Biking into a bigger world

Somewhere along an Ironman course, a cyclist’s derailleur has been ripped from the bike, and the race suddenly looks finished. Dave Baker does not have a repair stand, a well-stocked workbench or much time. So, he finds a gear that will work,...

Magic Near the End of the Road

There must be easier places to open a restaurant. Patsy’s Magic Diner sits four miles from the end of New Mexico Highway 15, tucked into the RV park at Gila Hot Springs Ranch. From the little retro food trailer, picnic tables look across a green...

Murray Hotel finds its future in its past

For years, part of the Murray Hotel's history was hiding in plain sight. As work began on a new restaurant and lounge inside the Silver City landmark, the past emerged on the walls: a mural displaying cattle brands from Grant County ranchers, a...

Strength through a ‘philanthropic hub’

The murals are easy to see. They splash color across walls throughout Silver City and Grant County, created by young artists through a program that has become part of the visual identity of the community. What is harder to see is the paperwork...

Make Music Day in Silver City

June 21, the Summer Solstice, also is international Make Music Day. Celebrating the beginning of summer, thousands of music making folks sing and play melodies throughout city streets and parks worldwide. Silver City is just one of these...

Silver City CLAY Festival Moves to June

The Silver City CLAY Festival returns once again, but this year in June. The weeklong celebration moves from traditional July dates to June 15-21 and takes place in venues throughout Silver City, New Mexico. Organizer Lizzie Slegeir says, “The...

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Teens practice carving near a campfire during an Earth Ways Outdoors program. Activities can include carving, fire-making and other traditional outdoor skills.

Wild lessons

For some Grant County kids, Fridays without school now mean a day in the woods. Earth Ways Outdoors takes young people into wild areas around Silver City, where a typical outing can involve hiking off trail, identifying plants, playing...

More than art on display

Donna Popky has had art as a lifelong companion, beginning with childhood drawing lessons in New York City and continuing through a career that included teaching art to children and helping nursing home residents discover the joy of creating...

The entrance to Santa Clara Bike Park welcomes riders to the new facility.

Built for the ride

Santa Clara’s newest park feature wasted little time drawing a crowd as children were trying to ride the new pump track before its grand opening had even begun. The Village officially opened the bike park June 26 after years of planning,...

Restoring trout to the Gila River

Eric Ockerhausen will take on the topic of Gila Trout habitat restoration efforts during a Lunch & Learn event hosted by Western Institute of Lifelong Learning Wednesday, Oct. 21 at WNMU’s Global Resource Center’s ABC room, on the corner of 12th...

Local filmmaker's work seen in Silver City

Nadia and James are caught in the midst of a strict anti-immigration America that has brought devastation upon their little family as they seek their way through the struggle.   Will their love surpass the pain that’s ripping their family...

What's Happening in October

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Creativity comes in many forms

A lot of focus on filmmakers this month, including an upcoming documentary about one of the most iconic songs ever recorded — “American Pie.” We have the back story behind the making of that film. We also look at a local filmmaker whose work is...

The Collective Oct. 2026

Little Toad Creek Karaoke Thursday, Oct. 1 7-10 p.m. Sing your heart out! Cooper Friday, Oct. 2 8-11 p.m. CW Ayon calls the Southwestern deserts of New Mexico home, but his sound is rooted in blues and the grooves of the...

The family that creates together

The laptop doesn’t come out until most of the day's work is already done. Tanishia Womack has put in her hours as a paralegal. Her sons, Michael and Gabriel, have made it through school and whatever else the day demanded. Mixed in somewhere is law...

Jean-Robert P. Béffort: The Reincarnation of Things

There are artists who begin with a blank canvas and artists who begin with a block of marble. Jean-Robert P. Béffort begins with whatever somebody else has given up on. A doll without a body. A mannequin without a store window. A wrestling figure...

The Journey of an Iconic Song

Spencer Proffer was a student at UCLA, just beginning law school, when he first heard Don McLean’s “American Pie” on the radio. About three minutes into the song, he pulled over. The song kept going, and Proffer kept listening. McLean, he...

Opinions & Columns

A weak argument for change of leadership

Republican gubernatorial candidate Duke Rodriguez makes some fair points in a recent column holding Democratic state leaders accountable for our health care crisis. “It is a full-scale, statewide health care breakdown unfolding in real time,...

On letters to the editor

When I first started writing regularly for the Bulletin about a year and a half ago, the paper was fairly thin. Just a couple of standing columnists in the opinion section and the occasional letter to the editor. I am pleased to see that the...