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T. rex ancestor solves mystery $68M helps Bones discovered 30 years ago at Elephant Butte are from new species of dinosaur

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San Felipe de Neri School fifth graders Sofia Garcia, 10, from left; Sofia Bowerman, 11; Isabella Sedillo, 11; Amanda Vigil, 11; and Olivia Salinas, 10, look in wonder at the jawbone from a Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis after its unveiling Thursday at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science in Albuquerque. The dinosaur lived in New Mexico millions of years ago and was a precursor to Tyrannosaurus Rex.

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uestion: What’s toothy, about 73 million years old, and hails from south-central New Mexico? The answer: A new species of dinosaur, discovered by a team of paleontologists associated with the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. The new species, known as

Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis, is an older relative of the world’s most famous dinosaur — the Tyrannosaurus rex. The discovery, published by a group of researchers spanning New Mexico, the U.S., Canada and England, fundamentally changes paleontologists’ understanding of how tyrannosaurs ﬁrst arrived in North America, museum Executive Director Anthony Fiorillo announced at a

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have really failed our children.” The high-voltage power line would include transmission towers and a 100-foot-wide swath along its path from the lab through White Rock Canyon, south across the Caja del Rio plateau and then east

The half million-plus customers of the Public Service Company of New Mexico can expect to see lower monthly bills as a result of a recent ruling from state utility regulators in a hotly contested rate case. Calculations of new rates from the utility company, ﬁled Thursday with the Public Regulation Commission, show the average monthly residential utility bill will decrease by $6.55, or more than 8%. The new rates are set to go into effect Monday, according to the company’s ﬁling. The decrease in average monthly bills will come despite a rate increase that was smaller than the company requested in December 2022. That rate increase will be offset by lower energy costs and bill credits.

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at a public meeting Thursday afternoon, with some expressing concern about environmental damage and others complaining indigenous communities had not been consulted sufficiently. “This place [the Caja del Rio] is a

singular landscape in North America,” said New Mexico Wildlife Federation Executive Director Garrett VeneKlasen. “When we start sacriﬁcing our cultural and ecological values in the name of national security, I think we as a society

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New Mexico will receive nearly $68 million from the federal government to expand its burgeoning electric vehicle charging network, an amount that is more than 10% of the funding available in the ﬁrst round of grants from the Federal Highway Administration’s Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program. Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt ﬂew into New Mexico to announce the federal government is awarding $623 million in grants for 47 projects in 22 states and Puerto Rico, including three in New Mexico. “Part of the reason that we’re able to make this announcement in New Mexico today is because of New Mexico’s leadership in [electric vehicles] and setting such a high bar for that vision for the future,” Bhatt said Thursday during a news conference at the Capitol attended by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and several local and state elected officials. Bhatt said Santa Fe County will receive $3.3 million to build an EV charging network with 33 fast chargers and Level 2 charging stations at 13 sites, including housing complexes and county transportation hubs. Taos will receive $500,000 to install six publicly

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IN BRIEF Nikki Haley tops Ron DeSantis for the first time in an Iowa poll A poll of Iowa voters released Thursday found that, among Republicans, former President Donald Trump maintains a dominant lead in the days ahead of the caucuses. But it is the first to find former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley opening a clear lead over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. The Suffolk University poll of 500 likely caucusgoers finds 54% saying Trump is their first choice, followed by Haley at 20%, DeSantis at 13% and Vivek Ramaswamy at 6%. Polls in the state last month found DeSantis about even or ahead of Haley among. Nearly all have found Trump leading with more than 50% support. In the Suffolk poll, Haley’s support rises to 28% among independents and to 42% among moderate and liberal likely caucusgoers, the only group where any candidate leads Trump (who received 31% support with this group). However, only 15% of Iowa Republican caucusgoers in 2016 identified as moderate or liberal.

Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to charges he failed to pay taxes LOS ANGELES — President Joe Biden’s son pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal tax charges ﬁled after the collapse of a plea deal that could have spared him the spectacle of a criminal trial during the 2024 campaign. Hunter Biden has been accused of nine felony and misdemeanor tax offenses. The charges stem from what federal prosecutors say was a four-year scheme to skip out on paying the $1.4 million he owed to the IRS and instead use the money to fund an extravagant lifestyle that by his own admission included drugs and alcohol. “We’re here today because you’ve been accused by the United States of a criminal offense,” Judge Mark Scarsi said to Biden, who entered the not guilty plea himself. The judge set a tentative trial date of June 20 during the half-hour-long hearing.

Public filing reveals details about prosecution of Trump’s Ga. case Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are seeking more information about discussions Atlanta prosecutors had with the Biden White House and the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump has claimed for some time the election interference case brought against him by Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Fani Willis is tainted by ties to both entities. A legal ﬁling this week from one of Trump’s co-defendants in the case provided new details about the contacts. The former president and 14 of his allies face racketeering and other charges in the inquiry. Expense reports from Nathan Wade, the outside lawyer Willis hired to lead the Trump prosecution, were included in a public ﬁling this week from Michael Roman, a former Trump campaign official who is a defendant in the case. The reports show Wade traveled to Athens, Ga., for a conference with the White House Counsel’s Office on May 23, 2022, and billed for an “Interview with DC/White House” in mid-November 2022.

Holiday gatherings fueled nearly 10K coronavirus deaths last month Almost 10,000 coronavirus deaths were reported in December, and admissions to hospitals and intensive care units surged, the World Health Organization said — with data indicating holiday gatherings fueled increased transmission of the virus. “Although COVID-19 is no longer a global health emergency, the virus is still circulating, changing and killing,” WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a news conference in Geneva on Wednesday. There was a 42% increase in hospitalizations and a 62% increase in ICU admissions from the previous month. Trends are based on data reported to the WHO from fewer than 50 countries, mostly in Europe and the Americas, said Tedros, who noted this is not the full picture. New Mexican wire services

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House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., pauses Wednesday during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington. Some House Republicans are openly criticizing him while others helped sink a routine procedural vote to express their displeasure with topline spending levels he negotiated with Democrats for the current ﬁscal year.

House GOP hardliners signal brewing revolt Some are openly critical of spending bill negotiations By Kevin Freking

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WASHINGTON s Speaker Mike Johnson gathered House Republicans behind closed doors Wednesday to sell the spending deal he reached with Democrats, one thing quickly became clear: Many GOP lawmakers weren’t buying it. Rep. Warren Davidson of Ohio left early, saying he’d had enough. “I’m not going to sit there and listen to that drivel, because he has no plans to do anything but surrender,” Davidson said. In the afternoon, 13 Republicans refused to support a routine procedural vote setting the stage for considering three GOP-led bills. A similar revolt occurred in June when, for the first time in some 20 years, such a routine vote was defeated, essentially grinding the House to a halt. “We needed to send a message that what’s going on with this announced agreement is unacceptable,” said Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., chairman of House Freedom Caucus, made up of many of the House’s most conservative lawmakers. House Republicans are off to a raucous start in their first week back in Washington after an extended holiday break. The open criticism of the speaker and the parliamentary standoff reflects deep divisions within the party that have continued despite new leadership, raising questions about his ability to unite the conference. Most Republicans are still voicing support for Johnson, saying he is doing the best he can with such a slim majority and Democrats in control of the Senate and White House. But it took only eight Republicans to oust Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker last year — along with 208 Democrats. A similar revolt from just a handful of Republicans would leave Johnson vulnerable as well. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, told Fox News he’s not going to say what would trigger a motion by him to seek Johnson’s removal, but “we’ve got to do better than this.” Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., said “a lot of people are talking about” a motion to vacate Johnson from the speakership. But the Tennessee Republican who helped oust McCarthy said he’s personally not there “yet.” “There is a lot of division within the con-

ference. We’ve got a brand new leader, but it’s kind of the same ol’ song and dance,” Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark., told reporters upon exiting Wednesday’s closed-door meeting of House Republicans. Facing reporters afterward, Johnson said he was not concerned about losing his job. “Look, leadership is tough. You take a lot of criticism, but remember, I am a hardline conservative. That’s what they used to call me,” Johnson said. “I come from that camp.” He called the spending deal a “down payment on restoring us to fiscal sanity in this country.” He also said if Republicans “demonstrate we govern well” it would help them grow their majority in the next Congress, which could help them get more of the spending cuts they want down the road. “We’re going to turn this thing completely around, and I can’t wait to do it,” Johnson said. Many Republicans doubt colleagues would want to put the House through more of the chaos that erupted when McCarthy was ousted. It took nearly three tense weeks to land on Johnson as a replacement for McCarthy. Johnson has been on the job for less than three months, having just recently filled out his staff. “The reality is nobody wants to go through another speaker’s campaign,” said Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla. “You can take somebody down once and say you’re killing a tyrant. When you do it twice, you become an assassin. So I think the speaker is much more secure than people realize.” Government funding expires Jan. 19 for about 20% of the federal government, while the rest of the government is funded only through Feb. 2. The agreement McCarthy negotiated with the White House called for capping defense spending at $886 billion and non-defense spending at about $704 billion for the current fiscal year, which began in October. A series of side agreements made as part of the debt ceiling deal lifts the non-defense spending to about $772 billion. In recent months, lawmakers have been working to incorporate that agreement into spending bills to fund the federal government for the year. House and Senate leaders announced their agreement on overall spending levels Sunday, with Johnson calling it the most favorable budget agreement Republicans have achieved in more than a decade.

African bishops refuse to bless same-sex couples By Nicole Winﬁeld

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VATICAN CITY — In the greatest rebuke yet to Pope Francis, the Catholic bishops of Africa and Madagascar issued a uniﬁed statement Thursday refusing to follow his declaration allowing priests to offer blessings to same-sex couples and asserting that such unions are “contrary to the will of God.” The statement, signed by Congolese Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo on behalf of the symposium of African national

bishops conferences, marked the closest thing to a continent-wide dissent from the declaration Francis approved Dec. 18 allowing priests to offer such blessings. That declaration from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has sent shock waves through the Catholic Church, thrilling LGBTQ+ Catholics as a concrete sign of Francis’ message of welcome but alarming conservatives who fear core doctrines of the church are being ignored or violated. The controversy has deepened a growing chasm between Francis’

progressive, reform-minded papacy and the conservative church in much of the world, especially Africa, where the number of Catholics is growing at a faster rate than anywhere else. The Vatican declaration restated traditional church teaching that marriage is a lifelong union between a man and woman. But it allowed priests to offer spontaneous, non-liturgical blessings to same-sex couples seeking God’s grace in their lives, provided such blessings aren’t confused with the rites and rituals of a wedding.

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WASHINGTON — Higher energy and housing prices boosted overall U.S. inflation in December, a sign the Federal Reserve’s drive to slow inflation to its 2% target will likely remain a bumpy one. Thursday’s report from the Labor Department showed overall prices rose 0.3% from November and 3.4% from 12 months earlier. Those gains exceeded the previous 0.1% monthly rise and the 3.1% annual inflation in November and were slightly above economists’ forecasts. More than half the increase in prices from November to December reflected higher housing costs. Energy costs, along with food prices, also contributed to inflation. Excluding volatile food and energy costs, though, so-called core prices rose just 0.3% month over month, unchanged from November’s increase. Core prices were up 3.9% from a year earlier — the mildest such pace since May 2021. Economists pay particular attention to core prices because, by excluding costs that typically jump around from month to month, they’re seen as a better guide to the likely path of inflation. Inflation has cooled more or less steadily since hitting 9.1% in mid-2022. Still, despite the slowdown in price increases, along with steady economic growth, low unemployment and healthy hiring, polls show many Americans are dissatisfied with the economy That disconnect, a likely issue in the 2024 elections, has puzzled economists and political analysts. A major factor is the lingering financial and psychological effects of the worst bout of inflation in four decades. Much of the public remains exasperated by higher prices. Prices are still 17% higher than they were before the inflation surge began and are still rising. Pollsters and economists say there’s never been as wide a gap between the underlying health of the economy and public perception. Wage gains have outpaced inflation in recent months, meaning that Americans’ average after-inflation take-home pay is up. Yet a poll conducted in November by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, about three-quarters of respondents described the economy as poor. Two-thirds said their expenses had risen. “Our grocery bill has doubled,” said Megan Cherry, a psychologist who lives with her husband and children in Temple Terrace, Fla. “We’ve got to change how much we get of each thing.” Thursday’s figures reflected the outsize role housing plays in the U.S. consumer price index — roughly a third of the index. A measure of homeownership alone makes up about 25% of CPI. The government measures homeownership costs by calculating how much rent a homeowner would likely charge if that home were being rented, a figure seen as equivalent to the cost of owning the property. Overall housing prices rose 0.5% from November to December. Rents were up 0.4%, homeownership 0.5%. Over the past year, consumers have enjoyed price declines for some individual items. Furniture and bedding prices are down 4%, for example. Men’s suits and coats are 6% lower, televisions 10%, sporting goods nearly 3%, sausages nearly 4%. The Fed wants to reduce year-overyear inflation to its 2% target level. Many economists have suggested that slowing inflation from 9% to around 3% was easier to achieve than reaching the Fed’s 2% target could prove to be. “It just tells you the last mile is a struggle,’’ said Vincent Reinhart, chief economist at Dreyfus Mellon.

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NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday delivered abrupt remarks in his own defense on the ﬁnal day of his civil fraud trial in Manhattan, attacking the New York attorney general, who brought the case, insulting the judge to his face and declaring himself “an innocent man.” Trump’s remarks were chaotic and emotional and lasted only minutes, during which he impugned the attorney general, Letitia James, a Democrat, saying she “hates Trump and uses Trump to get elected.” He also took aim at the judge, Arthur Engoron, remarking, “You have your own agenda, I certainly understand that.” He added, as the judge stared stonily at him, “You can’t listen for more than one minute.” Engoron instructed the former president’s lawyer to “control your client.” But Trump continued until the lunch break, at which point he stopped as suddenly as he had started. Trump’s lawyers had initially put for-

ward his plan to speak in his own defense last week, but Engoron ruled the former president could not deliver “a campaign speech” or attack the judge, his staff or James. Trump’s legal team objected, apparently scuttling his plan to speak, until one of his lawyers renewed the request at the end of the defense’s closing arguments Thursday and the judge permitted it. But despite the judge’s objections and restrictions, the former president appeared to speak his mind exactly as he had planned, reiterating that he “did nothing wrong,” and arguing that the attorney general “should pay me” for what he’s gone through. Trump’s lawyers kicked off the closing arguments Thursday with an attack on James, who brought the case accusing Trump of fraudulently inﬂating his net worth. Painting James as a rogue official, Trump’s legal team argued she had no actual evidence buttressing her claims, only partisan talking points. “This entire case is a manufactured claim to pursue a political agenda,” said Christopher Kise, one of Trump’s lawyers, as the former president looked on from the defense table. “It has always been press releases and posturing, but no proof at all,” adding that “not one witness came into this courtroom” to say “there was fraud.” Lawyers for James are now expected to counter that the former president violated

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Christopher Kise, attorney for former President Donald Trump, sits with him in court Thursday for closing arguments in Trump’s civil fraud trial in Manhattan.

state laws by exaggerating his net worth to obtain favorable loans and other ﬁnancial beneﬁts. James’ lawyers will highlight internal emails and the testimony of onetime Trump

employees to assert that Trump’s actions warrant a severe punishment. James wants to extract a $370 million penalty and to oust Trump from his own company and the wider world of New York real estate.

FAA launches probe into Boeing practices Boeing’s chief executive told employees during a company meeting Tuesday the aerospace The Federal Aviation Adminis- giant will acknowledge its tration said Thursday it is launch- “mistake” and be transparent ing an investigation into whether as it attempts to move forward aerospace giant Boeing followed after the grounding of dozens of rules to ensure the aircraft it built its 737 Max 9 aircraft over safety were safe for operation. concerns. “Boeing may have failed to “We’re going to approach ensure its completed products conformed to its approved design this No. 1 acknowledging our mistake,” Dave Calhoun said, and were in a condition for safe according to excerpts provided operation in accordance with by the company. “We’re going to quality system inspection and test procedures,” the FAA said in a let- approach it with 100% and complete transparency every step of ter to the Seattle-based company. The FAA grounded some Boe- the way.” The FAA previously ing 737 Max 9 aircraft Saturday announced it was grounding 171 after last week’s high-profile Boeing Max 9 planes until formal incident involving a jet operated inspections of the aircraft could by Alaska Airlines. A door-like panel flew off during a flight, leaving a gaping hole in the plane. The incident terrified passengers and renewed scrutiny of a comBOND Esterbrook pany that manufactured planes MONTEGRAPPA 007 PENS! Gift Sets! involved in two fatal air crashes DeVargas Center • 989-4742 www.santaff epp ens.com in 2018 and 2019. The announcement Thursday marks the beginning of a broader probe into potential problems with the aircraft after the FAA said it was informed of “discrepancies” on other Max 9s. AT GIFT & GOURMET “This incident should have never happened, and it cannot happen again,” the agency said in a statement. “Boeing’s manufacturing practices need to comply with the high safety standards they’re legally accountable to meet.” The FAA formally notified the company about the investigation in a letter sent Thursday. The National Transportation Safety Board is also investigating Fri200 E Water St day’s incident. Santa Fe, NM 87501 In a statement Boeing said, “We (505) 982-5953 will cooperate fully and transpargiftngourmet.com ently with the FAA and the NTSB on their investigations.” By Lori Aratani and Ian Duncan The Washington Post

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Pastors struggle with burnout post-pandemic By Peter Smith

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Post-pandemic burnout is at worrying levels among Christian clergy in the U.S., prompting many to think about abandoning their jobs, according to a new nationwide survey. More than 4 in 10 of clergy surveyed in fall 2023 had seriously considered leaving their congregations at least once since 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic began, and more than half had thought seriously of leaving the ministry, according to the survey released Thursday by the Hartford Institute for Religion Research. About a tenth of clergy report having

had these thoughts often, according to the survey, conducted as part of the institute’s research project, Exploring the Pandemic Impact on Congregations. The high rates of ministers considering quitting reﬂects the “collective trauma” that both clergy and congregants have experienced since 2020, said institute director Scott Thumma, principal investigator for the project. “Everybody has experienced grief and trauma and change,” he said. Many clergy members, in open-ended responses to their survey, cited dwindling attendance, declining rates of volunteering and members’ resistance to further change.

Some of these struggles are trends that long predated the pandemic. Median in-person attendance has steadily declined since the start of the century, the report said, and with fewer younger participants, the typical age of congregants is rising. After a pandemic-era spike in innovation, congregants are less willing to change, the survey said. The reasons for clergy burnout are complex, and need to be understood in larger contexts, Thumma said. “Oftentimes the focus of attention is just on the congregation, when in fact we should also be thinking about these bigger-picture things,” he said

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news conference Thursday. “We’re very proud of the fact that we’re a museum that serves all of New Mexico, and it’s really terrific to see people around the state come here to learn about and celebrate New Mexico’s natural heritage,” Fiorillo said. “And today we’re going to talk about New Mexico’s newest dinosaur.” The path to discovering the new species began about 30 years ago when Las Cruces residents found some fossil remains while boating at Elephant Butte Reservoir and reported their finding to the museum, said Spencer Lucas, paleontology curator at the museum. Paleontologists then excavated about a quarter of a fossilized dinosaur skull, which Fiorillo described as a “big toothy thing.” At the time, they identified it as once belonging to a T. rex, he said. But as time marched on — and scientists learned a whole lot more — they realized parts of the jaw, the teeth and the boney structures around its eyes didn’t match a T. rex, although the massive dinosaurs were about the same size, paleontologist Sebastian Dalman said during Thursday’s news conference. In 2013, Dalman set about studying the fossil, and he was soon joined by eight more paleontologists from institutions across New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Utah, the District of Columbia, Canada and England. “What we knew about Tyrannosaurus rex in the 1980s was very small compared to what we know about T. rex now. ... We’re looking at it through new eyes, through a lot more knowledge than was available in the ’80s,” Lucas said. Based on differences in the fossil’s jaw and skull, the researchers determined the fossil was not a Tyrannosaurus rex but a previously unknown close relative of T. rex that roamed

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Sebastian Dalman holds a piece of the skull of the Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis following an unveiling ceremony Thursday at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science in Albuquerque. Dalman was one of the people who identiﬁed the dinosaur as a unique species.

what’s now the American Southwest and perhaps Mexico. Fiorillo illustrated the difference between T. rex’s and T. mcraeensis’ jaws using a cinematic exemplar: the moment in Jurassic Park in which a T. rex sinks its teeth into the park’s sturdy safari cars. “Tyrannosaurus [rex] is a big, bone-chewing, Jeep-crunching dinosaur from Jurassic Park,” he said. “The more slender jaw here means that it [T. mcraeensis] might have been a bone-chewing, Fiat-crunching dinosaur.” Geological ﬁndings conﬁrmed the paleontologists’ analysis, Lucas said. Rock structures surrounding the fossil determined its age to be about 73 million years old — 5 million years older than T. rex. The discovery shifts scientists’ understanding of how T. rex came to be in North America. Although paleontologists have unearthed plenty of T.

rexes in Montana, Wyoming, the Dakotas, Saskatchewan and Alberta, it long seemed that, lacking close relatives in North America, the famous dinosaur appeared from out of nowhere — its arrival and evolution in the continent a mystery. This ﬁnding indicates the American Southwest or parts of central America served as the “epicenter of tyrannosaur evolution,” said Nick Longrich, another paleontologist who worked on the project. It shows more primitive tyrannosaurs — like T. mcraeensis — once lived in southern North America, eventually evolving and moving north to become T. rex. “We’d been looking in the wrong place all along,” Longrich said Thursday. “The origin of these things is not up in Montana; it’s down here in New Mexico and Mexico.” In case scientiﬁc impacts aren’t your thing, discoveries

like T. mcraeensis also fuel New Mexico’s arts and culture economy, said Debra Garcia y Griego, Cabinet secretary of the Department of Cultural Affairs, the agency that oversees staterun museums. New exhibits — like the fossil of a newly discovered species of dinosaur — entice local, outof-state and foreign travelers to visit the state’s cultural institutions, a $741 million sector of New Mexico’s economy responsible for more than 10,000 jobs statewide, Garcia y Griego said. “Discoveries expand our collective knowledge while ensuring our exhibits and our museums are not static,” she said. It’ll be up to future generations, Lucas said, to learn more about New Mexico’s newest species of dinosaur. “Any good piece of science should raise more questions than it answers, and this does just that,” he said.

