Fire sparked grass blaze near Lordsburg Thompson Canyon
Smoke visible Wednesday morning stemmed from a lightning caused grass fire in Thompson Canyon about 10 miles north of Lordsburg, near the Hidalgo County line. Hidalgo County Fire Department crews, Forest Rangers, and slurry planes continued battling the flames late Wednesday evening.
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Lordsburg
Thompson Canyon
Silver City Road
Hidalgo County
Hidalgo County Fire Department
Forest Rangers
We Love You New Mexico Visits Lordsburg
VISITS HERE KOAT and Sky 7 paid a visit to Lordsburg Thursday July 13. Lordsburg citizens and officials welcomed the Channel 7 crew to Hidalgo County. The event will be aired sometime in the next few days.
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Koat
Sky 7
Lordsburg
Channel 7
Hidalgo County
One Jailed And One Sentenced In Hidalgo County
Two individuals appear in court records. Christopher Holguin, 19, faces counts for controlled or counterfeit substances with distribution prohibited and remains in Hidalgo County Jail awaiting district court action. The second item details a 1930s era obituary and long bio for Mary Nunn Dockum, 82, of Horizon City Texas, who died July 16 after an extended illness. Her life spanned Magnolia Arkansas Lordsburg and Coriscan Texas with community music and charitable work. memorials go to a music scholarship fund.
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Christopher Holguin
West Gate
Hidalgo County
Robert Levi Martinez
Mary Nunn Dockum
Richard S. Dockum
Horizon City
Texas
Mrs. Dockum
Thomas and
Louvania Nunn
Magnolia
Arkansas
Texas Woman's College
Ft. Worth
Corsican
Texas State Orphan's Home
Mr. Dockum
Dockum
Lordsburg
Dockum Butane and Oil Co
Animal Valley
Valley View Presbyterian Church
Mary
Richard
Lyn Reyna
Palo Alto
California
Knute Dock
Jailbreak thwarted by deputies in Hidalgo County jail
A partially excavated cinder block was found in a jail cell during a Friday random inspection on July 7. A prisoner used a broken glass shield, a mop part and steel bars to dig mortar from the block. deputies named in the report include Virgel Mayberry Jack Staples John McDonald and Ed Kessler.
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Hidalgo County
Billy Darnell
Virgel Mayberry
Jack Staples
John McDonald
Ed Kessler
Vehicle Crash Statistics Released June Fatalities and Trends
The State Highway and Transportation Department released June and year to date fatal motor vehicle crash statistics. There were 37 deaths in June and 219 fatal crashes year to date with 247 fatalities. Most victims were New Mexico residents on rural roads. 57 percent of fatalities involved alcohol. 79 percent of car occupants were unbelted. 64 percent of motorcyclists wore helmets. ages 13 17 and 55 or older each accounted for 17 percent. No immunization clinic on July 26. next clinic August 9.
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State Highway and Transportation Department
Department
Dewey Lonsberry
Traffic Safety Bureau
John D. Fenner
New Mexico
Hidalgo County Awards Bids and Plans Roads and Fire Gear
Hidalgo County Commissioners approved bids for Playas Road and Glen Acres Road projects with state and county funding totaling over 1.0 million dollars. Mueller Metal Buildings won the fire building bid at 9022.57, with other bids higher. A fire brush truck purchase was approved and a state of emergency declared to replace an aging diesel engine. Four voting machines will be bought from Grant County and efforts to microfilm Lordsburg Liberal papers discussed.
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Hidalgo County
Playas
Glen Acres
State Highway Department
del Sol
Tom Anderson
BAR VS
Mueller Metal Buildings
Playas- Windmill
R & B Lumber
Tamarac Builders
Mike Coogan
Grant County
Burgess
Hidalgo County Fire Department
Engineer's Inc
Senior Citizens
Missy Morelos
Skeen to Visit Lordsburg for Landfill Talks
U S Congressman Joe Skeen will visit Lordsburg on August 22 for a two part meeting at the Lordsburg Cafetorium with a 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. landfill discussion and 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. open forum. Mayor Clark Smith invited him and Bill Richardson also plans a visit on August 9 for similar discussions. The Lordsburg Board of Education will hold a special meeting July 24 at 7:00 p.m. to consider licensed personnel for 1989 90.
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U.S
Joe Skeen
Clark Smith
Lordsburg
Skeen
Smith
New Mexico
Bill Richardson
Richardson
Board of Education of
Lordsburg Schools
Board Room
City Corner Attends White Sands National Guard Airlift
Councillors Borrego McDonald County Commissioner Burgess and others joined a White Sands Airlift to observe National Guard training on July 12. They toured a C130, were briefed by the area commander, and praised the Guard for defense and disaster response.
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Bobby Borrego
Pansy McDonald
Joe Burgess
Tom Anderson
National Guard
White Sands
Reserve
Lordsburg
David Contreras
David
Citizens Oppose Elm Street Crusher Plan in Lordsburg
Lordsburg residents voiced strong opposition at City Hall to a proposed gravel and asphalt crushing plant along Elm Street and the old Southern Pacific railroad bed. Dust and heavy traffic concerns dominated the discussion. Norman C. Ribble of Ribble Contracting is scheduled for Thursday night City Council.
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Lordsburg
City Hall
Elm Street
Southern Pacific
Norman C. Ribble
Ribble Contracting
Physicals for Playas School Athletes at Medical Center
Students in grades 7 through 12 planning to participate in school sports may obtain physical examinations at Playas Medical Center from July 22 to 29. The fee is five dollars, and appointments are made by calling 436-2242.
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Animal Schools
Playas Medical Center
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Mary Dockum
Animas Street
New Mexico Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Border Area Mental Health Services, Inc
Commission
Crusher
Physicals
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