks of life and interests ...