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available fast chargers. The largest hunk of the money — $63.8 million — will be for the New Mexico Department of Transportation to build two charging centers for mediumand heavy-duty commercial vehicles on Interstate 10 near Lordsburg and Vado south of Las Cruces in Southern New Mexico. “It’s a focus on rural New Mexico,” Bhatt said, noting President Joe Biden’s commitment to building the U.S. EV charging network to 500,000 chargers by 2030. “We’re well on the way.” In an interview after the news conference, Bhatt said electric vehicles are the way of the future. “When internal combustion engines were coming out, there were people who were like, ‘Why would you ever ride anything other than a horse?’ ” he said, adding electric vehicles now represent about 10% of new vehicle sales. “Globally, I think if you look at what China’s trying to do, what Europe’s trying to do, the future is about electric vehicles,” Bhatt said. “So, there’ll be internal combustion engines out there for a while. But, you know, I think when my daughters, who are 8 and 10, get to be about my age, I think they’ll be like, ‘Remember when you had to ﬁll up with gas?’ ” Lujan Grisham, who is battling the ﬂu and wore a face mask to the news conference, said New Mexico fared “incredibly well.” “Rural, poor states, no matter who the president is, often get left behind, and that has never been the case in this administration,” she said. “It is certainly not the case where we got a

lion’s share.” Bhatt said the Federal Highway Administration received a slew of applications totaling $3.7 billion in requests for the EV funding. “It’s a very competitive program,” he said. The state’s congressional delegation, which was ﬁrst to announce the grant funding in a news release, hailed the investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. “From passenger sedans to school buses and delivery trucks, today’s EVs are market ready right now,” U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich said in a statement. “If we want to meet our ambitious climate goals and deploy these clean and zero-emission vehicles at scale, we need to build much more EV charging infrastructure in our communities and along our major highways. This grant is a crucial step to get that done.” U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján said the charging stations will beneﬁt New Mexicans and travelers alike while reducing harmful emissions. Larry Behrens, Western states director of the pro-oil and gas group Power the Future, described the grant funding as a boondoggle. “In New Mexico, less than 1% of vehicles are electric vehicles,” he said. “The governor doesn’t drive one. The Highway Administration director didn’t drive in on one, and so the demand that they are pretending is there is really not, and the problem is we’re using federal tax dollars that can really go to major improvements in New Mexico to build up these stations that aren’t going to get used.” Follow Daniel J. Chacón on Twitter @danieljchacon.

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through the Santa Fe National Forest to a substation. Federal officials have said the power line is necessary to support the two existing lines going to the lab, which are anticipated to reach capacity by late 2027. The additional line will also give the lab a backup power source, which officials say is crucial for its supercomputers. The U.S. Department of Energy released a 207-page draft environmental assessment of the project in November, which it is now soliciting feedback on. Many who spoke at the meeting, which was held at Santa Fe Community College, said the proposal runs counter to the Santa Fe National Forest management plan, which took years to put together. “I think it’s deeply troubling to many of us that LANL is seeking to do a 60-day comment period to undo work that took years of the public’s input,” said the Rev. Andrew Black, founder of Earth Keepers 360. Trails advocate and distance rider Deirdre Monroe was one of the few people who spoke in support of the project, but she said she would like the National Nuclear Security Administration, which owns the lab, to better explain how it can prevent more illegal shooting when a road is cut through the Caja del Rio. “I do believe the lab needs the power, but also I’ve seen other proposals for lines going through the Jacona Land Grant and some of the pueblos be

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rejected,” she said. “So I’m not really sure what alternatives there are that don’t utilize these federally managed areas. I think we’ve kind of boxed ourselves into a corner.” Representatives from Cochiti and Tesuque pueblos spoke against the project, as did former state historian Hilario Romero, who said government agencies need to “start learning about our communities who are still alive here and are still breathing” and have more respect for Indigenous and Hispanic residents who have lived on the land for generations. He and others also criticized the agency for holding the meeting at the college starting at 4 p.m. instead of at a location closer to downtown. Several dozen people attended the meeting, with more on Zoom. People who took part remotely included Santa Fe County Commissioner

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Santa Fe Anna Hansen, who sponsored a resolution opposing the power line the board approved unanimously earlier this week. Hansen was among several speakers who said the lab should put solar panels on its buildings instead. National Environmental Policy Act compliance officer Kristen Dors said other alternatives to the power line, including wind or solar power, were considered but were not feasible. Without the line, which would deliver power to the lab and Los Alamos County, LANL is expected to experience more frequent and longer-lasting power outages and would lose its redundancy capabilities. “There is a consequence, if there is no action at all, in terms of the lab’s mission,” said LANL spokesman Steven Horak. The project has not yet been budgeted but will, it is estimated, cost $300 million, said

u Public comment on the proposal will be taken through Wednesday and again from Jan. 22 through Feb. 20 during a second public comment period. Comments will be incorporated into the final version of the environmental assessment report, which is scheduled to be published 90 days after public comment closes. u Comments and requests for a paper copy of the draft environmental assessment report may be submitted by email to epcuea@ nnsa.doe.gov or via U.S. mail to: NNSA Los Alamos Field Office ATTN: EPCU Project NEPA 3747 W. Jemez Road Los Alamos, NM 87544

Jonathan Vander Weil, a federal project director at the National Nuclear Security Administration. If the proposal is approved, he said construction could start in early 2025 and is expected to take about three years. The Department of Energy announced it would have a second public comment period for the plan following objections the initial comment period took place over the holidays and at the time the pueblos were choosing new leaders. About 90 days after the close of the second comment period in February, the ﬁnal environmental assessment will be published. That will be followed by an opportunity to submit objections to the U.S. Forest Service. The Forest Service will then rule on whether the project can begin or requires further analysis.

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One bill credit averaging $1.47 will begin in mid-February and continue for two years as payback to customers for continued investment in leases at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station in Arizona. The other bill credit averages $10.59 and is related to the retirement of the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station in 2022. Both bill credits came after yearslong disputes between the utility, regulators and environmental and consumer advocates. The fight over the San Juan rate credits was settled between PNM and various advocacy organizations in August after the issue was on appeal in the state Supreme Court for more than a year. PNM spokesman Ray Sandoval said the company’s calculations showed average bills will go down but that could also depend on the fluctuations of the “fuel clause” on electric bills, a pass-through charge on natural gas. “There’s a cap on that charge, but natural gas can be a little volatile,” Sandoval said. “So if in February or March, there is an increase on bills, it could be because of that fuel clause.” The fuel clause is marked on the bill as “FPPCAC,” for “Fuel

and Purchased Power Costs Adjustment Clause.” The coming increase to electricity base rates also was buffered by a disallowance of about $85 million in future revenue based on the commission’s ruling the company acted with “imprudence” when it invested in the coal-fired Four Corners Power Plant in 2016. Some, including the New Mexico Justice Department, formerly the state Attorney General’s Office, and other groups, argued during the recent rate case regulators should have disallowed the utility from collecting three times as much, which could have resulted in a rate decrease and an even more dramatic decrease to monthly electric bills. In their final ruling on the case, Commissioners Gabriel Aguilera and James Ellison changed the portion of rates paid by individual classes of ratepayers, raising rates more for residential customers than commercial accounts. A graph provided by Sandoval shows the effect of the commission’s order approved increasing rates by 3.7% for accounts identified as residential, water and sewage and streetlighting. Most other types of customers, including large commercial accounts, were approved to see an average rate increase of .53%.

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Flashes of missiles being ﬁred are seen from the bridge of the HMS Diamond on Wednesday in the Red Sea. The U.S. and other allies ﬁred on sites used by Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen.

U.S.-led military strikes hit Houthi militia in Yemen been forced to divert thousands control and drag the region into of miles to avoid the Red Sea, a wider war with other Iranian causing weeks of delays, Biden proxies, such as Hezbollah in said. On Tuesday, U.S. and British Lebanon and Iran-backed militias warships intercepted one of the in Syria and Iraq. largest barrages of Houthi drone But Thursday, the United By Eric Schmitt and missile strikes yet, an assault States decided to act. Britain and Helene Cooper that U.S. and other Western joined the United States in the The New York Times military officials said was the last attack against the Houthi targets straw. as fighter jets from bases in the WASHINGTON — The Biden officials said they had region and off the aircraft carrier United States and five of its allies USS Dwight D. Eisenhower on Thursday carried out military telegraphed what was coming struck targets with precistrikes against more than a dozen for weeks. The strikes, they said, were meant more to damage sion-guided bombs. targets in Yemen controlled by “The United Kingdom will the Iranian-backed Houthi militia Houthi capability and to hinder the group’s ability to strike Red always stand up for freedom of in an expansion of the war in Sea targets, rather than to kill navigation and the free flow of the Middle East that the Biden leaders and Iranian trainers, trade,” British Prime Minister administration had sought to which could be viewed as more Rishi Sunak said in a statement. avoid for the past three months. escalatory. The strikes hit radars, The Netherlands, Australia, The U.S.-led air and naval missile and drone launch sites, Canada and Bahrain also parstrikes came in response to and weapons storage areas, ticipated, providing logistics, more than two dozen Houthi intelligence and other support, drone and missile attacks against Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement. Pentagon according to U.S. officials. At commercial shipping in the Red officials said late Thursday they least one Navy submarine fired Sea since November and after were still assessing whether Tomahawk cruise missiles, the warnings to the Houthis in the officials said. past week from the Biden admin- the strikes were successful, and Biden called the response from istration and several international emphasized they had sought to avoid any civilian casualties. the international community allies of serious consequences if Thursday’s attack drew the “united and resolute.” Bahrain the salvos did not stop. United States more deeply into a was the only Arab nation to take On Thursday night, President conflict that ignited after Hamas part, and there were questions Joe Biden called the strikes a attacked Israel on Oct. 7 and as late as Thursday afternoon “clear message that the United killed 1,200 people, according whether the small kingdom States and our partners will not would be willing to publicly tolerate attacks on our personnel to Israeli officials. The Israeli acknowledge its role. In the end, or allow hostile actors to imperil response has so far killed more than 23,000 people in Gaza, it did. freedom of navigation in one of The Houthi foreign ministry the world’s most critical commer- according to health authorities. Some U.S. allies in the Middle responded to the attacks with a cial routes.” East, including the Gulf nations statement that “the U.S. and U.K. In a statement, he warned: “I must be prepared to pay a heavy will not hesitate to direct further of Qatar and Oman, had raised concerns strikes against the price and face the serious consemeasures to protect our people quences of their aggression.” and the free flow of international Houthis could spiral out of commerce as necessary.” The Houthis have defied Wondering about the value of your earlier U.S. ultimatums, vowing property in today’s market? to continue their attacks in what they say is a protest against Give me a call today, I bet I have good news for you! Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip. Lois Sury 505.470.4672 More than 2,000 ships have

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — In a case that strikes at the heart of Israel’s national identity, South Africa formally accused the country of committing genocide against Palestinians and pleaded Thursday with the United Nations’ top court to order an immediate halt to Israeli military operations in Gaza. Israel, which was founded in the aftermath of the Holocaust, has vehemently denied the allegations. As a sign of how seriously the country regards the case, Israeli leaders have taken the rare step of engaging with the court to defend their international reputation. Israel often boycotts international tribunals or U.N. investigations, saying they are unfair and biased. During opening statements at the International Court of Justice, South African lawyers said the latest Gaza war is part of decades of Israeli oppression of Palestinians. The court “has the benefit of the past 13 weeks of evidence that shows incontrovertibly a pattern of conduct and related intention” that amounts to “a plausible claim of genocidal acts,” South African lawyer Adila Hassim told the judges and audience in a packed room of the Peace Palace in The Hague. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted the case and vowed to continue fighting Hamas, the militant group whose fighters stormed through Israeli communities on Oct. 7

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A decision on South Africa’s request for so-called provisional measures will probably take weeks. The full case is likely to last years. Israel launched its massive air and ground assault on Gaza soon after the deadly Hamas attack. Three months later, the offensive has driven nearly 85% of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million from their homes. With only a trickle of food, water, medicine and other supplies entering through an Israeli siege, a quarter of the territory’s residents face starvation. And much of northern Gaza, including Gaza City, has been reduced to a moonscape. Although the court’s ﬁndings are considered binding, it was unclear whether Israel would heed any order to halt the ﬁghting.

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St. Paul has Pentagon: $1B in Ukraine Google, Amazon cut all-female hundreds more jobs military aid poorly tracked council, a 40K weapons first in U.S. Nearly are unaccounted for By Trisha Ahmed and Steve Karnowski

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — When St. Paul City Council President Mitra Jalali looked out at her fellow council members at their initial meeting this week, she saw all the members’ seats were occupied by women — a first for Minnesota’s capital city. Experts who track women in politics said St. Paul, with a population of 300,000 people, is the first large U.S. city they know of with an all-female council. Council members are expressing more excitement about what the all-female council can accomplish in the coming year. “We’re a multifaith, multicultural group of women. Our professional experiences are what people trusted as much as our personal ones. … And we have a clear policy vision that we got elected on,” Jalali said. All seven women are under 40, and six out of the seven are women of color. From civil engineering to nonprofit directing, they have a range of professional experiences. “I think that our community is finally reflected by the City Council,” Jalali said, adding, “The median age of our community is 32.5. We are a majority person-of-color city. We have many major racial and ethnic groups, many of which are now represented on this council.” The Rutgers data shows women continue to be underrepresented as municipal officials. Jean Sinzdak, associate director of the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, said 7 out of 10 municipal office holders are male, and most are white. “The fact that you have an all-female council and a majority of women of color, it has a long-term effect on young women and girls seeing them and saying, ‘I can do this, too,’ ” Sinzdak said.

this additional tracking and accountability in place,” Robert Storch, the Pentagon’s inspector general, who is also the lead By Lara Jakes watchdog for U.S. aid sent to The New York Times help Ukraine’s war effort, said in an interview Thursday. More than $1 billion worth The report was sent to of shoulder-fired missiles, Congress on Wednesday and a kamikaze drones and night-vicopy of it was provided to The sion goggles the United States New York Times. The Pentagon’s has sent to Ukraine have not inspector general released a been properly tracked by U.S. redacted version Thursday. It officials, a new Pentagon report did not investigate whether any concluded, raising concerns they weapons had been diverted for could be stolen or smuggled at a illicit use, which “was beyond time when Congress is debating the scope of our evaluation to whether to send more military determine,” it noted. aid to Ukraine. The number of weapons The report by the Defense reviewed in the report repDepartment’s inspector general, resents only a small fraction released Thursday, offers no of about $50 billion in military evidence any of the weapons equipment that the United have been misused after being States has sent Ukraine since shipped to a U.S. military 2014, when Russia seized Crimea logistics hub in Poland or sent and parts of the eastern Donbas onward to Ukraine’s front lines. region. Most of the weapons But it found U.S. defense that have been delivered so far officials and diplomats in — including tanks, air-defense Washington and Europe had systems, artillery launchers and failed to quickly or fully account ammunition — were pledged for many of the nearly 40,000 after Russia’s full-scale invasion weapons that by law should have in February 2022. been closely monitored because Yet the investigation offers a their battlefield impact, sensitive first glimpse of efforts to account technology and relatively small for the most sensitive tools of size makes them attractive American military might that bounty for arms smugglers. have been rushed to Ukraine in “These are identified as the the last two years. In that time, items — that because of their as concerns grew the flood of sensitivity, their vulnerability weapons would inevitably lead to diversion or misuse or the to arms trafficking, lawmakers consequences of that — it’s have demanded strict oversight of the shipments. particularly important to have

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The ﬁndings released Thursday will almost certainly fuel skepticism in Congress over providing more military aid to Ukraine. Already, House Republicans are blocking a spending plan that would provide an additional $61 billion for the war effort. Combined with Ukraine’s long history of corruption and arms smuggling, the demand for closer accounting is certain to rise. The report did not detail how many of the 39,139 highrisk pieces of materiel given to Ukraine were considered “delinquent” but it put the potential loss at about $1 billion. As of June, the latest data available, the United States had given Ukraine nearly 10,000 Javelin anti-tank missiles, 2,500 Stinger surface-to-air missiles and about 750 kamikaze Switchblade drones, 430 medium-range air-to-air missiles and 23,000 night-vision goggles. It also provided launcher parts for the Javelins and Stingers that were to be kept in stockpiles even after the missiles were ﬁred. As much as 60% of the arms and equipment that were provided as of June were “delinquent,” either because they were delayed in being inventoried in a database designed to track them, or because they were never added after they left American or allied military stockpiles.

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Santa Fe Public Schools’ Reimagining effort yielded its ﬁrst major programming recommendation during a school board meeting Thursday night: commitment to a “renaissance” in local bilingual education. “There is a commitment in our district for a stronger bilingual program,” said Veronica García, a former superintendent contracted by the district to serve as its chief strategist for Reimagining. The “renaissance,” as she put it,

would include expansion of K-12 dual-language opportunities and initiatives to better support all students whose ﬁrst language is not English. An official resolution in support of bilingual education is expected to go before the school board during its next meeting Jan. 25. Ongoing since October 2022 and expected to cost up to $210,000, Reimagining is an effort to analyze district policies, programs and facilities and make sweeping changes intended to strengthen the district and respond to declining enrollment numbers. With widespread support across Santa Fe Public Schools, bilingual education

quickly emerged as one of the process’s priorities. Any changes would build on the district’s existing bilingual programs. Those include dual-language programs at El Camino Real Academy and Salazar, César Chávez and Sweeney elementary schools, as well as heritage programs — designed to revitalize a student’s home language through instruction while developing a second language — at Ramirez Thomas and Kearny elementary schools. The goal is to ensure several types of bilingual education offerings exist in the district, allowing families to pick the Please see story on Page A-8

Cristina Cardenas, a bilingual fourth and ﬁfth grade combo teacher at Sweeney Elementary School, works on banners for her classroom in August. GABRIELA CAMPOS/NEW MEXICAN FILE PHOTO

U.S. House bill would bolster arts funding Legislation backed by Leger Fernández, Luján includes $300 million over 2 years to support projects and performances By Phaedra Haywood

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Dottie Walker-Darrow, 9, of Santa Fe rides her sled over a jump Thursday at Patrick Smith Park. Santa Feans are likely to wake up on the Monday holiday — Martin Luther King Jr. Day — to temperatures below 20 degrees, with more snow possible the following weekend.

Freeze will be sticking around Snow possible next 2 weekends; morning lows could dip below 10 degrees By Robert Nott

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snowstorm that passed through the northern part of New Mexico on Thursday and dropped about a half-inch of snow in the city was expected to clear out by Friday morning, but meteorologists said another storm system is expected to arrive Sunday. “It’s a fast-moving storm from the north that might bring a little snow — maybe a half-inch in the Santa Fe area,” said Scott Overpeck, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Albuquerque. The below-freezing temperatures will stick around through the weekend and into early next week. “We’re looking at it getting down to 8 or 9 degrees for a low and a high Friday in the upper 20s in Santa Fe,” Overpeck said. Days of low temperatures in the teens and single digits have prompted city officials to activate Code Blue protocols, authorizing the Santa Fe Fire Department’s Alternative Response Unit to work with Consuelo’s Place and the Interfaith Community Shelter at Pete’s Place to ensure homeless residents have a safe, warm place to go.

The city activated Code Blue protocols Jan. 5, Korina Lopez, executive director of Pete’s Place, said earlier this week. Overpeck said skies will remain clear Friday and Saturday before the next storm rolls in. Temperatures might rise into the 30s Saturday, but come Sunday, they’re going to drop again. Santa Feans are likely to wake up on the Monday holiday — Martin Luther King Jr. Day — to temperatures below 20 degrees. Residents could see temperatures below 10 degrees Tuesday morning. It’s possible the area will get “another reinforcing shot of colder air by the end of next week,” Overpeck said, and another storm might come the weekend of Jan. 20-21. Thursday’s storm prompted the Taos Avalanche Center to issue an avalanche warning in an area of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains east of the stretch between Arroyo Seco and Questa. Taos Ski Valley was expecting 7 inches from the storm and reported 26 inches of snowfall in the past eight days. Ski Santa Fe reported 40 inches of new snow in the past week.

Fatal I-40 truck crash causes 43-vehicle pileup A fatal crash during a Monday morning snowstorm on Interstate 40 east of Santa Rosa resulted in a vehicle pileup that affected dozens of drivers. After a westbound semitruck driver rear-ended a van on the interstate, a pileup of at least 43 vehicles followed, with one death and multiple injuries, New Mexico State Police said in a news release. The driver of the van, David James McGarrah, 71, from Neosho, Mo., was taken to a hospital but died from his injuries, the release states. A 70-year-old woman was riding with McGarrah, but police said the extent of her injuries was unknown. The driver of the semi, a 21-year-old man from Indianapolis, was not injured. Police believe “inclement weather and driver inattention” were factors in the crash, which occurred before 10 a.m., the news release said. The New Mexican

TAOS — A Taos County sheriff’s deputy was arrested by New Mexico State Police early Sunday and charged in connection with a domestic violence incident, according to court records. Deputy Joey Graves is charged with assault against a household member and negligent use of a deadly weapon, both petty misdemeanors, and interference with communications and criminal damage to the property of a household member, both misdemeanors. According to a criminal com-

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U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández and two California congressmen introduced legislation Thursday aimed at supporting the nation’s creative workforce and expanding access to the arts across the nation. The proposed Creative Workforce Investment Act includes $300 million worth of funding that would be disseminated through a competitive grant program over the next two years, according to a news release. U.S. Sens. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., and Alex Padilla, D-Calif., introduced a companion bill in the Senate. The legislation would authorize the U.S. Department of Labor — in consultation with the National Endowment for the Arts — to award competitive grants to be used to fund public art or arts programming and employ local people, according to a summary of the proposed legislation. Eligible programs could include outdoor events like concerts, street fairs, murals or live performances as well as projects involving poetry, photography, theater or dance. Projects that aim to bring art into schools and to artistically document the history of the United States and “illuminate marginalized narratives” also could be funded under the proposal. Leger Fernández said in a phone interview Thursday she was inspired to propose the legislation in part by the Works Progress Administration projects of the Depression era, including one that involved the collection of traditional stories from around the state. “I believe this bill is a step toward regenerating that commitment to public participation, to public connectivity,” she said. “Art touches an emotional place that is so key to who we are as human beings as members of a nation, as members of the planet we share.” Arts funding is particularly important in New Mexico, she said. “We’re very proud in New Mexico about our culture and artistic essence, she said. “One in 10 paychecks in New Mexico comes from the creative economy. “In the U.S. we don’t invest in public art to the degree we should,” she added, noting the federal government spends about 63 cents per person annually on arts funding and about $812 per person on

plaint ﬁled in Taos County Magistrate Court, a state police officer responded to a call for service at Graves’ residence around 1 a.m. Sunday. The caller said Graves had been arguing with his wife. Taos Central Dispatch told the officer Taos County sheriff’s deputies already had gone to the home and told Graves to leave, but Graves’ wife had called a second time to report her husband had returned. While en-route, the officer learned from dispatch Graves had retrieved an AR-15-style riﬂe from the home, and children were inside the residence. The state police officer said upon

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arriving at Graves’ home, Graves was standing in the doorway with his hands on his head. Graves said he and his wife were in the midst of a divorce and he had retrieved the riﬂe because he and his cousin were going hunting that morning. According to the complaint, Graves’ wife said she had tried to call dispatch again when Graves returned to the home, but Graves hung up the phone. She also said Graves tried to get another ﬁrearm, but she stopped him. The complaint says Graves punched a truck in the driveway, leaving a dent. The officer wrote in his report no one was injured during

the incident. Municipal Judge Ernest Ortega issued Graves a no-contact order. He was granted a conditional release from the Taos County jail with a $5,000 bond. His conditions prohibit him from possessing ﬁrearms. According to Taos County Sheriff Steve Miera, Graves has been placed on administrative leave, and an internal investigation has been initiated. This story ﬁrst appeared in The Taos News, a sister publication of The Santa Fe New Mexican.

