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WNMU Great Race 042223
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- Published: 22 April 2023 22 April 2023
Western New Mexico University held the 56th running of The Great Race on Saturday, April 22, 2023. The race began with bored students 56 years ago taking their beds out of their dorm rooms and pushing them around the campus. It became a tradition. Teams now use push carts. The race pits alumni and student teams against one another. See who won this year's race by viewing the photo essay below:
Photos by Paul Michaud
WNMU Great Race 042223
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The trophies are set up before the race
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The Alumni team pushes through the mud pit
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Team Tyrone Terrors enters the pit.
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The Push Team arrives
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Chi Alpha enters the pit with Team Pour Decisions close behind
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Fender bender
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Close racing as the Tyrone Terrors and Pour Decisions make the corner onto West Street
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Pour Decisions is first into the mud pit on Lap #2
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Push Power
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Pour Decisions celebrate a 1st Place finish
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Andy and the Pour Decisions team celebrate their overall victory
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Thomas Lares, Captain of the Tyrone Terrors shows off the award for Most Spirit in the Great Race 2023
Bayard gets update from Representative Luis Terrazas
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- Published: 21 April 2023 21 April 2023
By Lynn Janes
The town of Bayard held a work session April 11, 2023. The work session started with Mayor Chon Fierro calling the meeting to order. Attendance at the meeting included Mayor Pro tem Raul Villanueva, councilors Eloy Medina, and Jose Diaz. Frances Gonzales did not attend.
The work session gives the council an opportunity to ask questions about anything on the agenda.
Representative Luis Terrazas attended to provide the council with an update on the recent legislative session. Fierro told him the wastewater treatment plant had been a priority. Terrazas said he did his best. They had around $100 million in requests and only received $1 million to cover it. Terrazas reminded the board that Bayard is important, but they have many communities and two school districts they must help. "I was able to get you $400,000 for the vacuum truck. When allocating the funding we have been given to work with e look to see if the entities can get that funding from other sources and try to fund the ones that don't have another source. With the wastewater treatment plant, you can get funding from colonias grants."
Update to Kidnapping story
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- Published: 21 April 2023 21 April 2023
UPDATE:
Silver City Police Department Chief Freddie Portillo told the Beat today, Friday, Apr. 21, that Mesa was arrested on Thursday, Apr. 20, 2023, around noon, without incident, and booked into the Grant County Detention Center.
ORIGINAL STORY:
Kidnapping charges await man when located
By Roger Lanse
On Monday, Apr. 17, 2023, Silver City Police Department officers contacted a local woman who stated she was shopping at the Silver City Food Co-op with her infant son and 8-year-old daughter. Finishing her shopping and standing in line at the register to pay, her daughter left the line to return a lemon to the produce section as they had selected one too many. At this time, according to an affidavit for arrest warrant dated Apr. 20, 2023, the mother saw a thin male in his 20s with long dark hair come running from the east side of the store She watched as the man wrapped both arms around her 8-year-old daughter from behind and began dragging her toward the door. However, the affidavit stated, the man dropped the young girl when he got to the door and ran south on Bullard Street. Surveillance footage from inside the store failed to capture the incident as the cameras were facing the register, not the door.
Freeport-McMoRan Reports First-Quarter 2023 Results
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- Published: 21 April 2023 21 April 2023
Please click on this link to download and view the entire report
https://s22.q4cdn.com/529358580/files/doc_news/2023/FCX_230421_1Q_2023_Earnings_Release.pdf
Brief summary of long report:
• Production and sales impacted by February weather event; achieved full recovery in March
• Consolidated unit net cash costs in line with January 2023 estimate
• Advancing leach recovery initiatives
• Strong balance sheet and positive outlook for cash flow generation to support continued organic growth and
cash returns to shareholders
Freeport-McMoRan Publishes 2022 Annual Report on Sustainability
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- Published: 21 April 2023 21 April 2023
To download a PDF of the release, please visit the following link: Freeport-McMoRan Publishes 2022 Annual Report on Sustainability
PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE: FCX) today announced the publication of its 2022 Annual Report on Sustainability detailing its environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance during the year. This report marks FCX’s 22nd year of reporting on its sustainability progress. FCX has a long history of robust ESG programs and strives to embrace evolving stakeholder expectations and best practices.
