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Front Page News
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Dr. Shepard – the focus of a Political Witch Hunt?
By Frost McGahey, Investigative Journalist
At the Prospectors Forum at WNMU in December, legislatures spoke out against the attacks on Dr. Shepard.
Representative Luis Terrazas said, "It's unfortunate that we're getting some special attention from the north that I think is unwarranted and it's not fair."
Senator Crystal Diamond-Brantley called what's happening to Dr. Shepard, "a political witch hunt…by outside influencers."*
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PHOENIX, AZ, January 27, 2025 – Freeport-McMoRan is pleased to announce its foundation has awarded $3 million to 66 projects across its 12 U.S. operating communities in Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, New Mexico and Texas through its Community and Social Investment Funds.
"The success of our community investments depends on genuine partnerships with communities to identify opportunities, address potential risks to resilience and well-being, and collaboratively develop initiatives that strengthen communities for the long term," said Tracy Bame, President, Freeport-McMoRan Foundation. "We deeply value our relationships with community partners, as these collaborations enable us to contribute effectively to projects and programs that deliver meaningful social benefits and build the foundation for resilience in a post-mining future.
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By Roger Lanse
Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, at about 7:36 a.m., Silver City Police Officers were dispatched to the intersection of Swan Street and Silver Heights Blvd., where 49-year-old Shelly Haley of Silver City suffered severe injuries resulting from a hit and run driver.
According to a Silver City Police Department crash report, witnesses said the victim was walking north on Swan Street, crossing Silver Heights Blvd in the designated crosswalk, when a vehicle traveling south on Swan Street and turning left to go east on Silver Heights Blvd, collided with the victim and left at a high rate of speed. The victim was found by SCPD officers lying on Silver Heights Blvd. approximately 30 feet east of the crosswalk.
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[Editor's Note: This is part 5 of the Grant County Commission January 7, 2025 work session and Jan. 9, 2025 regular meetings. This continues the work session review of the regular meeting agenda and begins with elected officials reports at the regular meeting.]
By Mary Alice Murphy
Newly elected Clerk Connie Holguin said she had no report at the Grant County Commission Jan. 9, 2025 regular meeting, but she wanted to welcome the newly elected commissioners.
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By Lynn Janes
The Cobre Consolidated School Board held a regular meeting on January 13, 2025. Board members in attendance included Gabriella Begay, Gilbert Guadiana, David Terrazas and Emmarie Heredia. Superintendent Michael Koury also attended. Angelina Hardin did not attend.
The board approved the agenda with the exception of tabling the executive session to do an evaluation on the superintendent. Begay said she apologized because she had not sent out the new evaluation form. Guadiana said they should be using the last evaluation form because it had been in the policies. "It is a procedure and a regulation."
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The Bayard Police Department issued a statement on the threat of a shooting at Snell Middle School. For the full statement, please see the PDF below:
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Photos by Mary Alice Murphy
The Youth Mural program, led by Diana Ingalls Leyba, created a mural on the Rhoda House, the new home for the Western Institute of Lifelong Learning (WILL) program on the Western New Mexico University campus. YCC students and WILL volunteers created the mural design and painted it. The dedication took place on Jan. 24, 2025.
Ingalls Leyba said the funding for this mural came from YCC funding and WNMU funding.
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To download a PDF of the release, please visit the following link: Freeport Reports Fourth-Quarter And Year Ended 2024 Results
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