TAOS — Erick Martin Murrer had a promising career ahead of him as a U.S. diplomat, family members said. They were surprised to learn he had been arrested on domestic violence charges Christmas Eve in Albuquerque and had many questions after officials said Murrer took his own life Dec. 27 by jumping off the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge. A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State conﬁrmed Murrer was employed by the agency at the time of his death. “He was an employee with the Department of State who had just completed an overseas assignment to Baku,” the spokesperson said in a brief statement, referencing the capital of Azerbaijan. “The department was aware of his death.” Family members said Murrer was on his way to a new assignment in Costa Rica. He and his husband had stopped in Albuquerque and were living in a rental Please see story on Page A-8 SANTAFENEWMEXICAN.COM

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FBI: Bodies stacked in neglected funeral home By Colleen Slevin and Matthew Brown

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The Empty Stocking Fund is a long-standing project of The New Mexican. Each year, hundreds of people receive aid from the fund during the holiday season to help cover rent payments, medical bills, utility costs, car repairs, home improvements and other needs. Who it helps: Applicants, who must live within 50 miles of Santa Fe and must provide documents that provide proof of their identity, are considered without regard to race, age, ethnicity, gender identity or sexual orientation. Applications are closed. How it works: Applications for funding are vetted. Members of the Empty Stocking Committee review requests, meet with each qualifying applicant to examine records of outstanding bills or other needs. If a request is approved, the committee sends a check directly to the service supplier. Requests can be as much as $2,500 per household depending on the need. 2023 goal: $399,000. This holiday charity project, which began in 1981, is jointly administered by the Santa Fe Community Foundation, Enterprise Bank and Trust, the Salvation Army, Presbyterian Medical Services, The Life Link, Habitat for Humanity, Esperanza Shelter, Youth Shelters and Family Services, Gerard’s House and a private individual. To donate: Make your tax-deductible donation online by visiting santafenewmexican. com/empty_stocking or mail a check to The New Mexican’s Empty Stocking Fund c/o The Santa Fe Community Foundation, P.O. Box 1827, Santa Fe, 87504-1827. Cash and coin donations are always welcome. Those can be dropped off at the offices of the newspaper at 150 Washington Ave., Suite 206. Donors can request to remain anonymous. If you can provide a service such as rooﬁng or home repairs, contact Habitat for Humanity at repairs@ santafehabitat.org. If you can contribute food, clothing, toys, housewares, furniture, ﬁrewood or other items or services, call the Salvation Army at 505-988-8054. DONATIONS Margo and Bill Martin, in memory of Matson Martin: $300 Don Martinez and family, in memory of Cindy Mares, Pat Casey and Alicia Pino: $50 Lynne and Steven Mendes: $50 Paula and Mark Bates Charitable Fund: $500 Roger Peterson: $200 Ed Pulisfer: $100 Veronica Rigales, in memory of Josefina Mendez: $50 Ishwari Sollohub: $100 Nancy Spring: $25 Sunni and Necco: $103.09 Nahum Ward-Lev and Shelley Mann-Lev: $180

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transportation. “Roads are important, and planes and trains are important, but [arts funding] should be a little more than 63 cents,” she said. No more than 5% of the funds appropriated through the proposed legislation could be used for administrative costs, according to the summary. Leger Fernández said the next step is to attempt to have the bill prioritized for a vote or included in another larger piece of legislation. “At the end of the year, we’ll know if we’ve been able to move it,” she said. “Once you get something going, then you keep trying to get it funded.” Even if the legislation is not successful, she said, the introduction of such initiatives sparks conversations about the role of art in public life. “I introduced a slightly different bill last congress [which prompted] signiﬁcant conversations about the arts and arts funding,” she said, adding Congress had increased public art funding from about $167 million a year to about $207 million since she’s been in the House.

DENVER — Investigators who entered a Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 abandoned bodies were found encountered stacks of partially covered human remains, bodily fluids several inches deep on the floor, and flies and maggots throughout the building, an FBI agent testified Thursday. Prosecutors also revealed text messages sent between the funeral home’s owners showing they were under growing financial pressures and worried they would be caught for mishandling the bodies. As the bodies accumulated, one of the co-owners even suggested getting rid of them by digging a big hole and treating them with lye or setting them on fire, according to the texts. Twenty-three of the bodies had death dates from 2019, and 61 were from 2020, FBI agent Andrew Cohen said. The remains included adults, infants and fetuses. They were being stored at room temperature in a neglected building in the small Rocky Mountain town of Penrose, he said. “It looked like something you’d like to forget but can’t,” Cohen said during a hearing for one of the funeral home’s co-owners. Police in November arrested funeral home owners Carie and Jon Hallford in Oklahoma after they say the married couple fled Colorado to avoid prosecution. The bodies were discovered in early October after neighbors noticed a putrid smell. The Penrose building had “makeshift” refrigeration units, but Cohen said those were not operating when the bodies

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A hearse and van outside the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, Colo., in October. Investigators who entered the funeral home encountered stacks of partially covered human remains, an FBI agent testiﬁed Thursday.

were found. Near the squat building was a post office and a few scattered homes, spaced out between dry grass and empty lots with parked semitrailers. The Hallfords are accused of abusing corpses, stealing, laundering money and forging documents over several years at the Return to Nature Funeral Home, which was based in Colorado Springs and stored remains in nearby Penrose. They are each charged with approximately 190 counts of abuse of a corpse, ﬁve counts of theft, four counts of money laundering

and over 50 counts of forgery. Carie Hallford’s attorney, Michael Stuzynski, did not immediately challenge the evidence from the scene that was presented by prosecutors, except to question cell phone data that prosecutors said placed Carie Hallford at the Penrose facility with her husband. The defense will have another chance to argue against the evidence during a hearing set for next week. Jon Hallford remained in custody at the El Paso County jail Thursday after

Bilingual education ‘renaissance’ remain hard to fill because they require special skills. A study by one that best serves their stuNew Mexico State University’s dent, said Daniel Pastrana, the Southwest Outreach Academic new executive director of Santa Research Evaluation and Policy Fe Public Schools’ Language and Center found explicitly bilingual Culture Department. positions represented about 5% “We want to really pitch this of New Mexico’s 751 teacher to the community as: ‘There vacancies in 2023. are many options. What works During Thursday’s meeting, best for your family and for your board members expressed child?’ ” he told the board. support for expanding access Long-term, the district should to bilingual education in local build toward varying bilingual schools. “I’m very excited for programs with bridges between the Santa Fe Public Schools to elementary, middle and high announce to the world that bilinschools, García said, including gual education is a priority,” said offering “strands” of dual-lanboard member Kate Noble. “I do guage programming at Milagro hope we pass this resolution and Middle School and Santa Fe that we make this an integral, and Capital high schools. integral part of our identity Under that system, students because it fits really well.” in a dual-language program at Sascha Anderson, who was Sweeney Elementary School, for voted into the role of board instance, could connect to future president Thursday night, said programs at Ortiz Middle School she hopes the district will incorand Capital High. porate Indigenous languages For expanded access to in public school programming bilingual programming, García where appropriate and approved said the district also needs to by tribes, nations and pueblos. hire more teachers certified in “There’s just so much richness Teaching English to Speakers of there, and I’m here learning Other Languages and enhanced ... my ancestral language as English development teachers. an adult, which is hard,” said Although Pastrana reported Anderson, who is an enrolled the district’s dual-language citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. “I know there might programs are now 99% staffed not be ... a critical mass now, but — with more people in the I think it would just be great as pipeline — bilingual positions Continued from Page A-7

SCHOOL BOARD OFFICER POSITIONS As is customary during the first meeting of a new calendar year, the Santa Fe school board elected board members to new offices Thursday. School board members will serve in the following roles: ◆ President: Sascha Anderson ◆ Vice President: Roman “Tiger” Abeyta ◆ Secretary: Carmen Gonzales

we move forward.” As Noble said Thursday night, Reimagining has reached its “action time,” after more than a year of data collection and investigation. Although García said the process remains “very organic” and open to new ideas, it is expected to produce policy recommendations throughout the next several months, tackling priorities including behavioral health and social-emotional learning, student recruitment and retention and staff recruitment and retention, among others. “Every little bit adds up to something meaningful,” Noble said. “Though this may not be a silver bullet to ﬁx education forever ... there are many good, strong initiatives coming out of this work.”

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brother took his own life. Family members said Murrer house just west of downtown. excelled at his studies and was “He was a big teddy bear,” selected for a prestigious Picksaid Robert “Lee” Murrer, Erick ering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Murrer’s uncle. “He was not a in 2018, when he was also an violent person.” honors student at Western ◆ National Suicide and Crisis Erick Murrer’s husband, Kentucky. Lifeline: Call or text 988 or chat at whom The Taos News is not His suicide has left the family 988Lifeline.org. naming because he was an with a mountain of questions, ◆ New Mexico Crisis and Access alleged victim of domestic but Lee Murrer said in an email Line: 855-662-7474 (855-NMCRIviolence, said he did not want he suspects “these are probably SIS). Murrer arrested when he called all questions that will remain 911 on Christmas Eve. Rather, he ◆ For detailed information about unanswered. The simple answer suicide prevention, visit spur.org. wanted to get Murrer support may be that Erick perceived that during a mental health crisis. ◆ The following local organizahis world had fallen apart with Instead, he said, Albuquerque tions offer crisis response serhis arrest.” police arrested Murrer and took vices, counseling, peer support Borah said she doesn’t blame and other suicide prevention him to jail, and a judge forbade anyone for Erick Murrer’s death. efforts for youth: him to talk to his husband. “But we have questions, and Murrer was estranged from ◆ The Sky Center/New Mexico we’d like answers.” Suicide Intervention Project, based his parents and much of his According to court records, at Ortiz Middle School; 505-473family, relatives said, indicating Murrer had never been arrested 6191, nmsip.org. the family became fractured before, and his husband said he around the time Murrer came ◆ Gerard’s House, 505-424-1800, “never had a traffic ticket.” gerardshouse.org out as gay and his younger The Albuquerque Police brother died by suicide. Still, he Department has not yet fulfilled maintained a close relationship “He was really looking fora Taos News request for a with a cousin in Casper, Wyo., ward to speaking Spanish more transcript or recordings of the whom the couple had visited in often” while on assignment in 911 call that led to Murrer’s Dec. mid-December. Costa Rica, Borah said. “One 24 arrest or other reports of the The cousin, Mariah Borah, thing I admired of him was his incident. said Murrer was a talented mul- ability to learn a new language. The Taos County Sheriff’s tilinguist who was born just days That was a major asset to his Office has not yet provided the before she was in 1995. The two foreign service career, and some- newspaper with 911 transcripts grew up together. thing I always failed epically at.” or reports from Murrer’s Dec. 27 “And one thing we both Attempts to contact Murrer’s death. shared was unconditional love parents were unsuccessful. Borah noted the condition of for each other,” Borah said. Other relatives painted a picMurrer’s release that prohibited “Through love, you can overture of a young man who strughim from contacting his huscome anything.” gled to find himself while grow- band. Murrer and his husband had ing up in an ultraconservative “He wasn’t even allowed to just established residency in Christian household. After he talk to the one person that was South Dakota and were planning began attending Western Kenwith him down there,” she said. to stay in Albuquerque only until tucky University, he came out as his mission commenced, she gay and shed the trappings of his This story first appeared in The said, adding everything appeared Christian upbringing. About the Taos News, a sister publication of same time, Murrer’s 13-year-old normal. The Santa Fe New Mexican. ◆ If you or someone you know is experiencing severe depression or has thoughts of suicide, call one of the following hotlines, staffed 24 hours a day, to get help:

his bond was lowered from $2 million to $100,000 during a hearing last week. His attorney, Adam Steigerwald, did not immediately return a telephone message seeking comment. Several families who hired Return to Nature to cremate their deceased relatives have told The Associated Press the FBI conﬁrmed their remains were among the decaying bodies. Jon Hallford was worried as far back as 2020 about getting caught, according to prosecutors. Texts included messages between the Hallfords about selling off assets to cover their expenses and worrying about “losing everything” if they were exposed. In a 2020 exchange, Jon Hallford messaged his wife they needed to begin “restoring the building in Penrose” and appeared to suggest various ways to get rid of the bodies, according to Kevin Clark, an investigator with the district attorney’s office. “Options: A, build a new machine ASAP. B, dig a big hole and use lye. Where? C, dig a small hole and build a large ﬁre. Where? D, I go to prison, which is probably going to happen,” the message said, according to Clark. It was not clear what the “new machine” referred to. In yet another text, from last year, Jon Hallford wrote about dealing with decaying bodies before he appears to give a dinner order. “I want to take a shower as soon as I get back because while I was making the transfer, I got people juice on me. Want the double cheeseburger, lettuce, wrapped with everything minus tomatoes, please,” the text said, according to Clark.

Woman killed in I-25 hit and run identified The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office has released the name of a woman who was killed in a recent hit-and-run crash on Interstate 25 near Eldorado. The woman was identiﬁed as 24-year-old Maeve Long, a Santa Fe resident and former student at Santa Fe Community College. Long was outside her vehicle on the side of the interstate Jan. 2 when she was struck by another

vehicle, a sheriff’s office spokeswoman said. The driver left the scene and has not been identiﬁed by deputies, she said, and the case remains under investigation. Some of Long’s friends and acquaintances have mourned her death on social media, sharing their memories of her from art classes and choirs. The New Mexican

FUNERAL SERVICES AND MEMORIALS JACK HOLTON

APRIL 6, 1948 - DECEMBER 10, 2023 Santa Fe - Jack Holton died peacefully in Santa Fe, NM, on December 10, 2023, due to complications from sepsis. Jack was born on April 6, 1948, in Medina, New York, to John H. Holton, Jr., and Margaret (Bissett) Holton. After a subsequent move to Pleasantville, NY (1953–1961), the family settled in Rumson, NJ, where Jack made many new friends, including Peter Johnson, with whom he made multiple trips to the west coast. These summer excursions to San Francisco foretold his future in California. Jack attended Yale University (‘70 Saybrook College). In the ensuing years, he and his stalwart Yalie friends gathered regularly to celebrate their enduring friendships. After graduation, Jack began his professional career at Citibank, traveling extensively through Europe and the Middle East. This experience sparked his lifelong love of travel and foreign cultures. In 1974, Jack earned an MBA degree from Stanford University. Post-graduation, he took a position at the prestigious international consulting firm McKinsey & Co., ultimately rising to the level of senior engagement manager. Jack left McKinsey to serve as CEO at emerging businesses. From 1976 to 2006, Jack lived in Orinda, CA, where he and his first wife, Nancy Dickmeyer, raised three children, Alex Holton, Ross Holton, and Catherine (Holton) McMahon. Jack took great pride in his children and three grandchildren, Johnny, Madelyn, and Connor. Jack met and married Christine Remy in San Francisco in 2013. They subsequently moved to Santa Fe, NM, where they enjoyed the unique landscape and culture, all the while continuing to travel extensively. Jack was a loving, supportive brother to his three sisters, Linda Holton (West Barnstable, MA), Betsy Holton Crowe (Beverly, MA), and Jan Holton (Brookline, MA). His devotion extended to his seven nieces and nephews and their nine children. Jack’s love of travel ultimately took him to more than fifty countries. He was known for his enjoyment of planning, facilitating, and hosting unique trips for, and with, the people he loved. Jack will be greatly missed. There will be a private ceremony with his close family to celebrate his life.

LELAN E. KEFFER

JUNE 17, 1949 - JANUARY 7, 2024 SANTA FE - On January 7th, 2024, Lelan passed away peacefully at home with his family in Santa Fe. Born in 1949 in Springfield, MO, he later traveled the country with the circus and then the world with the Navy. He moved to Santa Fe in 1979, where he has lived ever since. Lelan was a veteran, Mason, Shriner, husband, father, and so much more to many people. He was a founding member of the IATSE Local 480 Filmmakers Union, with 40 years in the film industry and more than 40 film and TV credits to his name. He is survived by his wife, Terry; his sons: Nathan and Ryan; his sister, Carol; his nieces and nephews: Todi, Angela, Amie, Jennifer, Ashley, and Garrett, as well as extended family and a host of friends. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Shriners Children’s Hospital or a disabled veterans charity. The celebration of Lelan’s life will be on Saturday, January 13th, from 2-4 p.m. at the CPJ/AFSCME Union Hall across from the Indian School. 1420 Cerrillos Rd., Santa Fe. Please park on Taos Street.

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ttorney General Raúl Torrez likely disappointed many Democrats when he decided five New Mexico Republicans broke no state laws by signing election certificates that falsely declared Donald Trump had won the 2020 presidential vote. The five may be fake electors, but in New Mexico, at least, they are not potential criminals. Many Democrats had been clamoring for the five GOP electors to be prosecuted. Their intent, after all, was to upend the legitimate results of the presidential election, won by President Joe Biden. Biden trounced the former president handily in New Mexico, winning the state with a margin of 11 percentage points. This race was not subject to recounts or legal challenges that might have changed the outcome. A false slate, even under a charitable lens, was unnecessary. But in truth, there were sinister undertones: It was part of a more elaborate plot to throw the results of the election into question so fake

slates of electors in seven states could throw the victory to Trump. In some of those states, electors are being indicted. Not in New Mexico. After months of review, Torrez found New Mexico’s state law apparently doesn’t make it a crime to submit a slate of electors claiming the actual winner lost. He does recommend the law be changed so that this sort of scheme can’t happen again. The idea behind having a contingent slate of electors declaring Trump the winner came from the ex-president’s advisers, one more way to keep him in power. In New Mexico, the electors specifically indicated their votes would go to Trump “on the understanding that it might be later determined that we are the duly elected and qualified electors.” That was also the case in Pennsylvania, where electors hedged their language. In other states, fake electors are facing criminal charges, including Georgia and Michigan. Santa Fe lawyer John Eastman also has been indicted in Georgia; he is

among those accused of working to help Trump remain in office despite losing the election. It is the concerted effort across the seven states, with fake slates of electors ready to weigh in, that remains cause for concern. This action wasn’t a rogue slate of electors or a single elector deviating from a state’s winning candidate because of conscience or to make a point. This was a conspiracy to reverse an election. Under our system of elections, state electors choose the president, with their votes generally reflecting the winner in their state. Had the certification of the 2020 presidential election been held up in Congress by Vice President Mike Pence — as Trump desired — the false slates of electors could have weighed in, potentially overturning the results. Torrez is correct to say New Mexico law should be expanded to prevent a potential repeat of this scheme. He recommends expanding the current prohibition against

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Historic Districts Board approves new O’Keeffe Museum despite staff objections, Jan. 9 Once again we see JenkinsGavin leading the push for projects that don’t meet city guidelines or codes. This company thinks nothing of destroying the character of Santa Fe and its neighborhoods in its unceasing quest for proﬁts.” Joan Conrow Downtown Santa Fe started changing when the First Interstate buildings were allowed and the Eldorado Hotel was not red tagged when it was obvious it wasn’t following the approved plans. Followed by Zocolo, the orange dentistry building, and the big zigzag home on Cordova and Galisteo. There has been a slow and degenerative allowance in design change, and we have sat back and allowed it.” Victoria Murphy

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THE PAST 100 YEARS From The Santa Fe New Mexican: Jan. 12, 1924: Following the attempt of representatives of the city council to collect a vocational tax from the artists and writers of Santa Fe, a number of artists and writers met Thursday noon in the studio of Joe Bakos and discussed the innovation. Jan. 12, 1949: Pay of chief clerks of the house and senate is slated to be $20 a day with rates for other employees ranging downward to $6 to $8 a day for doorkeepers. Jan. 12, 1999: The statue of Popé, the leader of the 1680 Pueblo Revolt against Spanish settlers in New Mexico, isn’t yet ready to take its place in the National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C. — and one Republican state senator wants to see that it doesn’t get there. Sen. Rod Adair, R-Roswell, said he’ll ask the Legislature to repeal designating a Popé statue to represent the state. Each state is allowed two figures, and New Mexico is one of a handful that has one — the late U.S. Sen. Dennis Chavez. Adair said Popé “is just not worthy” to represent the state in the collection.

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falsified election documents to include the certificates related to presidential electors. He also is calling for a new law that would make it a crime to falsely act as a presidential elector. Those are reasonable safeguards to secure our elections. In 2020, the GOP claimed a false slate was necessary due to court challenges that could have flipped the state presidential results in New Mexico. It was an absurd notion then and remains so. There was no need for a false slate of electors. New Mexico’s election was fairly run. The results were accurate and verifiable, the beauty of using paper ballots that can be checked and rechecked. The lawsuits filed in New Mexico and across the country were designed to sow confusion and spread the lie that Trump lost the election because of fraud. They lacked legal merit, as Trump’s overwhelming defeat in courts across the country showed. Setting up a slate of electors to overturn the will of voters was wrong. Now it should become illegal.

