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Welcome to GMCR's coverage of the 60th Anniversary of the release of Salt of the Earth and the actual events that are depicted in this landmark film. We are proud to present an interview with Rachel Valencia who, as a teenager, held the line against mining company intimidation, a corrupt legal system and ultimately government violence in the form of Grant County Sheriffs who literally assaulted her with their cars […]
Yes, it is upon us... The 60th Anniversary of the release of the landmark film, Salt of the Earth which tells the story of the Empire Mine Strike. It is difficult to separate the gravity and significance of the film itself from the actual events upon which it is based as the both events and their cinematic portrayal have unique and shared historical significance. And that both of these extraordinary […]
Saturday 8 March 2014 Silver City / Grant County Symposium on Preparedness 8am - 5pm / WNMU Global Resource Center - 12th Street & Kentucky / Registration & Information - scneighborsalliance.org Gila Native Plant Society 9am - Noon / WNMU Campus / Local expert Richard Felger discusses regional native plants with a class and field trip with optional picnic and Q&A after lunch / Sponsored by Gila Native Plant Society / Register […]
Gurnie Dobbs lives in Gila, New Mexico, and has been singing and writing music since his years in Paris, and maybe before. His humor is frequent, surprising in its wit, and matched by transformational sensibilities that pop up when you least expect it. Obviously, we had a great time with him and his wife, Susan VanAuken, and sister-in-law, Gretchen, also of Gila, who both joined us in the studio. In […]
Welcome to Earth Matters and our continuing coverage of the New Mexico Legislature with particular attention to the water and environmental issues and bills that have been introduced. Perhaps the most significant bill in this even yeared short session is SB 89 introduced by Senator Peter Wirth of Santa Fe with Silver City's Senator Howie Morales among its cosponsors. SB 89 proposed that $82 million be appropriated for non-diversion projects. […]
Tuesday 4 March 2014 MUNICIPAL ELECTION Polls open 7am and close 7pm The Silver City Rotary Club Luncheon Noon / WNMU Student Memorial Building – 2nd floor – Sunset Room / A speaker will talk about issues of community interest / Guests are welcome / Lunch available The Silver City/Grant County TEA Party Patriots 6pm / Red Barn restaurant / Recently voted to conduct one meeting per month - on […]
Dustin Hamman, recently here from Portland, may be a little-known musician in town, but not for long, as he'll soon kick off a national tour for the months of March and April. The tour will promote the music he wrote for a film, "Beneath the Harvest Sky," as well as two other albums of original music. The tour (as "Run On Sentence" with Dan Galucki) begins here in Silver City at […]
This week's Back to the Garden show features Martha Egnal, Garden Supervisor at the Guadalupe Montessori School, sharing with us her decade of experience learning how to garden with kids! Back To The Garden broadcasts live every Thursday at 4:30 pm and rebroadcasts Saturday at 10:30 am but if you’re not able to catch the show at one of these times, the podcast will be available a day or two […]
Welcome to Earth Matters and Part Two of the public hearing on the proposed Organ Mountains / Desert Peaks National Monument. Nathan Newcomer - NM Wilderness Alliance Grassroots Organizer for the Gila Region - attended this public hearing in Las Cruces on Friday 21 January 2014. As you can see, there was a capacity+ turnout and in response to Interior Secretary Jewell's request for a show of hands, "the majority […]
