Grant County

One was in a calf, the other in a horse.

They were identified in Grant County, which is in western New Mexico.

The most recent case here in Texas was announced on October 10th in a calf in Pecos County.

That brings the active case count to five, with three of those here in Texas.

Election Day is on November 3rd.

A proposed data center in Grant County is raising questions after its developer made its first public presentation on Thursday, but provided few firm details about

the project.

Ian Marcus, founder of Granite Renewables, told county commissioners the proposed Site Layer 1 development could span about 8,000 acres near Pliass and include a 715-megawatt solar installation and battery storage system of the same size.

Marcus says the company is still studying the site and has not determined the data center's size, power source, or ultimate purpose.

He also says there is no firm water plan yet, although the facility is expected to use less than 25 acre-feet of water annually.

The presentation comes as Grant County considers a possible data center moratorium later this month.

Community advocates criticized the meeting, saying residents had limited opportunities to ask questions and that the company has not provided enough transparency about the project.

Putting a stop to my visiting Jim Lowe and his gang may have been a godsend, as they might have killed me, but still, it may have terminated in the killing or capture of the whole bunch.

After selling my horses in the Mugion mining camp, I boarded the stagecoach for Silver City, the county seat of Grant County, New Mexico, a distance of about 80 miles to the southward, this being the nearest railroad.

Blake Graham, a warm friend of Jim Lowe, was a passenger on the stage with me.

We had a good supply of liquor along, and he told me the whole secret of Jim Lowe being Butch Cassidy.

From the Fronteras desk in Hermosillo, Nina Kravinsky has more.

Earlier this month, New Mexico reported its second case of the New World screw worm parasite in a horse in Grant County, about fifty miles from the Arizona border.

The parasite, which can burrow into the flesh of warm-blooded animals and be deadly, has not been reported in Arizona since it reentered the US for the first time in decades this past summer.

But the Arizona Game and Fish Department warns that recent detections of New World screw worm in Texas, New Mexico, and northern Mexico pose a risk that the parasite could arrive in Arizona.

Cattle Ranges Weekly Update says there were no new cases in the past week, which is good news.

But earlier this month, on September 17th, a horse in Grant County, New Mexico, was confirmed to have screwworms.

Hold on, that's inside the U.S., not far from the border, and it keeps the disease in focus.

The protocol is there to protect the herd, but one more detection could change the reopening picture quickly.

Now, moving forward here, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said a new New World screwworm infection in a horse was detected in New Mexico.

The New World screwworm infection was reported on 17 September in Grant County, New Mexico.

Now, looking at the USDA's website here, there are two active cases, both involving horses.

Now, this is a watch item.

USDA is undertaking a phased reopening of the border to limit the spread of New World Screwworms.

In its new World Screw Worm Rapid Response account on X, it said September 18th that the reopening of the Santa Teresa Port, New Mexico, on September 24th remains on schedule despite detecting a case of NWS on a horse in Grant County, New Mexico.

The recent outbreak of NWS spurred Georgia to re-up its livestock requirements for interstate movement.

The requirements will apply to five New Mexico counties, Cantron, Hidalgo, Luna, Sierra, and Grant.