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applaud the Historic Districts Review Board for postponing the hearing regarding the demolition of properties on South Capitol Street and Don Gaspar Avenue (“O’Keeffe Museum project gets OK,” Jan 10). In addition to destroying historic properties, the very large executive office building across the street from the Roundhouse will have a negative effect on the Don Gaspar historic neighborhood. The proposed construction of a 700-car garage suggests hundreds of cars would be driving on Galisteo Street and Don Gaspar Avenue (both are one-way, one-lane roads) in addition to Old Santa Fe Trail. The traffic would pose hazards to parents driving and walking their children to Wood Gormley Elementary School. The New Mexico General Services Department and the department’s representative have not done homework or reached out to the people whose neighborhoods would be changed because of this proposed project. Kathleen Parks-Yoast

Santa Fe

Disappointing Why is our media disappointing us so much? President Joe Biden’s emotional, fact-ﬁlled campaign kickoff speech (“Biden warns against Trump reelection in Valley Forge speech,” Jan. 6) laying out the dangers facing our democracy is placed at the bottom of page one, while an article about former President Donald Trump and the Supreme Court dominates the page at the top (“High court to decide Trump eligibility for Colo.’s ballot,” Jan. 6). Biden ﬁnally launches his campaign, but Trump’s criminal activities and obscene rhetoric continues to suck up all the oxygen. We will rue the day that we did not do more to counter, at least in our reporting, what is happening in our nation and world during our lifetimes. Don Clark

Santa Fe

via rate increases. Casaus also fails to cite the magnitude of PNM’s dollars spent on lobbying and PR regarding the San Juan plant and the proposed Avangrid merger. He fails to clearly note that, once again, PNM management and shareholders would significantly benefit from the Avangrid merger, while consumers would again bear the burden for mismanagement. Nor did he provide the significantly bad history of Avangrid at its other U.S. installations. John Chavez

Santa Fe

Sunshine required Sen. Jerry Ortiz y Pino is partially correct in his lamentation of the 19-year backside from federal oversight and an “almost death spiral” of the Children, Youth and Families Department (“CYFD needs to be separated from governor’s Cabinet,” My View, Jan 7). What is missing from the senator’s political assessment is what part the entire child welfare system has played into beleaguering CYFD. The senator and his colleagues need to remember that there is more to the state’s intervention into a child’s welfare than just CYFD. From the moment someone reports the abuse or neglect of a child, many governmental agencies and individuals outside of CYFD are equally responsible for the outcome in that child’s life. While CYFD is a convenient scapegoat, there is no, and never will be, true understanding of New Mexico’s child welfare system because it is allowed to operate completely in the shadows. What would be truly revolutionary is a measure to remove the sequestration of these cases. Sunshine is thought to be the best disinfectant, and removing the child welfare system from the pall of secrecy would be a logical ﬁrst step in truly advocating for what is in the best interest of New Mexico’s most vulnerable. I strongly urge the Legislature not to feed more political hay to the scapegoat CYFD and open the system for all to understand.

Self-inflicted I often disagree with Editor Phill Casaus when he opines about matters of substance and relevance. His column (“The Avangrid misadventure: A near miss or missed opportunity?” Jan. 7) predictably laments the exit of the Avangrid/Iberdrola bailout of the huge debt incurred by PNM. That debt was a result of PNM management’s own poor decisions and actions — most notably the continuation of the PNM San Juan coal-fueled plant in 2006. Aggravating that gigantic ﬁnancial faux pas was PNM’s putting that burden on the backs of PNM customers

Editorial page editor: Inez Russell Gomez, 505-986-3053, igomez@sfnewmexican.com, Twitter @inezrussell

Marron Lee

Santa Fe

Truly dangerous It’s kind of hilarious how some of the same people who are strenuously banning books are those who are strenuously refusing to ban assault weapons. You have to wonder which harms children more — bullets or books? Rosemary Zibart

Santa Fe

Who will pay to save the Amazon?

t’s hard to ignore the devastation of the Amazon. Images of wildfires burning through the rainforest four years ago felt like an omen of impending planetary doom. Last year’s intense drought, which turned once-powerful rivers into scabs etched into the dirt, has raised the specter of one of Earth’s great carbon sinks devolving from lush forest into savannah. It will take a lot of investment to turn the trend around. As Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, noted before the United Nations climate summit in Dubai began in November, “There needs to be a volume of resources that perhaps, until today, has never been proposed.” Timothy Searchinger, a Princeton scholar and expert on forests at the World Resources Institute, pointed out land use change worldwide, including deforestation, adds up to 5 billion tons of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere annually. Brazil alone emits over 600 million tons of carbon dioxide annually from the exploitation of its forests. Even at a fairly conservative cost of $10 per ton — to compensate Brazil’s farmers to keep the rainforest standing, to restore degraded land, to monitor the forests and develop new models of sustainable farming — would cost $6 billion a year. Only about $1.7 billion has been channeled to pay for preventing the deforestation and degradation of the Amazon, mostly from Norway via the Amazon Fund set up by the Brazilian government in 2008. That provided compensation for some 300 million tons of carbon dioxide that was kept out of the atmosphere — less than 5% of the 6.4 billion tons of avoided emissions between 2005 and 2012, a period during which Brazil managed to cut deforestation in the Amazon by roughly 80%. More funds need to be mobilized. And they won’t come from Greta Thunberg’s friends or enlightened governments like Norway’s (which, uncomfortably, pays for its environmental altruism with taxes on its vast oil sector). To get funding at the necessary scale will require contributions from corporations — including even oil companies — that understand rainforest preservation is a cost-effective means of fighting climate change. To get that capital into the forest, though, requires overcoming two powerful forces: the political right’s opposition to corporations that devote attention or money to societal challenges like climate change, and, perhaps more importantly, the hostility from the political left — and much of the environmental movement — toward the use of the tools of capitalism to solve problems. Undaunted, state governments across Brazil’s Amazon region are working hard to woo private money. By next summer, the state of Tocantins is set to issue a first batch of carbon credits under a U.N. verification program known as jurisdictional Redd+. These credits will be bought by Swiss oil-trading firm Mercuria. Dan Nepstad, a tropical ecologist specializing in the Amazon and who runs the Earth Innovation Institute, pointed out a number of states in the Amazon are in line behind Tocantins. Pará should have credits to sell in early 2025, followed by Mato Grosso and Acre, then Amazonas and Mato Grosso do Sul. “There is a tsunami of credits coming online,” he said. But even as state governments across Brazil scramble to set up the infrastructure to monitor and police the exploitation of the forest, a big question mark looms over the compensation mechanism. Nepstad: “Whether there will be buyers.” Environmentalists may argue the Amazon could be saved without corporate cash infusions. Indeed, during Lula’s first stint in office, from 2003 to 2010, Brazil successfully curbed deforestation with next to no foreign money — mostly via new regulations and penalties. But political will is hard to sustain in the absence of rewards. As soon as the Brazilian economy slowed, deforestation bounced back. From 2012 to 2021 it nearly tripled, getting back to rates not seen since 2006. Making sustained progress will require dealing with an unyielding reality: Deforestation produces cheap pasture. If the world is to prevent the wholesale destruction of its rainforests, it will have to compensate farmers. Doing so will cost much more than any one state has at hand. This commentary originally appeared in The Washington Post. SANTAFENEWMEXICAN.COM

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ALMANAC

Midnight through 6 p.m. Thursday

Santa Fe Area .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trace ..... .Month . . . . . to . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.56" .... . . . . .to Year . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.56" ....

AREA RAINFALL

Albuquerque Area .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00" .... . . . . . . to Month . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.29" ....

Tonight

Today

Sunny.

POLLEN COUNTS Santa Fe .Severity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3, . . . .Low ... .Allergens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Juniper ...... Albuquerque .Severity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3, . . . .Low ... Allergens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Juniper ...... Source: https://pollen.com

TODAY'S UV INDEX + 10 8 6 4 2 0

Extreme Very High High Moderate Low

The UV index forecasts the ultraviolet radiation coming from the sun. The higher the number the more risk of sun damage to your skin.

36 / 21

Humidity (Noon)

Partly Cloudy.

Wednesday

Sunny.

33 / 8

Sunny.

30 / 17

Humidity (Noon)

Thursday

Partly Cloudy.

38 / 23

Humidity (Noon)

City

40 / 24

Humidity (Noon)

70%

49%

69%

68%

57%

48%

53%

Wind: W 15 mph

Wind: WNW 15 mph

Wind: SW 15 mph

Wind: W 15 mph

Wind: NW 15 mph

NEW MEXICO WEATHER

NATIONAL WEATHER

Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows. Taos 23 / 10

Farmington 29 / 14

Pecos 27 / 16 Albuquerque 40 / 22

Las Vegas 53/33

Denver 34/-1

L New Orleans 71/38

Mérida 97/71

Guadalajara 80/49

10s

20s

30s

40s

50s

60s

Carlsbad 55 / 31

70s

Rain

70° in Jal 7° in Sanostee

90s

100s

110s

Thunderstorms

Snow

Ice

Jet Stream

Warm

Cold

Stationary

The Northeast will see mostly cloudy skies with isolated rain and snow, highest temperature of 56 in Salisbury, Md. The Southeast will experience cloudy skies with scattered showers and thunderstorms, highest temperature of 83 in Coral Springs, Fla. In the Northwest there will be mostly cloudy skies with isolated rain and scattered snow, highest temperature of 52 in Brookings, Ore. The Southwest will see mostly cloudy skies with isolated snow, highest temperature of 63 in Santa Ana, Calif.

WEATHER HISTORY

NEW MEXICO CITIES

Yesterday Today Tomorrow Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W City

Alamogordo 55/39 s 45/28 s 54/35 s Albuquerque 43/27 mc 40/22 s 47/27 s Angel Fire 24/17 sn 17/6 sn 26/11 pc Artesia 59/43 s 54/27 s 60/25 s Carlsbad 65/48 s 55/31 s 63/25 s Chama 32/11 sn 20/5 mc 28/11 mc Cimarron 24/17 sn 29/20 s 36/18 s Clayton 43/19 mc 35/5 s 15/-2 pc Cloudcroft 55/39 s 25/18 s 35/23 s Clovis 55/23 s 45/27 s 47/12 s Crownpoint 28/12 sn 31/21 s 37/24 pc Deming 54/28 pc 47/24 s 56/29 s 31/23 sn 31/14 s 39/19 s Espan~ ola Farmington 30/9 sn 29/14 pc 35/23 mc Fort Sumner 56/30 pc 46/26 s 51/18 s Gallup 30/16 sn 33/12 s 39/21 pc Grants 33/20 sn 34/17 s 42/22 pc Hobbs 63/30 s 50/30 s 59/17 s Las Cruces 55/33 s 51/28 s 59/35 s

Las Vegas Lordsburg Los Alamos Los Lunas Portales Raton Red River Rio Rancho Roswell Ruidoso Santa Rosa Silver City Socorro T or C Taos Tucumcari Univ. Park White Rock Zuni

Yesterday Today Tomorrow Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W 32/19 mc 33/22 s 34/24 pc 45/21 s 31/23 sn 26/16 s 45/27 s 42/19 s 55/23 s 46/25 s 38/10 pc 30/14 s 24/17 sn 17/8 sn 39/18 cl 36/21 s 63/33 s 53/27 s 39/27 pc 37/25 sn 45/30 sn 41/26 s 45/29 mc 37/23 s 52/32 pc 47/26 s 50/34 pc 50/26 s 27/14 sn 23/10 pc 56/20 s 43/24 s 55/33 s 50/28 s 31/23 sn 29/15 s 31/18 sn 33/14 s

40/18 s 52/27 s 35/20 s 49/27 s 52/13 s 31/9 s 26/13 pc 43/24 s 60/25 s 47/28 s 45/16 s 46/29 s 54/29 s 59/32 s 32/16 pc 38/10 s 59/35 s 37/20 s 41/22 pc

Jan. 12, 1985 - A record snowstorm struck portions of western and south central Texas. The palm trees of San Antonio were blanketed with up to 13 and a half inches of snow, more snow than was ever previously received in an entire winter.

NATIONAL EXTREMES THURSDAY High

88° in Faith Ranch, Texas

NIGHT SKY

Low

-23° in Polebridge, Mont.

Sunrise Today Saturday Sunday

Mercury 7:13 a.m. 7:13 a.m. 7:13 a.m.

Rise Set

5:34 a.m. 3:26 p.m.

5:10 p.m. 5:11 p.m. 5:12 p.m.

Rise Set

Mars

4:42 a.m. 2:39 p.m.

Rise Set

6:14 a.m. 3:52 p.m.

8:34 a.m. 9:14 a.m. 9:48 a.m.

Rise Set

12:13 p.m. --

6:42 p.m. 7:58 p.m. 9:11 p.m.

Rise Set

Uranus

9:34 a.m. 8:32 p.m.

Rise Set

12:49 p.m. --

Sunset Today Saturday Sunday Today Saturday Sunday

WIND TRACKER

Moonset Today Saturday Sunday

8 p.m.

2 a.m. Sat.

First Q. Jan. 17

Full Jan. 25

Venus

Jupiter

Moonrise

Weather (w): cl-cloudy, fg-fog, hz-haze, mc-mostly cloudy, pc-partly cloudy, r-rain, rs-rain & snow, s-sunny, sh-showers, sn-snow, ss-snow showers, t-thunderstorms

2 p.m.

80s

Fronts:

STATE EXTREMES THURSDAY

8 a.m. Fri.

Cancún 84/77

Mexico City 76/57

-0s

Miami 81/73

Monterrey 70/64

Hobbs 50 / 30

High Low

Atlanta 60/31

Dallas 47/33

Hermosillo 68/45 La Paz 69/63

Alamogordo 45 / 28

Washington D.C. 50/43

St. Louis 48/17

New York 46/43

Detroit 40/27

Chicago 35/22

Omaha 10/-3

Albuquerque 40/22 Phoenix 55/35

Roswell 53 / 27

Las Cruces 51 / 28

City

Los Angeles 61/44

Clovis 45 / 27

Ruidoso 37 / 25 Truth or Consequences 50 / 26

San Francisco 56/47

Las Vegas 33 / 22

Boise 32/11

45/37

Minneapolis 21/8

Billings -5/-22

Santa Fe 27 / 16

Gallup G 3 / 12 33

H Boston

Seattle 23/14

Clayton 35 / 5

Los Alamos 26 / 16

Sillver City 37 / 23

Raton 30 / 14

~ ola Espan 31 / 14

AIR QUALITY INDEX

Source: www.airnow.gov

35 / 20

Humidity (Noon)

Tuesday

55%

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0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very Unhealthy, 301-500, Hazardous

Few Snow Showers.

Monday

Wind: WNW 20 mph

WATER STATISTICS

.Thursday's . . . . . . . . . rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 .. . . . . . . . Forecast Today's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 ..

Sunday

Mostly Sunny.

Humidity (Mid.)

Los Alamos Area .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trace ..... . . . . . . to Month . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.62" ....

The following water statistics of January 10th are provided by the City Water Division (in millions of gallons). Total water produced from: Canyon Water Treatment Plant: 3.977 Buckman Water Treatment Plant: 1.584 City Wells: 0.439 Buckman Wells: 0.0 Total production: 6.0 Total consumption: 6.498 Santa Fe reservoir inflow: 0.73 Reservoir storage: 247.27 Estimated reservoir capacity: 19.35%

Saturday

Clear.

Humidity (Noon)

Las Vegas Area .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00" .... . . . . . . to Month . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.36" ....

Taos Area .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.08" .... . . . . . . to Month . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.59" ....

NATIONAL CITIES

7 DAY FORECAST FOR SANTA FE

Santa Fe Airport Temperatures .High/low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35°/27° ...... Normal . . . . . . . high/low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44°/18° ...... . . . . . . .high Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62° . . . in . . 1956 .... . . . . . . .low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6° . . in . . 1944 .... Record Santa Fe Airport Precipitation .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00" .... .Month . . . . . to . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.15" .... . . . . . . . month Normal . . . . . .to . . date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.16" .... Year . . . . .to . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.15" .... Normal . . . . . . . year . . . . to . . date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.16" .... .Last . . . year . . . . .to. .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.20" ....

THE WEATHER

Friday, January 12, 2024

Saturn

Last Q. Feb. 2

New Feb. 9

Anchorage Atlanta Baltimore Bangor Billings Bismarck Boise Boston Charleston,SC Charlotte Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas Denver Des Moines Detroit Fairbanks Flagstaff Helena Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Louisville Memphis Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis New Orleans New York City Oklahoma City Omaha Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland,OR Richmond Salt Lake City San Antonio San Diego San Francisco Seattle Sioux Falls St. Louis Tampa Trenton Tulsa Washington,DC

Yesterday Today Tomorrow Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W 21/15 mc 24/17 cl 25/22 cl 63/28 s 60/31 sh 46/30 s 54/40 s 51/46 mc 55/32 pc 41/35 mc 33/20 s 48/27 rs 4/0 mc -5/-22 sn -9/-23 s 2/-4 mc -2/-13 sn -9/-19 sn 36/21 cl 32/11 sn 25/12 sn 45/39 mc 45/37 s 57/30 ra 59/37 mc 67/47 sh 56/35 pc 59/30 s 59/37 sh 50/31 s 36/28 cl 35/22 sn 23/1 ss 50/30 mc 49/24 sh 33/12 sn 40/35 cl 46/28 ra 33/14 ss 71/38 s 47/33 s 54/17 pc 32/10 mc 34/-1 pc 7/-7 sn 27/18 mc 20/1 sn 4/-12 mc 39/33 cl 40/27 ra 31/12 ss 2/-11 s -15/-22 pc -14/-18 pc 27/18 sn 36/13 s 42/19 pc 7/-13 sn -17/-32 sn -14/-19 pc 80/64 mc 76/65 sh 78/73 pc 78/48 mc 56/36 s 61/40 s 43/33 mc 46/21 ra 26/6 ss 36/22 pc 21/3 sn 7/-7 mc 49/36 s 53/33 pc 54/37 pc 64/48 s 61/44 pc 62/47 mc 54/32 s 53/26 sh 32/12 mc 66/34 s 58/25 sh 42/18 s 70/63 ra 81/73 mc 82/66 mc 35/30 sn 34/22 sn 24/2 sn 27/11 mc 21/8 sn 9/-6 sn 70/51 mc 71/38 sh 53/40 s 46/41 pc 46/43 pc 54/32 sh 64/26 s 39/15 s 24/6 s 23/8 mc 10/-3 sn 0/-15 mc 65/45 mc 78/59 sh 64/50 sh 49/39 s 46/42 mc 52/32 ra 58/39 pc 55/35 s 60/40 s 45/32 mc 47/29 mc 35/21 ss 46/39 ra 37/13 sn 18/14 sn 57/28 s 55/46 mc 56/45 ra 30/20 sn 34/25 sn 36/29 sn 80/35 s 59/36 s 65/34 s 64/54 pc 62/46 pc 63/50 mc 54/42 s 56/47 mc 57/48 ra 45/33 cl 23/14 mc 25/18 mc 17/0 mc 6/-6 sn -3/-18 sn 52/30 pc 48/17 ra 21/3 mc 68/52 mc 78/59 t 66/50 cl 46/39 s 47/41 pc 54/30 ra 60/25 s 32/15 pc 23/6 s 52/33 s 50/43 mc 51/31 s

WORLD CITIES City Amsterdam Athens Baghdad Beijing Berlin Bermuda Bogota Cairo Copenhagen Dublin Frankfurt Guatemala City Istanbul Jerusalem Johannesburg Lima London Madrid Mexico City Moscow Nassau New Delhi Oslo Paris Rio Rome Seoul Stockholm Sydney Tel Aviv Tokyo Toronto Vienna

Yesterday Today Tomorrow Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W 38/25 pc 51/40 pc 68/50 mc 50/16 s 33/21 mc 69/66 ra 71/46 ra 65/54 ra 36/30 mc 46/44 ra 35/23 s 80/54 pc 41/38 mc 51/47 ra 81/60 ra 79/71 s 41/31 pc 46/36 ra 78/48 mc 32/14 sn 81/70 ra 70/44 s 45/18 cl 37/28 s 92/75 ra 55/45 ra 38/23 mc 39/25 rs 84/71 ra 64/55 ra 46/39 mc 35/31 sn 32/20 s

41/34 cl 44/40 cl 47/44 ra 47/40 ra 66/46 pc 69/58 cl 39/17 s 34/29 pc 33/31 mc 36/33 sn 66/64 ra 67/65 ra 69/49 ra 67/48 ra 66/53 s 69/54 s 34/25 s 39/31 ra 44/38 mc 42/32 pc 34/29 mc 37/31 pc 79/55 s 78/54 s 41/36 ra 39/36 mc 49/46 ra 54/46 pc 80/63 ra 81/64 ra 76/71 ra 78/70 mc 44/41 cl 42/34 s 46/34 s 49/39 cl 76/57 mc 75/57 mc 13/2 sn -2/-20 s 76/74 ra 77/75 pc 70/43 mc 71/57 cl 32/7 mc 27/15 sn 40/31 mc 38/31 s 85/77 ra 78/76 ra 53/39 s 52/38 s 35/24 s 35/30 s 36/30 sn 32/26 sn 82/70 ra 80/68 s 62/57 ra 64/59 ra 52/38 s 49/43 pc 33/28 mc 37/27 rs 33/28 sn 35/29 s

Scientists report discovery of oldest fossilized skin By Sabrina Malhi

The Washington Post

A tiny fragment of bumpy fossil found in a cave in Oklahoma is now the oldest known piece of preserved skin, paleontologists reported Thursday in the journal Current Biology. The discovery allows scientists to better understand how the ancestors of many of today’s terrestrial animals adapted to life on land, and it may ultimately shed light on the later development of feathers and hair. The ancient skin sample, no bigger than a human ﬁngernail, dates back about 289 million years to the early days of the Permian period, when Earth’s continents were joined into a single supercontinent surrounded by a global ocean. The landmass supported a diverse group of ancient plants, reptiles, primitive amphibians and various insects. The generally warm and dry climate during the Permian played a signiﬁcant role in helping early reptiles make the

transition from semiaquatic to fully land-based lifestyles. The emergence of important reptile groups eventually led to the evolution and further separation of mammals and reptiles — though the Permian ended in a mass extinction that wiped out about 90% of the planet’s species. Studying fossils from the Permian period provides scientists with valuable insights into the ancestral animals that ultimately evolved into the life forms we know today. Although the scientists can’t be sure what species the fossilized skin comes from, its microscopic structures show it was part of a group called the amniotes, which includes mammals, reptiles and birds. The patterning is similar to crocodile skin, indicating this type of skin may have been found in early reptiles and their relatives. “Preservation of soft tissue is very rare, and this fossil ﬁnd really shows us the ﬁrst major innovation in the structure of the largest organ of the body, which

MICHAEL DEBRAGA VIA THE WASHINGTON POST

An illustration of an extinct species of reptile that lived during the Permian, the period to which the fossilized skin dates.

is the skin,” said study co-author Robert Reisz, a paleontologist from the University of Toronto at Mississauga. An amateur collector found the skin fossil while working at the Richards Spur limestone cave system, a known fossil site north of Lawton, Okla. The collector donated it to the researchers in 2018. The tissue was sent to Reisz and his team and was examined by Ethan Mooney, a paleontology graduate student at the University of Toronto. Skin and soft tissue fossilization is extremely rare, but the authors believe the conditions in the clay-rich cave into which oil had seeped provided an optimal environment for preservation. That’s because hydrocarbons can inhibit decomposition, effectively sealing off soft tissues from oxygen and microbial activity and contributing to its long-term preservation. Because the fossilized skin was so delicate, the researchers embedded the sample in epoxy and cut it with a ﬁne-tipped diamond saw so they could examine it under the microscope. From their examination, they were also able to discern the fossil had similar anatomical features to the extinct species Captorhinus aguti, which lived during the Permian and belonged to an early group of reptiles. The research suggests the species had ﬂexible, tough bands of skin or epidermal tissue that may have served protective, movement or structural functions. Paul E. Olsen, a paleontologist and professor of earth and environmental sciences at Columbia University who was not involved

CURRENT BIOLOGY VIA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The fossilized skin was so delicate researchers had to embed the sample in epoxy and cut it with a ﬁne-tipped diamond saw to examine it under a microscope.

in the research, said one of the biggest takeaways from the ﬁnding is it addresses some of the mysteries surrounding the transition of the common ancestor to mammals and reptiles. Those two branches of life split sometime during the Paleozoic Era, which includes the Permian. “It’s a wonderful discovery

because it prompts more discoveries in the same place … and we may eventually learn what type of skin reptiles had,” Olsen said. Discoveries in the Permian period provide crucial information about the evolutionary history of life on Earth, the dynamics of ancient ecosystems and the environmental changes

during this pivotal time in Earth’s history. “A lot of people don’t think about what comes before the dinosaurs,” Mooney said, “and in our study, we are able to look back into what some of these ancestors to many of the major groups of [animals] that we know and love today may have looked like.”

