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By Lynn Janes

The Silver City Consolidated Schools held a special meeting March 12, 2025. Members in attendance included Ashley Montenegro, Patrick Cohn, and Kimberly Klement. Superintendent William Hawkins had not attended but Louis Alvarez, associate superintendent, sat in for him. Michelle Diaz and Mike McMillan did not attend.

Benjamin Potts, technology director, had a few RFP (request for proposal) awards he needed to present to the board and ask for approval.

To download a PDF of the release, please visit the following link: Freeport Declares Quarterly Cash Dividends on Common Stock

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Freeport (NYSE: FCX) announced today that its Board of Directors declared cash dividends of $0.15 per share on FCX’s common stock payable on May 1, 2025, to shareholders of record as of April 15, 2025. The declaration includes a base dividend of $0.075 per share and variable dividend of $0.075 per share in accordance with FCX's performance-based payout framework. The payment of dividends is at the discretion of the Board, which will consider FCX's financial results, cash requirements, global economic conditions and other factors it deems relevant.

By Lynn Janes

The Silver City Town Council held a regular meeting March 11, 2025. Attendance to the meeting included Mayor Ken Ladner, Mayor Pro Tem Guadalupe Cano, and Councilors Nicholas Prince, Rudy Bencomo and Stan Snider.

Ceremonies

Aaron Seavers, Silver City fire department, presented the employee of the month to Jerry O'Neal. He said he would be proud to present the award. Fire Chief, Milo Lambert had written a letter on O'Neal's behalf.

By Lynn Janes

The Cobre Consolidated School Board held a regular meeting at Hurley Elementary school on March 10, 2025. Board members in attendance included Gabriella Begay, and Emmarie Heredia. Superintendent Michael Koury also attended. Gilbert Guadiana, David Terrazas and Angelina Hardin didn't attend.

Although they didn't have a quorum, they continued with the parts of the agenda they could discuss.

Some of the third, fourth and fifth graders at Hurley Elementary School provided a presentation for the board. They had done Lego robotics. The kids had loved doing the Lego robotics that involves computers and coding. Many jobs these students will be seeing in the future don't exist now and 65 percent of the jobs each year involve computers and coding. The students went over some of the projects and what they had programed them to do. They created a taxi that could move forward and backwards plus honk. One other project had been called Big Little Helper, and it could pick things up. It had wheels and worked on two motors. The students had several other projects they told the board about.

By Mary Alice Murphy

[Author's Note: This author forgot to look at her calendar and didn't go to the meeting. Sorry! So she called the organizer, and he gave her an overview.]

According to GRMC Townhall organizer, District 4 Commissioner Eddie Flores, about 40 people showed up at the Grant County Administration Building Commission Chambers to speak about their experiences at Gila Regional Medical Center.

"The comments were surprisingly mixed," he said. "Some spoke of negative experiences, from a misdiagnosis to HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) violations or being treated in a hallway. Others spoke of the great care they had received in the hospital, from registration to doctors and nurses."

ALBUQUERQUE – Leaders of Enchantment, the podcast created to inspire New Mexicans on why the Land of Enchantment is the land of opportunity, will be the official media partner of the 38th Tour of the Gila April 23 – 27, 2025.  Since its founding in 1987, Tour of the Gila has become renowned worldwide for its notoriously challenging courses. Over five days, athletes follow routes leading from the town’s colorful streets, through the region’s rich history, and along the edges of the nation’s first designated wilderness.

Sanctioned by both the global (i.e., UCI) and national (i.e., USA Cycling) governing bodies of cycling, Tour of the Gila provides a rare opportunity for amateur competitive cyclists to compete on the same courses (and on the same days) as the pros. The Tour of the Gila is America’s only UCI stage race for men and one of just two women’s UCI stage races in the country. For amateur competitors, Tour of the Gila offers five USA Cycling-sanctioned races: a four-day format for Men 1,2 and Men 3 along with a three-day format for Women 1,2,3,4; Men 4,5; and Masters Men 3,4,5. 

By Mary Alice Murphy

About 60 people living in the Pinos Altos Volunteer Fire Department area, many from Pinos Altos and the surrounding region, met in a chilly Opera House to hear from several speakers.

Damie Nelson, the organizer of the meeting, said she wanted to get residents together, not only to hear about how they can prevent wildfires burning their properties, but to create some committees to help in case of fire. "I hope this will be the first of many gatherings to address fire prevention and mitigation."

She said she and her husband, Carl Levi, moved to the PA area from Silver City. "We enjoy eating dinner on our deck in the summer, watching the birds, hearing the coyotes, and we mostly enjoy the deer" to chuckles from the audience.

By Lynn Janes

(Author's note; article written using the minutes provided by the Village of Santa Clara due to technical issues.)

The Village of Santa Clara held a public hearing March 5, 2025. Mayor Arnold Lopez called the meeting to order. Mayor Pro Tem Albert Esparza and Trustees Peter Erickson, Olga Amador and Ralph Trujillo attended. Amador recused herself due to a personal relationship with one of the parties before them. Erickson said he had used their attorney for legal counsel, William Perkins, but could be unbiased.