🌱 Solar Viewing at the Visitor Center and 11 more events

Morning Mountain View! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Windy with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 80 and low of 46 degrees.
• Saturday: Breezy in the morning; sunny, temps: high: 78, low: 48.
• Sunday: Partly sunny and windy, with a high of 69 and low of 46 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Solar Viewing at the Visitor Center
  Visitor Center Meet in front of the visitor center
  1:00 pm
• City Nature Challenge Intro to iNaturalist
  Silver City Public Library , 515 West College Avenue , Silver City
  2:00 pm
• Stars Over The Gila
  Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument Visitor Center parking lot Meet at the .
  9:00 pm

Saturday April 18

• Foodways Gardens - Preparations and Planting
  Fort Selden Historic Site , 1280 Fort Selden Rd , Radium Springs
  10:00 am
• Silver Slvr Ftg Colts vs Davinci School For Science & The Arts Dragons
  Silver High School , 3200 N Silver St , Silver City
  12:00 pm

Monday April 20

• Gila Bird and Nature Walk
  Bookstore at the Gila Cliff Dwellings Meet in front of the bookstore at the trailhead for the Gila Cliff Dwellings.
  10:00 am
• Guided Walk of Dwellings
  Gila Cliff Dwellings Meet up at the cliff dwellings.
  1:00 pm

Wednesday April 22

• Whiskey Creek Zócalo presents: an evening with Tif & Mollie + CW Ayon
  Whiskey Creek Zócalo , 11786 US-180 East , Arenas Valley
  6:00 pm
• Tiff & Mollie w/ CW Ayon
  Whiskey Creek Zócalo , 11786 US-180 East , Arenas Valley
  6:00 pm

Thursday April 23

• Cobre Indians vs Hatch Valley Bears
  Cobre Consolidated High School , 1300 Tom Foy Blvd , Bayard
  4:00 pm
• Anne Luna: New Mexico Banjo Camp 2026
  Black Range Lodge , 50 Kingston Main St , Hillsboro
  7:00 pm

Friday April 24

• Cobre Indians vs Socorro Warriors
  Cobre Consolidated High School , 1300 Tom Foy Blvd , Bayard
  4:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Deming

• Local News: Thursday, April 16th, 2026 (silvercityradio.com)
• A Triumph of Resilience: Sandra Varela Graduates from WNMU (wnmu.edu)

Silver City

• Cemetery Board Town of Silver City Regular Meeting April 22, 2026, (grantcountybeat.com)
• Pick It Up – Toss No Más Gila Earth Day Community Cleanup April 18, 2026 (grantcountybeat.com)
• Mobile coffee trailer lands at permanent location (scdailypress.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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