Second avalanche hits Calif. slopes near site where skier died day before By Scott Sonner and Christopher Weber The Associated Press

RENO, Nev. — An avalanche was reported Thursday at a California resort near Lake Tahoe, one day after a major avalanche roared down an adjoining mountain, trapping several people and

killing a 66-year-old man. The second avalanche occurred around 12:30 p.m. Thursday near the Wolverine Bowl section of Alpine Meadows, said resort spokesperson Patrick Lacey. No employees or guests were injured, though the ski patrol searched the area with probes, beacons and a dog

team to be sure, he said. Wednesday’s death at the mountain Palisades Tahoe was the ﬁrst U.S. avalanche fatality of the season, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. Such deaths are far more likely to occur on unmaintained, back-country slopes rather than resort trails.

After closing down every lift and trail in the aftermath of Wednesday’s avalanche, Palisades reopened many runs Thursday. But its iconic KT-22 lift, which serves the area of mostly expert runs where the slide occurred, remained closed while crews worked to clear a road to enable snowcats and snowmo-

biles to enter and clean up. The resort said it would be a “rigorous snow safety day.” About half the lifts at Alpine Meadows were open, but the gondola connecting it to Palisades remained closed. Lifts serving Wolverine Bowl were reopened after Thursday’s snowslide.

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NFL

Belichick resigns after 24 seasons, 6 titles

Coach, Patriots end ‘partnership’ after he created the most decorated dynasty in Super Bowl era By Kyle Hightower and Jimmy Golen The Associated Press

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Bill Belichick had a vision of building the kind of sustained championship football team that had rarely been seen before in the NFL when he was hired by the New England Patriots. He walks away feeling like it was a job well done. The six-time NFL champion agreed to depart as the coach of the Patriots, ending his 24-year tenure as the architect of the most decorated

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New England Patriots team owner Robert Kraft, left, and former Patriots head coach Bill Belichick embrace Thursday during a news conference in Foxborough, Mass., to announce Belichick, a six-time NFL champion, has agreed to part ways with the team.

u A timeline of Bill Belichick’s coaching career. PAGE B-4

dynasty of the league’s Super Bowl era. “It’s with so many fond memories and thoughts that I think about the Patriots,” Belichick said on Thursday in a media availability with owner Robert Kraft. “I’ll always be a Patriot. I look forward to coming back here. But at this time, we’re going to move on. And I look forward, excited for the future.” Neither Belichick nor Kraft took questions, though Kraft said during an availability later in the day

that the team missing the playoffs in three of the past four seasons factored into wanting to sever their relationship. “What’s gone on here the last three to four years isn’t what we want. So we have a responsibility to do what we can to ﬁx it to the best of our ability,” Kraft said. Speaking to reporters from the podium where he had given so many terse, non-responsive postgame

STEVEN SENNE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Please see story on Page B-4

BOYS BA SKE TBALL

Resurgent Trojans

PREP FO O TBALL

Mesa Vista boys, once a force in 2A, showing signs of promise

Capital coordinator named new head coach By James Barron

jbarron@sfnewmexican.com

PHOTOS BY JIM WEBER/THE NEW MEXICAN

Mesa Vista guard Andres Valdez, right, tries to steal the ball from Albuquerque Sandia Prep forward Garrett Sandoval during Thursday’s ﬁrst-round game of Santa Fe Indian School’s Braves Invitational. The Trojans won 58-50.

By James Barron jbarron@sfnewmexican.com

homas Vigil loves gym rats because he’s an unabashed one himself. The head boys basketball coach at Mesa Vista feels like he’s in basketball heaven this year because he has a team of Trojans who just won’t leave the gym. Even Vigil has his limits. “There are sometimes where, as coaches, you have players who don’t show up, and you have to drag them into the gym,” Vigil. “I have a literal group of gym rats. If I don’t kick them out of the gym,

they’ll be there all night. “We’ll go back to the school right now, and there will be someone who’s gonna sneak a ball and try to go shoot. I’m like, ‘Bro, it’s snowing and you gotta go home.’ ” But when the gym is your second home and you’ve just enjoyed your fourth straight win, who wants to leave? Mesa Vista, once one of the top basketball programs in Class 2A, is enjoying a resurgence that eerily mirrors its girls counterparts. With a squad that relies heavily on underclassmen, the Trojans are Please see story on Page B-3

Mesa Vista coach Thomas Vigil and some of his players react after a ball is tipped out of bounds by Albuquerque Sandia Prep.

John Michael Salazar’s dream was to become the head football coach at Capital. That was accomplished Thursday afternoon as the 1995 graduate of the school was named the Jaguars’ new head coach. Salazar spent the past three seasons as the offensive coordinator/ associate head coach under Joaquin Garcia, who resigned in December. Salazar said his desire was to guide the program at his alma mater, for which he played as a defensive back/ wideout from 1992-94 and was a part of teams that won district titles in 1993 and 1994. Now, he wants to return the Jaguars to that lofty status as a district and state contender in Class 5A. “I had a great experience when I was attending the school,” Salazar said. “We won district championships and had a nice little culture of winning. It was something I always wanted to bring back here, at least consistently.” Santa Fe Superintendent Hilario “Larry” Chavez said in a news release he had confidence Salazar is the right fit to take on the program, which will move from Class 6A to 5A in the fall. “Coach Salazar’s extensive leadership experience in the community, integrated with his passion for football and dedication to promoting personal and academic growth, makes him the perfect candidate for head football coach of Capital High School,” Chavez said. “He is committed to mentoring all student athletes both on and off the field.” During Salazar’s recent stint as the offensive coordinator, Capital came within a hair of qualifying for the playoffs in 2021 and 2022, then struggled through a 1-9 season last year in which Capital lost seven games by eight points or less. He also spent four years as an assistant under Bill Moon in the 2010s and was a part of a pair of district championship teams. Salazar said one thing he was especially proud of last season was that the team didn’t quit despite the mounting, demoralizing losses after a season-opening win at Grants. “A lot of them could have lost heart and given up on the season, but they didn’t,” Salazar said. Garcia said Salazar is a good fit for the program because of his passion not just for Capital football, but for the players, Please see story on Page B-3

COLLEG E FO O TBALL

Alabama begins hunt to replace a legend Whoever takes over Crimson Tide from retiring Saban will face sky-high expectations By John Zenor

The Associated Press

ick Saban accomplished the unimaginable in actually raising the bar for Alabama football, where Paul “Bear” Bryant had long been the measuring stick. Whoever replaces the retiring coach will inherit all the makings for national championship contention and the sky-high expectations that come with them. The stockpile of talent, barring a transfer portal exodus.

Facilities that have had millions in upgrades. And the culture that led to six national championships and nine SEC crowns over a 17-year run. The Crimson Tide can only hope for a more successful transition than the last time the school had to replace an iconic coach. It took Alabama more than two decades to ﬁnd a comparable successor to Bryant after his retirement following the 1982 season. And that was Saban, who arrived with experience that

included winning a national title at SEC foe LSU. “The secret sauce for Nick Saban was total control of the program, but he could get that,” ESPN’s Paul Finebaum said Thursday. “He had already won a championship. He was coveted. He came in there and essentially said, ‘Everybody stay out of the way.’ “I don’t know who the next coach will be but there’s nobody who can do that. There won’t be anybody with the kind of stature that Saban had in 2007. So the new coach is already challenged, without even knowing who it is, because he won’t have the gravi-

Sports editor: Will Webber, wwebber@sfnewmexican.com Design and headlines: Eric J. Hedlund, ehedlund@sfnewmexican.com

tas that Nick Saban has.” Saban announced his retirement Wednesday, leaving the Alabama program while it still appears formidable enough to regularly contend for Southeastern Conference and national championships. Saban said he settled on retirement after returning from a trip last weekend to his Florida home. “The last few days have been hard,” Saban told ESPN. “But look, it’s kind of like I told the players. I was going to go in there and ask them to get 100% committed to coming back and trying to win a championship, Please see story on Page B-3

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Alabama coach Nick Saban and offensive lineman Alex Leatherwood hold the trophy after their win against Ohio State in the College Football Playoff championship in January 2021 in Miami Gardens, Fla. Saban announced his retirement Wednesday. SANTAFENEWMEXICAN.COM

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THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN

SCOREBOARD

Friday, January 12, 2024

TODAY ON TV

ON THE SLOPES

Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts. All times local. COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 4:30 p.m. FS1 — Minnesota at Indiana 5 p.m. CBSSN — Buffalo at Akron ESPN2 — Dayton at Duquesne ESPNU — Rice at South Florida 6:30 p.m. FS1 — DePaul at Villanova 7 p.m. ESPN2 — Wright St. at Youngstown St. 7:30 p.m. BTN — Nebraska at Iowa 8:30 p.m. FS1 — Boise St. at Nevada COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) 6 p.m. PAC-12N — Stanford at Utah 8 p.m. PAC-12N — Arizona at Oregon St.

Sony Open In Hawaii, Second Round, Wai’alae Country Club, Honolulu 12:30 a.m. Saturday GOLF — DP World Tour: The Dubai Invitational, Third Round, Dubai Creek Resort, Dubai, United Arab Emirates HORSE RACING 12:30 p.m. FS2 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races LACROSSE (MEN’S) 8 p.m. ESPNU — NLL: San Diego at Las Vegas NBA 5:40 a.m. ESPN — Sacramento at Philadelphia 8:05 p.m. ESPN — New Orleans at Denver

COLLEGE GYMNASTICS (WOMEN’S) 5 p.m. SECN — Missouri at Alabama 6:30 p.m. SECN — Kentucky at Auburn 7 p.m. ACCN — Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad: From West Valley City, Utah COLLEGE HOCKEY (MEN’S) 7 p.m. CBSSN — St. Cloud St. at Denver COLLEGE WRESTLING 5:30 p.m. BTN — Iowa at Nebraska

NHL 6 p.m. NHLN — Nashville at Dallas

PREP SCHEDULE

SAILING 4 a.m. Saturday CBSSN — Sail GP: Event 7, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Subject to change. Check with schools regarding tickets and game times and dates. Send changes to sports@sfnewmexican.com.

SOCCER (MEN’S) 12:25 p.m. ESPN2 — Hoffenheim at Bayern Munich 12:45 p.m. USA — Premier League: Luton Town at Burnley

GOLF 5 p.m. GOLF — PGA Tour: The

TENNIS 4 a.m. TENNIS — Adelaide-ATP/ WTA, Auckland-ATP & Hobart-WTA Semifinals; Kooyong Classic Day 3 6 p.m. TENNIS — Auckland-ATP, Hobart-WTA Finals 10 p.m. TENNIS — Adelaide-ATP Final

NFL

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

EAST

PCT

y-Buffalo x-Miami e-N.Y. Jets e-New England

11 11 7 4

6 6 10 13

y-Houston e-Indianapolis e-Jacksonville e-Tennessee

10 9 9 6

7 8 8 11

*-Baltimore x-Cleveland x-Pittsburgh e-Cincinnati

13 11 10 9

4 6 7 8

y-Kansas City e-Denver e-Las Vegas e-L.A. Chargers

11 8 8 5

6 9 9 12

SOUTH

NORTH

WEST

0 0 0 0

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

EAST

y-Dallas x-Phila. e-N.Y. Giants e-Washington

12 11 6 4

5 6 11 13

e-New Orleans y-Tampa Bay e-Atlanta e-Carolina

9 9 7 2

8 8 10 15

12 9 7 7

5 8 10 10

451 496 268 236

311 391 355 366

.588 .529 .529 .353

377 396 377 305

353 415 371 367

.765 .647 .588 .529

483 396 304 366

280 362 324 384

.647 .471 .471 .294

371 357 332 346

294 413 331 398

PCT

.706 .647 .353 .235

509 433 266 329

315 428 407 518

.529 .529 .412 .118

402 348 321 236

327 325 373 416

.706 .529 .412 .412

461 383 360 344

395 350 379 362

*-San Francisco 12 5 0 .706 x-L.A. Rams 10 7 0 .588 e-Seattle 9 8 0 .529 e-Arizona 4 13 0 .235 e-Eliminated from playoffs x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division *-clinched home-ﬁeld advantage

491 404 364 330

298 377 402 455

SOUTH

NORTH

y-Detroit x-Green Bay e-Chicago e-Minnesota

WEST

0 0 0 0

.647 .647 .412 .235

PCT

T 0 0 0 0

PCT

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Cincinnati 31, Cleveland 14 Detroit 30, Minnesota 20 N.Y. Jets 17, New England 3 New Orleans 48, Atlanta 17 Tampa Bay 9, Carolina 0 Tennessee 28, Jacksonville 20 Dallas 38, Washington 10 Green Bay 17, Chicago 9 Kansas City 13, L.A. Chargers 12 L.A. Rams 21, San Francisco 20 Las Vegas 27, Denver 14 N.Y. Giants 27, Phila. 10 Seattle 21, Arizona 20 Buffalo 21, Miami 14

WILD-CARD PLAYOFFS SATURDAY, JAN. 13

Cleveland at Houston, 2:30 p.m. (NBC/Peacock) Miami at Kansas City, 6 p.m. (Peacock)

SUNDAY, JAN. 14

Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 11 a.m. (CBS) Green Bay at Dallas, 2:30 p.m. (FOX) L.A. Rams at Detroit, 6 p.m. (NBC/Peacock)

MONDAY, JAN. 15

Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 6:15 p.m. (ESPN/ABC)

DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS SATURDAY, JAN. 20 AND SUNDAY, JAN. 21

NFC lowest remaining seed at San Franciso, TBD AFC lowest remaining seed at Baltimore, TBD NFC two remaining seeds at higher seed, TBD AFC two remaining seeds at higher seed, TBD

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS SUNDAY, JAN. 28

AFC AFC lowest remaining seed at AFC highest remaining seed, 1 p.m. (CBS) NFC NFC lowest remaining seed at NFC highest remaining seed, 4:30 p.m. (FOX)

SUPER BOWL SUNDAY, FEB. 11

At Las Vegas, Nev. TBD vs TBD, 4:30 p.m. (CBS)

Boston Phila. New York Brooklyn Toronto

29 23 22 16 15

9 13 16 22 23

Miami Orlando Atlanta Charlotte Washington

21 21 15 8 6

16 16 21 27 31

Milwaukee Indiana Cleveland Chicago Detroit

26 22 22 18 3

12 15 15 21 35

SOUTHEAST

CENTRAL

PCT

15 16 18 23 30

Minnesota Oklahoma City Denver Utah Portland

26 26 26 19 10

11 11 13 20 27

L.A. Clippers Sacramento Phoenix L.A. Lakers Golden State

24 23 19 19 17

13 14 18 19 20

PACIFIC

— 5 7 13 14

23 23 18 14 6

.763 .639 .579 .421 .395

PCT

New Orleans Dallas Houston Memphis San Antonio

NORTHWEST

PCT

WESTERN CONFERENCE SOUTHWEST

Cleveland 111, Brooklyn 102 Milwaukee 135, Boston 102 Oklahoma City 139, Portland 77 Dallas 128, New York 124 Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, late

.568 .568 .417 .229 .162

.684 .595 .595 .462 .079

PCT .605 .590 .500 .378 .167

PCT .703 .703 .667 .487 .270

PCT .649 .622 .514 .500 .459

— — 5½ 12 15

— 3½ 3½ 8½ 23

GB — ½ 4 8½ 16

GB — — 1 8 16

GB — 1 5 5½ 7

Boys basketball — Santa Fe High at the APS Metro Championships, semifinals/consolation: TBA

Girls basketball

What happened: The Lady Horsemen left early Thursday for their evening game against the Knights in Albuquerque Sandia Prep’s Sundevil Invitational, but they didn’t seem to arrive until the second half. Down 14-8 after a quarter and 21-17 at the half, St. Michael’s relied on its defense to kickstart a 15-7 spurt in the third to take a 32-28 lead it never lost. Lady Horsemen head coach Sonya Ruiz said a steal and layup ALBUQUERQUE to end the first half set the tone for the second. DEL NORTE “We got a deflection and a steal and a layup,” Ruiz said. “We ended the first half with that and we just took that momentum into the second half.” Top players: Ceciliana Ruiz scored 11 points for the Lady Horsemen, while sister Mariella Ruiz added 10 and Jada Lujan scored nine. What’s next: St. Michael’s (10-3) plays Albuquerque Rio Grande in the semifinals at 7 p.m. Friday.

ST. MICHAEL’S

42 32

SOURCES: ONTHESNOW.COM; THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Santa Fe Prep, Mesa Vista, McCurdy at Braves Classic at Santa Fe Indian School: TBA Monte del Sol at Bean Valley Conference Tournament at Estancia: TBA Mora at Lion Classic at Santa Rosa: TBA Tierra Encantada at Abq. Chesterton Academy, 3:30 p.m. Aztec at Española Valley, 7 p.m. Cimarron at Peñasco, 6:30 p.m. Questa at Dulce, 5:30 p.m. Pecos at Escalante, 6 p.m. Coronado at Gallup Hozho Academy, 2:30 p.m. Girls basketball — Santa Fe High at APS Metro Championships, consolation: TBA McCurdy, Mesa Vista at Lady Braves Invitational at Santa Fe Indian School: TBA St. Michael’s, Las Vegas Robertson at Lady Sundevil Invitational at Abq. Sandia Prep: TBA Taos at Capital, 2 p.m. Springer at Santa Fe Prep, 6 p.m. Academy for Technology and the Classics at Mora, 4 p.m. Tierra Encantada at Abq. Chesterton Academy, 2 p.m. Pojoaque Valley at Hot Springs, 2:30 p.m. Los Alamos at Aztec, 4 p.m. Cimarron at Peñasco, 5 p.m. Coronado at Gallup Hozho Academy, 1 p.m. Pecos at Escalante, 4:30 p.m. Questa at Dulce, 4 p.m. Wrestling — Santa Fe High, St. Michael’s, West Las Vegas at Pinto Duals at Moriarty, Capital, Tierra Encantada, Pojoaque Valley, Española Valley, Taos, Pecos, Las Vegas Robertson at Sammy Vivian Invitational at Socorro, 9 a.m. Los Alamos at Doc Wright Invitational at Winslow, Ariz., TBA

Houston at Detroit, 5:30 p.m. Indiana at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m. Sacramento at Phila., 5:30 p.m. Charlotte at San Antonio, 6 p.m. Golden State at Chicago, 6 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 6 p.m. Orlando at Miami, 6 p.m. Portland at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Toronto at Utah, 7:30 p.m. New Orleans at Denver, 8 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Houston at Boston, 5 p.m. Washington at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m. Golden State at Milwaukee, 6 p.m. New York at Memphis, 6 p.m. Orlando at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m. Chicago at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m. New Orleans at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Utah, 7:30 p.m.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Indiana at Denver, 1:30 p.m. Charlotte at Miami, 4 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Sacramento at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Phoenix at Portland, 7 p.m.