Richard C. Adkerson, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer said: “As global decarbonization accelerates, demand for copper is expected to increase. We are committed to meeting the growing demand for copper through our sustainability strategy: Accelerate the Future, Responsibly. Our strategy recognizes the vital role we play in global progress – including decarbonization – and our dedication to continuously advance responsible production of our products. I am proud of our Freeport team for their accomplishments during 2022 and ongoing dedication to delivering on our sustainability strategy in alignment with our business objective of being Foremost in Copper.”
Grant County Commission work session held April 11, 2023 and regular meeting on April 13, 2023, part 7
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- Published: 20 April 2023 20 April 2023
[Editor's Note: This is part 7 of a multi-article series on the Commission work session on April 11, as well as on the regular meeting on April 13, 2023. This article continues with the presentations at the regular meeting by applicants for the GRMC Board of Trustees.]
Article by Mary Alice Murphy
The Grant County Commission regular meeting on April 13, 2023 continued with commissioners hearing presentations from several more applicants for the Gila Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees.
The first applicant, Susan Hanna, was not present.
Patricia McIntire presented her case for being appointed to the board. She noted that she moved with her family and 70 head of cattle to Grant County in 1990 because they had a grazing permit. "I was surprised to find a quality health care system here, and I began working as a nurse." She served as a nurse practitioner and as a nurse educator.
"I would like to share with you some of my principles that have guided my practice," McIntire said. "Those principles I would bring to serving on the board of trustees. The first is that all care is critical. My early practice was in critical care, ICU (intensive care unit), OR (operating room), coronary care. The nurse has to be aware of what's going on and needs to be three steps ahead to avert disasters. Nurses and other health care providers need to use all their training, skills and highest decision- making to help patients achieve their best health."
Grant County Commission work session held April 11, 2023 and regular meeting on April 13, 2023, part 6
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- Published: 20 April 2023 20 April 2023
[Editor's Note: This is part 6 of a multi-article series on the Commission work session on April 11, as well as on the regular meeting on April 13, 2023. This article continues with the review of and a presentation at the regular meeting.]
Article by Mary Alice Murphy
Grant County commissioners at their regular meeting heard a 2023 Legislative Session update from District 28 Sen. Siah Correa Hemphill.
"We had a very good session," Hemphill said. "We passed a $9.5 billion budget. I'm very proud that we still maintained a 30 percent reserve, and we made progress toward diversifying our economy. We made a significant allocation toward water infrastructure, so we can start to get our Regional Water Plan project going and to bring in funding for recovery issues, too. We passed tax rebates, with $500 to be going to each single filer, and $1000 to those who file jointly. In the Senate we had just over $4 million in capital outlay and just under $600,000 for junior funds."
Kidnapping charges await man when located
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- Published: 20 April 2023 20 April 2023
By Roger Lanse
On Monday, Apr. 17, 2023, Silver City Police Department officers contacted a local woman who stated she was shopping at the Silver City Food Co-op with her infant son and 8-year-old daughter. Finishing her shopping and standing in line at the register to pay, her daughter left the line to return a lemon to the produce section as they had selected one too many. At this time, according to an affidavit for arrest warrant dated Apr. 20, 2023, the mother saw a thin male in his 20s with long dark hair come running from the east side of the store She watched as the man wrapped both arms around her 8-year-old daughter from behind and began dragging her toward the door.
However, the affidavit stated, the man dropped the young girl when he got to the door and ran south on Bullard Street. Surveillance footage from inside the store failed to capture the incident as the cameras were facing the register, not the door.