No. 1 Purdue (14-2) did not play. Next: vs. Penn St., Saturday. No. 2 Houston (14-1) did not play. Next: at TCU, Saturday. No. 3 Kansas (13-2) did not play. Next: vs. No. 9 Oklahoma, Saturday. No. 4 UConn (14-2) did not play. Next: vs. Georgetown, Sunday. No. 5 Tennessee (11-4) did not play. Next: at Georgia, Saturday. No. 6 Kentucky (12-2) did not play. Next: at Texas A&M, Saturday. No. 7 North Carolina (12-3) did not play. Next: vs. Syracuse, Saturday. No. 8 Arizona (12-3) did not play. Next: at Washington St., Saturday. No. 9 Oklahoma (13-2) did not play. Next: at No. 3 Kansas, Saturday. No. 10 Illinois (12-3) beat Michigan St. 71-68. Next: vs. Maryland, Sunday. No. 11 Marquette (11-5) did not play. Next: vs. Villanova, Monday. No. 11 Duke (12-3) did not play. Next: vs. Georgia Tech, Saturday. No. 13 Memphis (14-2) did not play. Next: at Wichita St., Sunday. No. 14 Baylor (13-2) did not play. Next: vs. Cincinnati, Saturday. No. 15 Wisconsin (12-3) did not play. Next: vs. Northwestern, Saturday. No. 16 Auburn (13-2) did not play. Next: vs. LSU, Saturday. No. 17 Colorado St. (13-3) did not play. Next: vs. Air Force, Tuesday. No. 18 BYU (12-3) did not play. Next: at UCF, Saturday. No. 19 San Diego St. (14-2) did not play. Next: at New Mexico, Saturday. No. 20 Utah St. (15-1) did not play. Next: at UNLV, Saturday. No. 21 Clemson (11-4) did not play. Next: vs. Boston College, Saturday. No. 22 Creighton (12-4) did not play. Next: vs. St. John’s, Saturday. No. 23 Gonzaga (11-5) lost to Santa Clara 77-76. Next: at Pepperdine, Thursday. No. 24 FAU (12-4) beat Tulane 85-84. Next: vs. UAB, Sunday. No. 25 Texas (12-3) did not play. Next: at West Virginia, Saturday.

Babson 76, Wheaton 65 Bryant 77, Binghamton 69 Bryn Athyn 82, Clarks Summit 78 Cairn 80, Rosemont 58 Castleton 75, E. Connecticut 68 Clark 73, Worcester Tech 69 Coast Guard 71, Springﬁeld 67 Emerson 83, MIT 80 Franklin & Marshall 82, Washington College (Md.) 71 Gettysburg 81, Muhlenberg 77 Johns Hopkins 69, Swarthmore 65 Keene St. 77, Western Connecticut Wolves 69 Maryland 64, Michigan 57 Mass.-Boston 66, Plymouth St. 64 Mass.-Lowell 70, NJIT 62 McDaniel 66, Haverford 58 New Hampshire 79, Maine 74 Northeastern 71, Hofstra 68 Rutgers-Newark 71, Tcnj Lions 63 S. Maine 70, Mass.-Dartmouth 64 Saint Elizabeth 93, Keystone 81 Towson 73, Stony Brook 64, OT Ursinus 74, Dickinson 68 Vermont 77, UMBC 72

SOUTH

Ala.-Huntsville 85, Valdosta St. 59 Alcorn St. 74, Alabama A&M 71 Appalachian St. 70, Coastal Carolina 45 Belhaven 62, Covenant 57 Benedict 81, Claﬂin 73 Chattanooga 109, VMI 61 Christian Brothers 81, Lee 71 Coll. of Charleston 80, Elon 62 Delaware 68, Campbell 62 Drexel 67, NC A&T 63 FAU 85, Tulane 84 FIU 77, New Mexico St. 67 Georgia St. 77, Old Dominion 70

Jackson St. 73, Alabama St. 63 James Madison 89, South Alabama 55 Johnson C. Smith 88, Elizabeth City St. 80, OT Kentucky Wesleyan 112, Northwood (Mich.) 74 Louisiana Tech 60, Middle Tennessee 52 North Alabama 69, Bellarmine 53 Radford 69, Longwood 58 Samford 79, UNC-Greensboro 70 Southern Miss. 71, Louisiana-Monroe 58 St. Augustines 67, Lincoln (Pa.) 65, OT Trevecca Nazarene 79, Hillsdale 52 UNC-Wilmington 69, Monmouth (NJ) 56 Union (Tenn.) 100, Shorter 95, OT Virginia Union 62, Fayetteville St. 48 W. Illinois 73, UT Martin 64 West Alabama 58, West Florida 46 William & Mary 73, Hampton 61

Sanogo Krivokapic Okeke Wilcox

TOTALS

ALBUQUERQUE MANZANO

A: 1,294 (5,000).

58 CAPITAL

Boys basketball

Cal Baptist 77, Tarleton St. 63 E. New Mexico 105, Cameron 84 Grand Canyon 74, Abilene Christian 64 Idaho St. 69, Portland St. 63 Montana St. 79, N. Arizona 50 Montana St.-Billings 97, W. Washington 84 N. Colorado 98, Montana 92, OT N. Dakota St. 92, UMKC 91, 2OT Pepperdine 93, Paciﬁc 78 Sacramento St. 71, Weber St. 69 Santa Clara 77, Gonzaga 76 Seattle Paciﬁc 83, Simon Fraser 63 Texas Rio Grande Valley 81, Seattle 80, OT UC Davis 95, CS Northridge 75 UC Riverside 71, Cal Poly 56 UC San Diego 88, Long Beach St. 74 Utah 90, UCLA 44 Utah Tech 75, Stephen F. Austin 70 West Texas A&M 88, Angelo St. 73

SOUTH

0-0 1-2 0 2 2 0-2 1-5 1 4 6 0-0 0-2 2 4 3 5-6 0-2 4 1 9 5-5 1-4 3 3 9 2-3 1-6 2 5 16 0-0 0-2 1 3 5 4-4 1-3 0 2 14 0-0 0-3 0 1 3 0-0 0-1 0 1 0

20022-5416-205-301326 67

Percentages: FG .407, FT .800. 3-Point Goals: 7-22, .318 (Odukale 2-2, Pettway 2-6, Harris 1-1, Jackson-Posey 1-3, Cook 1-4, Ezeagu 0-1, Rawls 0-2, Suggs 0-3). Team Rebounds: 2. Team Turnovers: 1. Blocked Shots: None. Turnovers: 12 (Rawls 3, Ezeagu 2, Odukale 2, Suggs 2, Cook, Jackson-Posey, Kanyanga). Steals: 7 (Cook 2, Rawls 2, Ezeagu, Odukale, Pettway). Technical Fouls: None.

FG M-A

FT REB M-A O-T A PF PTS

1-1 1-2 3-11 4-4 2-3 11-12 6-8 3-6 3-5 0-0 1-2 2-2 2-4 2-4

0-1 0-6 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-2 0-3

37 39

1 5 3 4 0 0 0

— —

Bryant 62, Binghamton 51 Canisius 59, St. Peter’s 44 Fairﬁeld 72, Iona 44 Louisville 74, Pittsburgh 44 Maine 78, New Hampshire 52 Marist 65, Rider 55 Mass.-Lowell 70, NJIT 67 Mount St. Mary’s 56, Quinnipiac 50 Siena 66, Niagara 64 Vermont 70, UMBC 55

FG FT REB NEW MEXICO ST.MIN M-A M-A O-T APFPTS

14 34 29 35 20 15 14

30 38

THURSDAY’S SCORES EAST

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 77, NEW MEXICO STATE 67

MIN

4 3 2 1 3 0 0

0 1 1 0

2 4 0 0

3 11 17 20 9 5 6

Alabama 81, Georgia 63 Alabama A&M 67, Alcorn St. 58 ETSU 57, Samford 40 Florida St. 70, North Carolina 62 Furman 84, W. Carolina 69 Georgia Southern 83, Appalachian St. 77 Georgia Tech 70, Clemson 62 Jackson St. 75, Alabama St. 49 Jacksonville 54, Queens (NC) 52 James Madison 81, Southern Miss. 76 Kennesaw St. 52, North Florida 43 LSU 87, Texas A&M 70 Lamar 82, McNeese St. 50 Louisiana-Monroe 67, South Alabama 51 Marshall 90, Georgia St. 78 Mississippi 58, Auburn 55 NC State 93, Virginia 66 New Orleans 69, Nicholls 63 North Alabama 79, Austin Peay 75 Northwestern St. 63, Houston Christian 61 SE Louisiana 61, Texas A&M-CC 58 SMU 91, Memphis 86, 2OT Syracuse 77, Wake Forest 56 Tennessee 88, Florida 81 UNC-Greensboro 67, Wofford 58 UT Martin 68, W. Illinois 49 Vanderbilt 95, Kentucky 73 Virginia Tech 76, Miami 52

MIDWEST

Green Bay 85, Youngstown St. 47 Milwaukee 73, Robert Morris 58 Missouri St. 94, Bradley 66 Morehead St. 69, E. Illinois 67

WALATOWA

67 77

No. 1 South Carolina (14-0) beat Missouri 81-57. Next: vs. Kentucky, Monday. No. 2 UCLA (14-0) did not play. Next: at No. 9 Southern Cal, Sunday. No. 3 Iowa (16-1) did not play. Next: vs. No. 14 Indiana, Saturday. No. 4 Baylor (14-1) did not play. Next: at Iowa St., Saturday. No. 5 Colorado (13-1) did not play. Next: vs. California, Friday. No. 6 NC State (14-1) beat Virginia 93-66. Next: at Miami, Thursday. No. 7 LSU (15-1) beat Texas A&M 87-70. Next: at Auburn, Sunday. No. 8 Stanford (14-1) did not play. Next: at No. 19 Utah, Friday. No. 9 Southern Cal (12-1) did not play. Next: vs. No. 2 UCLA, Sunday. No. 10 Texas (16-1) did not play. Next: at No. 12 Kansas St., Saturday. No. 11 Virginia Tech (12-2) beat Miami 76-52. Next: at No. 21 Florida St., Sunday. No. 12 Kansas St. (16-1) did not play. Next: vs. No. 10 Texas, Saturday. No. 13 UConn (13-3) did not play. Next: at St. John’s, Saturday. No. 14 Indiana (14-1) did not play. Next: at No. 3 Iowa, Saturday. No. 15 Louisville (13-2) beat Pittsburgh 74-44. Next: vs. Wake Forest, Sunday. No. 16 Gonzaga (14-2) beat Santa Clara 87-49. Next: vs. San Diego, Saturday. No. 17 Ohio St. (11-3) beat Rutgers 90-55. Next: vs. Michigan St., Sunday. No. 18 Notre Dame (10-3) beat Boston College 98-48. Next: vs. Miami, Sunday. No. 19 Utah (11-4) did not play. Next: vs. No. 8 Stanford, Friday. No. 20 North Carolina (11-4) lost to No. 21 Florida St. 70-62. Next: vs. Virginia, Sunday. No. 21 Florida St. (12-4) beat No. 20 North Carolina 70-62. Next: vs. No. 11 Virginia Tech, Sunday. No. 22 Creighton (12-3) did not play. Next: vs. Providence, Sunday. No. 23 Marquette (14-2) did not play. Next: vs. DePaul, Saturday. No. 24 West Virginia (13-2) did not play. Next: at UCF, Saturday. No. 25 UNLV (13-1) did not play. Next: at Air Force, Saturday.

FAR WEST

Pinkney Dean Gittens Hawkins Lipscomb Grant Brewer

0 0 0 0

What happened: The feel-good story of the season continues to get better. The Roadrunners showed that a three-week break wasn’t as bad as head coach Fran Lopez thought, as they scored 27 points to open the game and never looked back in a nondistrict contest in Larson Gymnasium. “It’s still a long road, but we’re taking it step by step, with the mindset of getting better and what lies ahead,” Lopez said. Top players: Ty Todorovic scored nine of his 26 points in the opening quarter, while Adrien Ercolino added 20. Zion Holmes had all 11 of his points in the first quarter for the Roadrunners. What’s next: NMSD (7-0) gets a 12-day break before playing at Albuquerque Chesterton Academy on Jan. 23.

N.M. SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

WOMEN’S NCAA BASKETBALL

SOUTHWEST

FIU

0-4 0-0 0-3 0-0

AP TOP 25 THURSDAY

Ark.-Fort Smith 85, Texas A&M Kingsville 63 Ark.-Monticello 61, East Central 44 Arkansas St. 85, Texas St. 82 Arkansas Tech 68, Oklahoma Baptist 65 Dallas Baptist 91, St. Mary’s (Texas) 90 E. Kentucky 86, Cent. Arkansas 63 Hardin-Simmons 103, Mary Hardin-Baylor 92 LeTourneau 86, Ozarks 75 Lubbock Christian 79, Texas-Permian Basin 69 McMurry 97, Concordia-Austin 84 NW Oklahoma 68, Ouachita Baptist 52 Oklahoma Christian 69, Texas A&M International 50 S. Nazarene 76, Harding 71 SE Oklahoma 88, S. Arkansas 82 SW Oklahoma 84, Henderson St. 82, OT St Edwards 67, Texas-Tyler 60 Texas-Arlington 83, Utah Valley St. 69 Texas-Dallas 79, E. Texas Baptist 71

TOTALS

0-1 1-1 0-0 0-0

200 20-42 24-32 1-23 13 15

NEW MEXICO ST. FIU

Davenport 67, Wayne St. (Mich.) 60 Drury 71, Maryville (Mo.) 62 Ferris St. 69, Michigan Tech 68 Findlay 63, Thomas More Saints 47 Fort Hays St. 85, Missouri Southern 67 Grand Valley St. 88, Saginaw Valley St. 83 Greenville 134, Lyon College 132 Ill.-Springﬁeld 88, Upper Iowa 71 Illinois 71, Michigan St. 68 Indianapolis 72, Rockhurst 48 Lewis 70, William Jewell 63 Lincoln (Mo.) 71, Emporia St. 63 Lindenwood (Mo.) 74, SE Missouri 68 Mississippi Univ. for Women 64, Spalding 58 Missouri S&T 78, Southwest Baptist 59 Morehead St. 78, E. Illinois 52 N. Michigan 72, Lake Superior St. 71 Omaha 79, North Dakota 61 Oral Roberts 84, South Dakota 66 Pittsburg St. 90, Neb.-Kearney 76 Principia 78, Westminster (Mo.) 72 Quincy 75, Truman St. 73 S. Dakota St. 81, St. Thomas (MN) 80 SIU-Edwardsville 67, S. Indiana 64 Tifﬁn 70, Ashland 49 Walsh 79, Malone 71, OT

8 1-3 34 3-5 23 1-4 28 2-6 19 2-7 31 6-11 27 2-6 13 4-10 11 1-2 6 0-0

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What happened: It was a rough road trip to Farmington, as the Panthers jumped out to a 16-7 lead after a quarter and maintained a 27-18 margin at the half. A seven-point third quarter hurt the Jaguars, as Piedra Vista took advantage and built a 45-25 lead. Top players: Annica Montoya had 17 points, while Madelaine Portillo added 12. What’s next: Capital (3-9) plays Taos at home Saturday.

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Percentages: FG .476, FT .750. 3-Point Goals: 13-24, .542 (Hawkins 5-6, Lipscomb 3-5, Gittens 2-3, Grant 1-2, Dean 1-3, Krivokapic 1-4, Brewer 0-1). Team Rebounds: 4. Team Turnovers: 1. Blocked Shots: 2 (Brewer, Okeke). Turnovers: 10 (Dean 3, Brewer 2, Hawkins 2, Krivokapic, Okeke, Sanogo). Steals: 4 (Dean, Gittens, Hawkins, Okeke). Technical Fouls: None.

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Carpenter Ezeagu Jackson-Posey Rawls Suggs Odukale Cook Pettway Harris Kanyanga

14 11 11 3

What happened: The Elkettes played perhaps their most complete game of the year in a nondistrict tilt against the Monarchs in Albuquerque. Pojoaque built a 17-point lead by the third quarter, and head coach Cindy Roybal substituted liberally the rest of the way. “I was just trying to let everybody play,” Roybal said. “So, that was good.” Top players: Jasmine Valdez led a trio of double-digit scores for the Elkettes with 14 points. Lauren Salazar and Marisela Bowie added 10. What’s next: Pojoaque (6-9) plays at Hot Springs on Saturday.

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THURSDAY’S GAMES

AP TOP 25 THURSDAY

Pittsburgh 17, Baltimore 10 Houston 23, Indianapolis 19

ATLANTIC

Boys basketball — Santa Fe High at the APS Metro Championships, consolation: TBA Santa Fe Prep, Mesa Vista, McCurdy at Braves Classic at Santa Fe Indian School: TBA Monte del Sol at Bean Valley Conference Tournament at Estancia: TBA Kirkland Central at Española Valley, 7 p.m. Sanford (Colo.) at Escalante, 7:30 p.m. Girls basketball — Santa Fe High at APS Metro Championships, consolation: TBA McCurdy, Mesa Vista at Lady Braves Invitational at Santa Fe Indian School: TBA St. Michael’s, Las Vegas Robertson at Lady Sundevil Invitational at Abq. Sandia Prep: TBA Española Valley at Clovis, 6 p.m. Sanford (Colo.) at Escalante, 6 p.m. Swimming and diving — Dual: Abq. Sandia Prep at Santa Fe Prep (Salvador Perez), 3 p.m. Wrestling — Los Alamos at Doc Wright Invitational at Winslow, Ariz., TBA

Sacramento 123, Charlotte 98 San Antonio 130, Detroit 108 Indiana 112, Washington 104 Boston 127, Minnesota 120, OT Oklahoma City 128, Miami 120 Atlanta 139, Phila. 132, OT Chicago 124, Houston 119, OT New Orleans 141, Golden State 105 Utah 124, Denver 111 L.A. Clippers 126, Toronto 120

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EASTERN CONFERENCE

Friday

SOCCER (WOMEN’S) 6 p.m. ION — 2024 NWSL Draft

FIGURE SKATING 11 a.m. E! — European Championships: Men’s Free, Kaunas, Lithuania

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

New Mexico ski area conditions as of Thursday: Angel Fire — 29-inch base; 57 of 81 trails, 70% open; 7 of 7 lifts; Mon-Fri: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat/Sun: 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Pajarito — 24-inch base; 44 of 53 trails, 83% open; Thu/ Fri: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat/Sun: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Red River — 30-36-inch base; 41 of 64 trails, 64% open; 7 of 7 lifts; Mon-Fri: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat/Sun: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

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Sipapu — 30-34-inch base; 44 of 44 trails, 100% open; 6 of 6 lifts, Mon-Fri: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat/Sun: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Ski Apache — 15-20-inch base; 34 of 55 trails, 65% open; 5 of 11 lifts; Thu/ Fri:9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat/Sun: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Ski Santa Fe — 50-inch base; 88 of 89 trails, 99% open, 7 of 7 lifts; Mon-Fri: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat/Sun: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Taos — 42-inch base; 79 of 110 trails, 72% open, 11 of 13 lifts; Mon-Fri: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat/Sun: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

The New Mexican Murray St. 75, Indiana St. 63 N. Dakota St. 63, UMKC 60 Nebraska 56, Illinois 48 North Dakota 100, Omaha 75 Notre Dame 98, Boston College 48 Ohio St. 90, Rutgers 55 Oral Roberts 91, South Dakota 78 S. Dakota St. 75, St. Thomas (MN) 55 S. Indiana 87, SIU-Edwardsville 64 SE Missouri 80, Lindenwood (Mo.) 63 South Carolina 81, Missouri 57 Wright St. 74, IUPUI 64

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Arkansas St. 73, Texas St. 48 Cal Baptist 89, Tarleton St. 59 Cent. Arkansas 66, Lipscomb 61, OT Charlotte 61, Rice 54 Grand Canyon 64, Abilene Christian 55 Incarnate Word 70, Texas A&M Commerce 62 Mississippi St. 66, Arkansas 63 Stephen F. Austin 76, Utah Tech 67

FAR WEST

FIU 57, New Mexico St. 52 Gonzaga 87, Santa Clara 49 Hawaii 56, UC Irvine 49 Idaho St. 79, Portland St. 43 N. Arizona 88, Montana St. 73 N. Colorado 67, Montana 57 Paciﬁc 75, Loyola Marymount 54 Portland 65, San Diego 54 San Francisco 83, Pepperdine 64 Texas Rio Grande Valley 84, Seattle 77 Texas-Arlington 72, Utah Valley St. 64 UC Davis 55, CS Northridge 45 UC Riverside 64, Cal Poly 53 UC San Diego 45, Long Beach St. 30 UC Santa Barbara 75, CS Bakersﬁeld 54 Weber St. 81, Sacramento St. 61

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Boston Florida Toronto Tampa Bay Detroit Montreal Buffalo Ottawa

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N.Y. Rangers Carolina N.Y. Islanders Philadelphia New Jersey Pittsburgh Washington Columbus

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Winnipeg Colorado Dallas Nashville St. Louis Arizona Minnesota Chicago

Vancouver Vegas Los Angeles Edmonton Seattle Calgary Anaheim San Jose

L OT PTS

GF GA

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28 27 24 22 21 20 17 12

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4 3 5 1 1 2 4 2

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139 155 149 129 115 120 118 96

95 130 122 130 127 123 134 155

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28 23 20 22 18 19 14 10

11 13 10 15 14 18 26 29

3 5 8 1 9 5 1 3

59 51 48 45 45 43 29 23

164 133 126 136 115 133 105 84

110 115 97 116 118 136 139 173

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Seattle 4, Washington 1 Buffalo 5, Ottawa 3 N.Y. Islanders 4, Toronto 3, OT San Jose 3, Montreal 2 Edmonton 3, Detroit 2, OT Vancouver 4, Pittsburgh 3, OT Carolina 6, Anaheim 3 Tampa Bay 4, New Jersey 3, OT Florida 3, Los Angeles 2, OT Winnipeg 2, Chicago 1 St. Louis 5, N.Y. Rangers 2 Calgary 6, Arizona 2 Boston at Vegas, late

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Nashville at Dallas, 6 p.m. Philadelphia at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL Major League Baseball American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — • Agreed to terms with LHP Cole Irvin, LHP John Means, INF Ryan Mountcastle, CF Cedric Mullins, OF Anthony

Santander, RHP Dillon Tate, INF Ramon Urias, and RHP Tyler Wells on one-year contracts BOSTON RED SOX — Agreed to terms with RHPs Nick Pivetta and John Schreiber, C Reese McGuire and OF Tyler O’Neill on one-year contracts. CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Named Jin Wong assistant general manager. Agreed to terms with INFs Nicky Lopez and Andrew Vaughn, RHPs Michael Kopech, Michael Soroka and Touki Toussaint and LHP Garrett Crochet on one-year contracts. CLEVELAND GUARDIANS — Agreed to terms with RHP Shane Bieber and Triston McKenzie, 1B Josh Naylor and LHP Sam Hentges on one-year contracts. HOUSTON ASTROS — Agreed to terms with RHP Bryan Abreu, RHP José Urquidy and Luis Garcia, OFs Chas McCormick and Kyle Tucker, and LHP Framber Valdez on one-year contracts. NEW YORK YANKESS — Agreed to terms with OF Juan Soto on a one-year contract. Agreed to terms with 2B Gleyber Torres, OFs Alex Verdugo and Trent Grisham, RHPs Clay Holmes, Jonathan Loaisiga and Clarke Schmidt, LHPs Nestor Cortes and Victor Gonzalez and C Jose Trevino on oneyear contracts. OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Agreed to terms with RHP Paul Blackburn and OF Seth Brown on oneyear contracts. SEATTLE MARINERS — Agreed to terms with INFs Ty France, Josh Rojas and Luis Urias, RHPs Logan Gilbert, Trent Thornton and Justin Topa and INF/ OF Sam Haggerty on contracts. TAMPA BAY RAYS — Agreed to terms with LHP Shane McClanahan on a two-year contract and with RHPs Shawn Armstrong, Aaron Civale, Zack Little and Drew Rasmussen, LHP Colin Poche, 3B Isaas Paredes and OF Randy Arozarena on oneyear contracts. TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with Cs Andrew Knizner and Jonah Heim, LHP Brock Burke, RHPs Dane Dunning, Josh Sborz and Jonathan Hernandez, 1b Nathaniel Lowe and OF Leody Taveras on one-year contracts. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Agreed to terms with INFs Cavan Biggio and Santiago Espinal, LHPs Genesis Cabrera and Tim Mayza, Cs Danny Jansen and Alejandro Kirk, RHPs Nate Pearson, Trevor Richards, Jordan Romano and Erik Swanson, and OF Daulton Varsho on one-year contracts. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Agreed to terms with RHPs Zac Gallen, Kevin Ginkel, Paul Sewald and Ryan Thompson, LHP Joe Mantiply and INF Christian Walker on one-year contracts. ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms with LHP Max Fried and LHP A.J. Minter on one-year contracts. CHICAGO CUBS — Agreed to terms with LHP Shota Imanaga on a four-year contract. Acquired INF Michael Busch and RHP Yency Almonte from the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for minor league LHP Jackson Ferris and minor league OF Zyhir Hope. Designated C Brian Serven for assignment. CINCINNATI REDS — Agreed to terms with RHPs Tejay Antone and Lucas Sims, OF Jake Fraley, C Tyler Stephenson and LHP Alex Young on oneyear contracts. MIAMI MARLINS — Agreed to terms with RHPs Anthony Bender and JT Chargois, LHPS Jesus Luzardo, Steven Okert, A.J. Puk and Trevor Rodgers, C Christian Bethancourt and OF Jesus Sanchez on one-year contracts. MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Devin Williams on a one-year contract. NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms with INF Pete Alonso, RHPs Adrian Houser and Drew Smith, LHPs Joey Lucchesi and David Peterson and OF Tyrone Taylor on one-year contracts. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Agreed to terms with RHP Jeff Hoffman, LHPs Gregory Soto and Ranger Suarez and INF Edmundo Sosa on oneyear contracts. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Agreed to terms with 3B Jake Lamb on a minor league contract. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Agreed to terms with RHPs Hunter Harvey and Kyle Finnegan, OF Lane Thomas and 2B Luis Garcia on one-year contracts. Minor League Base Baseball Frontier League GATEWAY GRIZZLIES: Signed OF Andrew Moritz. TRI-CITY VALLEYCATS: Signed 3B Ian Walters to a contract extension. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Fined Toronto head coach Darko Rajkovic an undisclosed amount for publicly criticizing the ofﬁciating after a January 9 game against Los Angeles Lakers. MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Waived C Bismack Biyombo.

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NBA’s In-Season Tournament will ‘no doubt’ return

PARIS — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says the In-Season Tournament will “no doubt” be back next season with some unspeciﬁed tweaks. So, most likely, will another regular-season trip to Paris — perhaps this time with multiple games for the teams selected. Silver touched on both of those possibilities for the 2024-25 schedule on Thursday before the Brooklyn Nets and Cleveland Cavaliers played the NBA’s third regular-season game in Paris. The In-Season Tournament, like the play-in that’s used to determine the Nos. 7 and 8 seeds for each conference in the playoffs, began with a one-year trial so the league could evaluate it before deciding whether to bring it back. The tournament wrapped up last month with the Los Angeles Lakers beating the Indiana Pacers in Las Vegas for the championship. It was mostly well-received by teams and fans. Silver said team presidents recently met and discussed potential modiﬁcations, including how to break ties, the appearance of the courts and perhaps the name of the event. “We are pleased with the

success after the first season and no doubt it will be back next year, probably with just a couple of tweaks,” Silver said. “Then beyond that, as we’re talking to television partners, maybe figuring out exactly when the best time of year is to do it, maybe it will make sense to make some other modifications to the format, those are things we’ll look at.” Silver is also looking at returning to Paris, first for the Olympics and then next winter for more NBA games. With No. 1 pick Victor Wembanyama leading France’s biggest presence on NBA rosters, and with Paris set to host the Olympics, the French market has become more important to the league. It staged its first regular-season game in the French capital in 2020 and seems headed back next season. Silver said he recently ran into former French star Tony Parker, and the ex-longtime San Antonio Spurs player told the commissioner he’d never been busier. “He’s gone from event to event over the last several days and I said, ‘You’re going to be even busier in the Olympics and wait until we’re back next year,’ ” Silver said.

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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver smiles during a Dec. 12 news conference at the Chase Center in San Francisco. Silver said Thursday the In-Season Tournament will return next season with some unspeciﬁed tweaks.

TODAY ON TV 5:40 a.m. ESPN — Sacramento at Philadelphia 8:05 p.m. ESPN — New Orleans at Denver

“That hasn’t been conﬁrmed yet, but we’re very likely to be back next year and we’re very excited about that.” Wembanyama, who had his ﬁrst NBA triple-double on Wednesday in Detroit, leads a record 14 French players on NBA rosters this season. The Nets and Cavs are playing just a single game after traveling to France following a game on Sunday. Silver said the next event could feature multiple games. “In terms of the efficiency, given the scope of the operation bringing two teams over here,

we’ve had conversations with teams that, once they’re here, would they potentially play a second game against each other before returning to the States?” Silver said. “And that’s something we’re looking at, potentially even for next season.” Silver added there was no update on the league’s TV negotiations. He said there have been discussions and there will be an exclusive negotiating period with the current partners that hasn’t yet begun, before the deals expire after next season. “My sense is over the next month or so those conversations will become more intense as we focus on this exclusive negotiating period, and we’ll see whether we can get them done during that period or whether we end up having further discussions beyond that,” Silver said.

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Mesa Vista guard Santiago Martinez, left, battles for the ball with Albuquerque Sandia Prep guard Miles Manzanares during Mesa Vista’s 58-50 win Thursday during the ﬁrst round of Santa Fe Indian School’s Braves Invitational.

consolation championship, then keeping the momentum going in a hard-fought battle against Santa Fe Prep. After taking an early 10-point lead and carrying a 35-27 advantage into the locker room at the half, the Blue Griffins battled back to tie the score at 37-all in the third and even took a 52-51 lead early in the fourth. But a 9-2 spurt allowed Mesa Vista to hold on for the win. “I think it boosted our confidence up, definitely,” Marcos Martinez said. “I think it just made us realize the team we are and how we can play and compete with these bigger schools and the schools in our district.” The confidence is definitely showing, and not even a horrific start to Thursday’s game against the Sundevils punctured it. Sandia Prep forced five straight Trojans turnovers to start the game and build an 8-2 lead before Vigil called a timeout. The moment was short-lived, as Mesa Vista scored the next 14 points to take a 14-8 lead. Both teams were sloppy with ball-handling, as the Trojans committed 22 turnovers, while Sandia Prep (1-10) coughed up the ball 23 times on the day. The way the teams turned the ball over also seemed to indicate the way they played. Prep struggled mightily at times against the Trojans’ full-court press, while Mesa Vista seemed overly aggressive and turned the ball under their own basket. As the Trojans’ lead ballooned to 41-26 on Gallegos’s reverse layup with 4:17 left, Sandia Prep head coach Damian Segura benched his starting five for his reserves. That move ignited a 15-4 run that trimmed the deficit to 45-41 on Garrett Sandoval’s two free throws with 6:22 left in the game. But Vigil sat all but one of his starters to end the third, and momentum swung back to

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but I’ve always said that I didn’t want to ride the program down. And I felt whether it was recruiting or hiring coaches, now that we have people leaving, the same old issue always sort of came up — how long are you going to do this for?” The decision sent shockwaves through college football but the immediate impact on the team remains to be seen. His decision opened a 30-day window for Tide players to enter the trans-

OKLAHOMA CITY — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points, Josh Giddey had a triple-double and the Oklahoma City Thunder rolled past the Portland Trail Blazers 139-77 on Thursday night, a 62-point victory that matched the ﬁfth-largest rout in NBA history. “It was almost like a perfect storm, to be honest with you,” Portland coach Chauncey Billups said. “Nothing really worked for us.” Oklahoma City shattered its previous record for victory margin of 45 points, set twice during the 2012-13 season. The Thunder moved into a tie with the Minnesota Timberwolves for the best record in the Western Conference at 26-11. The Thunder were on the wrong end of the NBA’s biggest blowout, losing by 73 to Memphis on Dec. 2, 2021. Gilgeous-Alexander did not play that day, but he remembers being embarrassed for his teammates. It was the Trail Blazers’ second-worst loss, having fallen by 65 to Indiana on Feb. 27, 1998.

fer portal, and five-star wide receiver Ryan Williams has already announced his de-commitment. No program knows better the challenge of replacing an iconic coach than Alabama, which cycled through seven coaches before Saban’s arrival, starting with former player Ray Perkins. (That number counts Mike Price, who was fired for off-the-field behavior before coaching a game). The other six all had at least one 10-win season but only Gene Stallings (1990-96) won a national title, in 1992.

Mesa Vista when he re-inserted his starting lineup. Santiago Martinez scored four of his six points in the quarter during an 11-3 spurt that settled the affair. “I was thinking to myself, ‘OK, maybe I can buy my starter some minutes here,’ and you put a couple bench guys in,” Vigil said. “It didn’t work out, but now if I kept my starters in, then maybe their starters are fresh in the fourth and mine aren’t. “It’s how those decisions coaches make that you gotta have faith in and your kids have to buy it.” And these gym rats have the receipts to prove they’ve done just that. In other ﬁrst-round action: BOYS

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Jalen Williams Blazers 77 scored 21 points, Chet Holmgren added 19 and Giddey had 13 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists for his ninth career triple-double as the Thunder shot 57% from the field. It was a complete victory for an Oklahoma City team that had won at Miami the night before and returned home at 3 a.m. Thursday. Portland’s Anfernee Simons scored 14 points and Scoot Henderson had 13 on 4-for-21 shooting. The Trail Blazers shot just 27.7% from the field. On the other hand, Oklahoma City had 41 assists on 53 made field goals. Henderson scored the first five points of the game before the Thunder responded with a 22-2 run to take control. The highlight of the run was an odd basket by Holmgren. He drove to the rim on a fast break and was basically tackled from behind by Portland’s Jerami Grant. Somehow, Holmgren threw the ball up over his shoulder and into the hoop to give Oklahoma City an 18-7 lead. Thunder

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Resurgent Trojans making their own statement. The latest one came at the hands of Class 3A’s Albuquerque Sandia Prep Sundevils, as the Trojans overcame a sloppy start and an inconsistent second half to pull out a 58-50 win in the opening round of Santa Fe Indian School’s Braves Invite. Mesa Vista will take on Santa Fe Prep in the semifinals at 4:45 p.m. Friday in the Everett F. Chavez Pueblo Pavilion for a spot in the tournament championship. While the Trojans improved to 6-4 with the win, Vigil said his team might be 8-2 or 9-1 with a little luck. Still, they have wins over 3A schools in Sandia and Santa Fe Prep, which they beat 61-60 on Tuesday, another over 4A Miyamura and came close to beating another 4A school in Española Valley before falling 71-63 in the Sundevils Shootout in December. Even though there are times Mesa Vista crosses the line into chaos with its style of play, it’s that hustle and intensity that is becoming a trademark as the season approaches district play. “I think people doubt us because Mesa hasn’t really been that good in, like, 10 years,” sophomore forward Jordan Gallegos said. “So most people don’t really know.” Certainly, this group of Trojans didn’t know. When Vigil returned to the program he oversaw for nine seasons from 2007-16, it hadn’t reached the postseason since his last season in 2015-16. The Trojans struggled through a 7-8 start before going 8-4, reaching the District 5-2A championship and reaching the 2A bracket before losing to district rival Escalante in the first round. Mesa Vista lost four key seniors from that team, but in their play rose Gallegos, a talented 6-foot-3 wing who can handle the ball like a guard, and a pair of Martinezes — sophomore Santiago and senior Marcos. The trio are the players who Vigil trusts with the ball in their hands down the stretch of most games, although their coach learned a valuable lesson a week ago. With the Trojans facing the chance to overcome a 16-point deficit against McCurdy in the opening round of the Northern Rio Grande Tournament on Jan. 4, he opted not to put the ball in the hands of his trusted trio. The Bobcats held on for a 70-68 win, but Vigil said it gave him a chance to teach a valuable lesson. “I took accountability for that,” Vigil said. “I told them I made the wrong call in that game. Not that it came down to that one play, but I want them to understand that, when accountability is on the table, it’s not accountability for everyone but [me].” The Trojans responded by rolling to the

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as well. When Garcia took over the program in 2021, he went out of his way to hire Capital graduates because he felt they understood the culture of the south-side school. “He wants to be there,” Garcia said. “When I took the job, the ﬁrst guy I called was John Michael. I told him that I’m probably not going to be at Capital forever and I told him, ‘I want you to be the next head football coach at Capital when I leave.’ ” Moon, who coached at the school from 1988-96 and from 2012-21, said he always saw Salazar as head coach material. Moon said he always took on the leadership mantle, and he remembers the tenacity at which he played. Moon credited Salazar for being a key part of a secondary unit that set the school record for interceptions in a season with 24 in 1994. “There is no challenge for any of his players that he will ever ask them to do that they cannot do,” Moon said. “He has a real good judgment what a kid can do and what he can’t. One of the reasons I put him on [a top receiver] was that I knew he could do it and he believed it and he did a great job. “I think that is something be passes on to each kid that he touches.” Garcia said Salazar was a coach who was not afraid to express his opinions regarding

the program, which he wanted in order to ensure the coaches were doing the best thing for the players. “John was loyal but he wasn’t a ‘Yes, sir’ type of coach,” Garcia said. “We had our battles, but we both knew it was the best for the kids. I wanted coaches who worked hard and sold me on their ideas. For me, that was big.” Salazar said most of the coaches under Garcia expressed a desire to return for the upcoming season, and he will talk with them individually about that. He added he is unsure if he will continue as offensive coordinator and will have to ﬁll the defensive coordinator spot that Garcia occupied along with his head coaching duties. He spent much of the offseason overseeing players who are competing in winter sports in the conditioning program. He said he wanted to ensure the transition to the next coach, whoever it was, was seamless. “I’m here for these guys and they needed a little stability after ‘Wax’ [Garcia] let them know he wasn’t going to come back,” Salazar said. “A lot of them were a little shellshocked and anxious about what the future was going to be. My job was to reassure them that everything was going to be all right and they could count on me, whether I was going to be here or not.”

Santa Fe Prep (6-5) rode the hot hands of forwards Morgan Fields (16 points) and Mitch Grover (21) to knock off Albuquerque Menaul (5-5) 63-50. On the other side of the bracket, Moriarty (4-6) used a 13-4 run in the second quarter to take a 29-20 lead and held off McCurdy (6-6) by a 59-53 score to reach the semifinals. The Pintos will play the host Braves, who held Laguna-Acoma to just 11 second-half points in a 67-32 win.

GIRLS It took Raton (0-12) until the 7:52 mark of the third quarter to score its first points against the host team of the Lady Braves Invite, as the Lady Braves rolled to an 81-9 win. SFIS (9-4) will take on Newcomb (7-5), which downed McCurdy (3-5) by a 59-17 count as the Lady Bobcats scored just four points over the last 18:49 of the game. Mesa Vista continued its hot start, as it improved to 11-2 with a 51-33 win over Bernalillo in the opening game of Thursday’s session. The Lady Trojans will play Cuba (4-9), which beat Laguna-Acoma (5-3) by a 51-45 score in the most entertaining game on the girls side.

The next one came under Saban in 2009, a 17-year drought that would be hard to swallow again for ’Bama fans. Alabama won its last national championship in 2020. Bryant’s ﬁnal national title came four years before he stepped down. “Some of it’s a little fuzzy and cloudy at the moment to see,” said Finebaum, who covered Bryant’s ﬁnal seasons as a Birmingham, Ala., sportswriter. “But I didn’t think in ’82 that we’d ever see anything like this and not only have we seen it, it was better.” SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey weighed in on the challenges of replacing both Saban’s impact and his legacy, but noted the Alabama athletic depart-

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Capital assistant football coach John Michael Salazar goes over plays with his offensive line during summer practice July 27 at Capital High. Salazar is the Jaguars’ new head coach, replacing Joaquin Garcia, who resigned in December.

ment’s transformation as an asset. “I walked into the athletic department for the ﬁrst time in November of ’02 from the Southland Conference, and that’s been transformed,” Sankey said. “The infrastructure, the support systems. The expectations are incredibly high. That’s true around our campuses. So it’s a great opportunity for the right person.” Athletic director Greg Byrne said Alabama plans a “thorough but expedient” search process. “Our ideal candidate will be strong in recruiting and relationship building, player development, excel in Xs and Os and have the overall ability to lead this historic program,” Byrne said in a

post on X. One potential candidate to replace him, Oregon coach Dan Lanning, said on X he was staying put. “I want to be here in Eugene for as long as Eugene will have me,” Lanning said in a video post that included the text “And I’m not leaving.” Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin, a former Alabama offensive coordinator, expressed the challenges of replacing Saban in a 2022 interview. “What could you possibly do right if you don’t win the national championship every year?” Kiffin told USA Today at the time. “You’re going to follow Nick Saban at Alabama? No, that would not be a good decision for anyone.”

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ESPN used fake Coach Bill Belichick: A look back names to give Emmys to its stars NFL

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Network dodged rule preventing individuals from receiving trophies for awards won by show By Katie Strang

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In March, Shelley Smith, who worked for 26 years as an on-air reporter for ESPN, received a call from Stephanie Druley, then the network’s head of studio and event production. Druley said she wanted to talk about something “serious” that needed to stay between the two of them, Smith recalled. She then told Smith that Smith needed to return two sports Emmy statuettes that she had been given more than a decade earlier. That request was one of many ESPN made of some of its biggest stars last year after the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the organization that presents the Sports Emmy Awards, uncovered a scheme that the network used to acquire more than 30 of the coveted statuettes for on-air talent ineligible to receive them. Since at least 2010, ESPN inserted fake names in Emmy entries, then took the awards won by some of those imaginary individuals, had them re-engraved and gave them to on-air personalities. Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso, Chris Fowler, Desmond Howard and Samantha Ponder, among others, were given the ill-gotten Emmys, according to a person briefed on the matter who was granted anonymity because the individual was not authorized to discuss it publicly. There is no evidence that the on-air individuals were aware the Emmys given to them were improperly obtained. “I think it was really crummy what they did to me and others,” said Smith, who worked at ESPN from 1997 until her contract expired in July. The fraud was discovered by the academy, which prompted an investigation by that organization and later by ESPN. Those inquiries resulted in penalties beyond the return of the trophies. While it is not known who orchestrated the scheme, Craig Lazarus, the vice president and executive producer for original content and features at ESPN, and Lee Fitting, a senior vice president for production who oversaw College GameDay and other properties, were among the ESPN employees the academy ruled ineligible from future participation in the Emmys. In a statement, ESPN said: “Some members of our team were clearly wrong in submitting certain names that may go back to 1997 in Emmy categories where they were not eligible for recognition or statuettes. This was a misguided attempt to recognize on-air individuals who were important members of our production team.” The network added: “We brought in outside counsel to conduct a full and thorough investigation, and individuals found to be responsible were disciplined by ESPN.” In an email, Adam Sharp, president and CEO of the academy, said: “NATAS identified a number of fictitious credits submitted by ESPN to multiple Sports Emmys competitions. When brought to the attention of ESPN senior management, the network took steps to take responsibility for the actions of its personnel, to investigate thoroughly and to course correct. These steps have included the return by ESPN of statuettes issued to fictitious individuals and commitments to implement further internal accountability and procedural changes at the network.” An ESPN spokesperson said Lazarus declined to comment, and Lazarus did not respond to an email seeking comment. Fitting was let go by ESPN in August after 25 years at the company. He did not respond to voice and text messages. The nexus of the scheme was College GameDay, the show that Fitting helped turn into a cultural phenomenon and revenue machine. From 2008 to 2018, it won eight Emmys for outstanding weekly studio show. But on-air talent was, until 2023, prohibited by academy guidelines from being included in a credit list in that

category. Hosts, analysts and reporters on College GameDay could win individual awards, such Kirk as outstandHerbstreit ing host, studio analyst or emerging on-air talent, and they could win for an individual feature. But they were Lee Corso not eligible to take home a trophy for a win by the show. That rule was meant to prevent front-facing talent from winning two awards for the same work. ESPN circumvented the rule by inserting fake names into the credit list it submitted to the academy for College GameDay. The Athletic reviewed the credit lists for the years the show won: 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. In each of those seven years, names similar to the names of on-air personalities — and with identical initials — were listed under the title of “associate producers.” Kirk Henry (Kirk Herbstreit), Lee Clark (Lee Corso), Dirk Howard (Desmond Howard) and Tim Richard (Tom Rinaldi) appeared in all seven years. Steven Ponder (Sam Ponder) and Gene Wilson (Gene Wojciechowski) appeared in five from 2014-18. Chris Fulton (Chris Fowler) appeared in 2010, 2011, 2014 and 2015. Shelley Saunders (Shelley Smith) appeared in the 2010 credit list. Smith was also given an Emmy for the show’s win in 2008, although it is unclear how that statuette was obtained; Shelley Saunders was not listed in the 2008 credit list viewed by The Athletic. However, networks are allowed to modify a credit list after a show is announced as a winner. While reviewing the 2010 and 2011 credit lists, The Athletic found three additional names that could not be verified that also closely resemble the names of College GameDay talent: Erik Andrews (Erin Andrews) in 2011; Wendy Nickson (Wendi Nix) and Jenn Brownsmith (Jenn Brown) in 2010. Nix confirmed that she was given an Emmy around 2010 and said she had no idea it was improperly obtained; it just arrived in the mail one day. She was not contacted about returning it before or after she left ESPN last August. Brown, who left ESPN in 2013, confirmed she was also given one and did not know it was ill-gotten. She said: “This is all news to me and kind of unfortunate because you’ve got people who believe they rightfully had one. There are rules for a reason.” Brown said she has not been contacted by ESPN about returning it. Andrews, who left ESPN in 2012, declined to comment through a spokesperson. When asked why people at the network would scheme to secure trophies for on-air talent, one person involved in the ESPN Emmy submission process in recent years said: “You have to remember that those personalities are so important, and they have egos.” Smith, for one, pushed back on that and remarked how some executives lined their office shelves with statuettes. One executive interviewed during ESPN’s inquiry said that some company leaders were obsessed with the Emmys, using the numbers of wins each year to prove their dominance over competitors. Additionally, many at ESPN disagreed with the rule preventing on-air personalities from getting statuettes for a win by the show. The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences strengthened its credit verification process in 2022, and sometime in 2022 ESPN was asked to verify certain names. The network eventually admitted the names were bogus.

A timeline of key moments in Bill Belichick’s career: 1976 — He joined the Detroit Lions as an assistant special teams coach. He was fired along with the rest of Tommy Hudspeth’s coaching staff at the end of the 1977 season. 1979 — After one year with the Denver Broncos, Belichick begins a 12-year run with the New York Giants, first as an assistant under Ray Perkins. Led by a defense guided by Belichick under head coach Bill Parcells, the Giants win two Super Bowls. 1991 — Belichick is hired as the head coach of the (original) Cleveland Browns. As the face of an NFL team for the first time, Belichick shows the irritable personality that would characterize his time in New England. The Browns went 11-5 and reached the second round of the playoffs in 1994, but during the 1995 season owner Art Modell announced an intended move to Baltimore. The Browns, 4-5 at the time, finished 5-11 and Belichick was fired. 1996 season — Belichick reunited with his mentor, Parcells, who was now the head coach in New England. The Patriots reached the Super Bowl that season; Belichick was reported to have softened personally, including cultivating a relationship with team owner Robert Kraft. 1997 season — Parcells and Kraft’s frosty relationship completely disintegrated during Super Bowl week, and the coach flew home separate from the team after the loss to Green Bay and worked out a deal to take over the New York Jets. Kraft refused to relinquish his rights, leaving Belichick as the titular head coach briefly. Parcells eventually negotiated his release, restoring Belichick as his top assistant and contractually stipulated heir. January 2000 — With Parcells’ resignation as Jets head coach, Belichick was supposed to be elevated to the job. Instead, Belichick scribbled “I resign as HC of the NYJ” on a napkin and attended his introductory press conference only to explain his decision. Soon after, Kraft anointed him as Patriots head coach, replacing the fired Pete Carroll and setting off another NFL-mediated negotiation over compensation. April 2000 — Patriots select former Michigan quarterback Tom Brady 199th overall in the sixth round of the NFL draft. Belichick stashes him on the roster as the team’s fourth quarterback with

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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, left, celebrates with head coach Bill Belichick in December 2014 after defeating the Miami Dolphins in Foxborough, Mass.

Brady appearing in only one game his rookie season. The Patriots finish 5-11 in Belichick’s first season as New England’s coach. 2001 season — Belichick elevates Brady to Drew Bledsoe’s backup and in Week 2 of the season inserts him into the game against the Jets after Bledsoe sustains a concussion and collapsed lung following a hit late in the fourth quarter of a 10-3 loss. Brady is the starter the rest of the season. New England makes a run to the Super Bowl and upsets the St. Louis Rams’ “Greatest Show on Turf” to win the Patriots’ first Super Bowl. 2003 season — The Patriots win the Super Bowl for the second time in three seasons, claiming a 32-29 victory over Carolina in Super Bowl 38 at Reliant Stadium in Houston. 2004 season — The Patriots became a full-fledged dynasty and cement their place as the team of the 2000s with their third Super Bowl victory in four years, beating the Philadelphia Eagles 24-21. New England becomes only the seventh franchise to claim back-to-back titles. No team has achieved the feat since. 2006 season — The Patriots set an NFL mark with 10 straight postseason victories by beating the Jacksonville Jaguars 28-3. New England’s milestone surpasses the nine straight playoff victories by Green Bay in the 1960s. 2007 season — The season starts under a cloud when a New England videographer is accused of recording defensive signals by the Jets during the Patriots’ season-opening win. An NFL investigation validates accusations in a scandal that comes to be known as “Spygate.” The Patriots are fined $250,000 and

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recaps, Belichick appeared in a jacket and tie and spoke ﬁrst, followed by Kraft. The coach even smiled a couple of times — including when he conceded respect for the media “even though we don’t always see eye to eye.” He also thanked the fans for “the sendoffs, the parades, the Sundays.” But most of his time was spent thanking the people throughout the organization, especially the more than 1,000 Patriots players he coached in his time here. “Players win games in the NFL,” Belichick said. “I’ve been very, very fortunate to coach some of the greatest players to ever play the game.” Kraft called the relationship a marriage that had required work and had come to an end. “I’m very proud that our partnership lasted for 24 years,” Kraft said. “Bill has taught me a lot over those years, and we had high expectations for what we could achieve together. I think we were the only ones who had those expectations, and I think it’s safe to say we exceeded them.” “We did,” Belichick agreed. “Thanks to you,” Kraft said. Belichick, 71, became just the third coach in NFL history to reach 300 career regular-season victories earlier this season, joining Hall of Famers Don Shula and George Halas. With 333 wins including the playoffs, Belichick trails only Shula (347) for the record for victories by a coach. But the Patriots ended this season 4-13, Belichick’s worst record in 29 seasons as an NFL head coach. It supplanted the 5-11 mark he managed in his last year in Cleveland in 1995 and again in his ﬁrst year in New England in 2000. Including the playoffs, he ends his Patriots tenure with a 333-178 record. Belichick is expected to resume his pursuit of Shula’s record elsewhere. Kraft alluded to that, saying complete closure for their relationship couldn’t come “while he’s still coaching.” “But I hope when that’s all over, we can do something that properly honors him and respects him for what he’s done with us,” Kraft said. With his cutoff hoodies and ever-present scowl, Belichick teamed with quarterback Tom Brady to lead the Patriots to six Super Bowl victories, nine AFC titles and 17 division championships in 19 years. During a less successful — but also tumultuous — stint with the original Cleveland Browns, Beli-

docked a first-round draft pick for violating NFL rules against using video to steal signals. Belichick is fined $500,000 in the incident. The saga helps fuel a widespread distrust of the team. The Patriots respond by averaging an NFL-best 36.8 points per game and beating their first eight opponents by a combined 204 points. Brady wins the league MVP after leading the NFL with 4,806 yards passing and sets the single-season record with 50 TD throws. New England completes a perfect regular season, finishing with a 16-0 record following a thrilling 38-35 comeback victory over the New York Giants. New England is the first NFL team since the 1972 Dolphins to win every game on the schedule. But its hopes of an unbeaten season end in 17-14 Super Bowl loss to the Giants. 2011 season — The Patriots finish the regular season 13-3 and earn a trip to their fifth Super Bowl under Belichick. But they are again thwarted by the Giants in a 21-17 loss. 2013 season — Aaron Hernandez, who the Patriots drafted in the fourth round in 2010 and was signed to a $40 million contract extension in 2012, is arrested on a murder charge in friend Odin Lloyd’s slaying. The Patriots release him hours after his arrest. Hernandez is convicted of the murder in 2015. 2014 season — The Patriots finish their third straight regular season with 12 wins and earn their sixth trip to the Super Bowl in Belichick’s tenure. The game ends in dramatic fashion when undrafted rookie Malcolm Butler intercepts Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson’s short throw into the end zone and the Patriots end

chick earned 37 of his career victories. Reaction to Thursday’s announcement poured in across social media. It included one from Brady, who responded with three heart emojis to a post on ESPN’s Instagram page that had photos of Belichick and Kraft embracing. It’s not immediately clear who Kraft will tap to replace the future Hall of Famer, and he declined to get into particulars out of respect for Thursday’s announcement. “We’ll have a chance to talk about that in the very near future,” Kraft said. But asked later what kind of coach he’ll seek, he added: “We’re looking for someone who can help us get back to the playoffs and win.” Patriots linebackers coach Jerod Mayo won a Super Bowl ring playing under Belichick and has interviewed for multiple head coaching vacancies since becoming a New England assistant in 2019. Mayo turned down a few interviews last offseason before signing a contract extension to remain with the Patriots. Mike Vrabel, who was fired earlier this week by the Tennessee Titans and won three Super Bowls with the Patriots, is also expected to be a candidate. Belichick had been grooming offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels to replace him before McDaniels left following the 2021 season to become the coach of the Raiders. He has since been fired by Las Vegas. Belichick’s exit from the Patriots comes just a day after another coaching great and longtime friend Nick Saban announced he’d retire after winning seven college national championships. Saban worked for Belichick’s father, Steve, in the 1980s as a coach at Navy, and Bill Belichick hired Saban as his defensive coordinator when he became Cleveland’s head coach in 1991. The six Super Bowl wins tie Belichick with pre-merger mentors Halas and Curly Lambeau for the most NFL championships. Belichick also won two rings as Bill Parcells’ defensive coordinator with the New York Giants. But the Patriots have stumbled to a 29-39 record since Brady departed following the 2019 season. Beginning in 2001 when Brady became the starting quarterback, the Patriots missed the playoffs only once — when Brady was injured in 2008. This marked New England’s fifth consecutive season without a playoff victory. Belichick’s subsequent solutions at quarterback haven’t panned out. Brady’s initial replacement, Cam Newton, didn’t resemble the player who won the 2015 MVP award and was cut after a 7-9 finish

a decade-long drought without an NFL title by beating the defending champion Seahawks 28-24. 2016 season — The Patriots earn a fifth Super Bowl win in historic fashion, rallying from a 28-3 deficit in the third quarter to beat the Atlanta Falcons 34-28 in Super Bowl 51. It marks the largest comeback in the game’s history and the first overtime Super Bowl. The Patriots join the Pittsburgh Steelers (six), Dallas Cowboys (five) and San Francisco 49ers (five) as the only teams with at least five Super Bowl wins. 2017 season — Patriots make their eighth Super Bowl appearance under Belichick but lose to the Philadelphia Eagles on the “Philly Special” trick play. 2018 season — New England rebounds from the Super Bowl loss to the Eagles and makes its ninth Super Bowl appearance since the start of the BelichickBrady era, beating the Rams 13-3 to capture the franchise’s sixth Lombardi Trophy. Belichick joins George Halas and Curly Lambeau as the only coaches with six NFL championships. March 2019 — Brady leaves the Patriots in free agency and joins the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 2020 season — Belichick acquires former MVP Cam Newton to replace Brady, but the Patriots stumble to a 7-9 finish. Brady leads the Buccaneers to a Super Bowl win, earning his seventh ring. 2021 season — The Patriots draft former Alabama quarterback Mac Jones, who unseats Newton as the starter during training camp. Jones gets a Pro Bowl nod as a rookie and helps lead New England to a 10-7 regular season, earning its first playoff appearance since Brady’s departure. But the Patriots are bounced 47-17 in the wild-card round by Buffalo. 2022 season — Belichick puts longtime defensive coach Matt Patricia in charge of the offense and Jones regresses in Year 2. The Patriots stumble to an 8-9 finish, their second losing season since Brady’s exit. 2023 season — Belichick rehires former offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien, but Jones and the offense continue to struggle and post worse numbers than the previous season in several categories. Jones is benched with six games to play and the Patriots finish 4-13, the worst record of Belichick’s NFL coaching career. Jan. 11 — Belichick and Kraft agree to part ways after 24 seasons and six Super Bowl championships.

in 2020. Meanwhile, Brady won his seventh Super Bowl ring with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers that same season. Mac Jones, a 2021 first-round draft choice, was a Pro Bowl selection as a rookie and led New England to the playoffs. But he regressed in Year 2 when Belichick put longtime defensive assistant Matt Patricia in charge of the offense. Jones didn’t fare much better this season when Bill O’Brien returned as offensive coordinator. He was benched four times before being replaced as starter by backup Bailey Zappe for the final six games. That left the Patriots looking at a lengthy rebuild, with no candidate on the roster to bring stability to the sport’s most important position. Belichick, who also served as the de facto general manager with final say on personnel decisions, was celebrated for his ingenuity managing the salary cap during the run of Super Bowl success. It included getting stars like Brady and others to accept cap-friendly contracts or adjust their deals to accommodate the signing of other players. But that acclaim has waned in the years since Brady left, as a run of draft picks and high-priced free agents didn’t live up to expectations. In addition, Belichick has seen several members of his personnel and scouting departments leave for other jobs. Now it won’t be Belichick making the decisions for the Patriots on or off the field. Belichick, the only child of a World War II veteran who spent three decades as a Navy assistant coach, is a football historian with an encyclopedic knowledge of strategy from the sport’s early days to current NFL trends. His players said his attention to detail never left them unprepared. Belichick has been a master of the NFL rule book, unearthing loopholes in clock operations and offensive line formations that — though entirely legal — cemented his reputation as a mad genius. But his legacy in New England also includes two major cheating investigations — and other minor ones — that cost him and the team draft picks and more than $1 million in fines. Opponents accused the Patriots of everything from hacking their headsets to cutting corners on injury reports. His friendship with former President Donald Trump, which Belichick insisted was not political, landed the coach on the list to receive a Presidential Medal of Freedom in the waning days of the administration. After the outcry against the U.S. Capitol siege, Belichick announced “the decision has been made not to move forward.”

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hen I was a little girl, I was always pretty lonely. Though my parents, aunts and grandparents always made a point to play with me, I was still the only child in our family. I couldn’t shake the longing for someone around my age to play with all the time — not just another kid from the McDonald’s PlayPlace I’d never get to see again. When I was 5, that wish of someone who stayed to play was granted through my Nina, or godmother, when my godbrother was born. He is biologically my cousin, but through our religion, he is my brother because our parents each baptized the other’s child. Along with our parents being each other’s Nina and Nino, we became “god-siblings.” Or how my brother puts it: “not quite a cousin, not quite a sister,” when refer-

ring to our relationship. Getting the chance to be an older sibling, while at times challenging, has become a key part of my identity as I grow up. The best part about it is getting to watch younger siblings grow and become individuals in their own sense. My brother is 9 now, and the years have gone by in a ﬂash, from being with him for his ﬁrst word to his baseball games. Sometimes it feels like just recently I was there on the couch, staring at the photo of my newborn brother on a phone screen. But now he’s actually a fourth grader who loves Mario Kart. Though I’m extremely proud of the gentleman he is becoming, it’s hard sometimes to watch him grow up. I know there are things I won’t be able to protect him from, though I’ll still try, as he becomes more aware of the world and the power his voice and views hold. In some moments, watching him grow up tugs on my heart strings,

and in the next, it’s making me the proudest person I’ll ever be. Like watching how quickly he can do math, or how outgoing he is. He is constantly surprising me with new things he is working on in his artwork and new hobbies he ﬁnds to engage in. For instance, he currently loves video games like Roblox, Zelda, Pokémon and Mario Kart. He will spend hours upon hours talking about them in great detail, and follow up the conversation with drawings of each character — detailing their pros and cons. When I was 10 years old, that wish for a friend happened again when my Nina had a little girl. Though my brother and I have a stronger relationship, the one I have with my 4-year-old sister is strong as well. From helping her make food for herself, to teaching her directions and letters, I’ve gotten to see how very bright and amazingly caring she is. She is interested in baking cookies, picorns (unicorns), bittybugs (lady-

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Williamson: From self-help guru to presidential hopeful By Emily J. Aguirre Generation Next

emocrat Marianne Williamson, 71, is an emerging presidential candidate from Houston. She has gained attention from the media as another politician, like former President Donald Trump, who has launched herself into the political ﬁeld with a celebrity following rather than political experience. As the 2024 election looms, Williamson is the only person besides U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota to challenge President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination. Additionally, her possible nomination would mark something that has only been seen in the past eight years when Trump won the presidency in 2016: somebody with little to no political or military experience with a chance at the presidency. Williamson is known for her 14 selfhelp books, but she is best known as former spiritual adviser to talk-show host Oprah Winfrey. This is Williamson’s second time running for president, as she ran unsuccessfully for the 2020 Democratic nomination. Some turn away from Biden because of his age, 81, and may turn away from 71-year-old Williamson for the same reason. As more members of Generation Z reach voting age, many young voters are turned off by the older candidates like Biden, Trump, who is 77, and Williamson as they fail to represent a younger U.S. population. Baby boomers make up 48% of Congress, while making up only 20.58% of the U.S. population, according to Statista. This lack of younger representation is something many Gen Z voters are willing to combat and could cost aging politicians votes. While most of Williamson’s policies are similar to those of Biden and other Democrats, some stand out in a positive light for progressive voters, such as her push for an establishment of a “Federal Department of Peace,” reparations for the descendants of enslaved people and

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Self-help author Marianne Williamson launches her 2024 presidential campaign with a speech in March. The 71-year-old onetime spiritual adviser to Oprah Winfrey is one of the few Democratic challengers to President Joe Biden.

gun control. Williamson’s push for a federal Department of Peace aims toward her plan to establish a “Peace Academy,” modeled after military academies. Her proposal for reparations would support the selecting of a group of Black leaders to decide how to distribute a minimum $1 trillion in funds across 20 years. Finally, her gun control policy proposals seek to eliminate the sale of assault rifles and semi-automatic weapons, and ban bump stocks, high-capacity magazines and the 3D printing of firearms. Assault weapons would be used only as weapons of war and no longer sold to private citizens, according to her presidential campaigning website. While some of Williamson’s policies reflect her journey with spirituality, her seemingly “zen” persona hasn’t stopped controversies. Some of Williamson’s former staff have spoken out against her, including three who told Politico in May that Williamson would

throw her cellphone at them during outbursts and brought staff members to tears with her yelling. Williamson’s controversies don’t stop there. She publicly referred to clinical depression as a “scam” in 2019, causing many mental health experts to clap back at her. Williamson has since apologized for these comments, but it still hasn’t resolved the resulting waves of backlash and concerns that her views on mental health could hurt public health efforts and exacerbate stigma. Ultimately, while Williamson has stuck out as a key character in the 2024 election, her chances of spoiling the nomination are highly unlikely — just 9% — but she still remains an interesting candidate as someone who has never held political office. Emily J. Aguirre is a sophomore at Santa Fe Prep. Contact her at emjazz19@gmail.com.

bugs) and ballet. She is always surprising me with how caring she is: making sure that everyone gets a cookie (especially herself), always concerned with making sure no one gets spooked by Halloween decorations. Just like her brother, she loves crafts as well. The three of us do craft projects often with things we can ﬁnd around our grandparents’ house. I’ve made many paintings and chalk illustrations with them, designed structures out of sticks in the backyard, and spent time drawing with paper and pens. Though being their older sister comes with many gloryful moments, there are also many challenging moments, some of them chaotic or overwhelming. Sometimes we get into ﬁghts, which are usually solved once the topic of food or ice cream is brought up. Other times I get overwhelmed as we go from errand to errand while one or both of them remains excited and loud the

whole time — just happy to be on an adventure. As long as the adventure is exciting enough — because ones that take too long in the car or only include the grocery store can be upsetting. I’m always facing the pressure to set a good example for them and be the perfect older sister they deserve. Many moments have taught me more about how to conduct myself: like when I forget to pack a bigger snack and water bottle for my sister when we go on adventures to town, even though she swore she wasn’t hungry before we left. Or when I stood there like a deer in headlights as my brother made friends with the front desk lady at the hotel during a vacation. Either way I adore them and love them to bits. They are my siblings, my bunny and my bee. Aurora Sandoval is a freshman at New Mexico School for The Arts. Contact her at rorybear001@gmail.com.

In N.J., teens win right to vote in school board races By Tracey Tully

The New York Times

Residents as young as 16 have been granted the right to vote in school board elections in Newark, New Jersey’s largest city, beginning in April, after the City Council unanimously approved an ordinance Wednesday lowering the voting age. If implemented, the measure would make Newark the largest community in the United States to expand voting rights to younger residents since 1971, when the 26th Amendment lowered the voting age to 18 nationwide. “This would far and away be the most consequential effort to lower the voting age to 16 in the country,” said Andrew Wilkes, chief policy officer at Generation Citizen, a national nonproﬁt group focused on encouraging young people to participate in democracy. There have been successful efforts to allow younger teenagers to vote in smaller communities in Maryland and Vermont over the past decade. In 2013, Takoma Park, Md., a 17,000-person suburb of Washington, became the nation’s ﬁrst city to let 16-year-olds vote in local elections. Last year, Brattleboro, Vt., lowered its voting age to 16. And in California, residents of Berkeley and Oakland approved referendums in 2016 and 2020 giving 16-year-olds the right to cast ballots in school board elections, but the change has never been implemented. The initiative in Newark, a city 10 miles west of Manhattan where nearly 90% of residents are Black or Latino, is considered a major leap in a nationwide campaign to reinvigorate civics education, encourage greater participation in the democratic process and boost lagging voter turnout. Last year, only 3.1% of Newark’s 195,000 registered voters cast ballots for the nonpartisan election for the city’s nine-member school board. Each of the three winners won with fewer than 3,500 votes. Roughly 7,000 16- and 17-year-olds in Newark are likely to be newly eligible to vote in April’s school board race, according to census data, representing a voting bloc large enough to easily

sway elections. “They will actually have to listen to us,” said Nathaniel Esubonteng, a 16-year-old junior at Science Park High School in Newark and a member of the Gem Project, a group that promotes on-time graduation. The City Council approved the resolution after more than two hours of testimony for and against lowering the voting age. Most of the people opposed to the new age requirement said students were underprepared to make such crucial decisions, and they urged the city to also bolster its civics curriculum. Newark’s mayor, Ras J. Baraka, a former high school principal, called it a “direct learning experience.” “It’s a training ground and opportunity to prepare young folks to actually engage in larger elections,” Baraka said in an interview. Ryan Haygood, a civil rights lawyer who lives in Newark and runs the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, characterized the effort to give younger teens the right to vote as a racial justice effort. “We’re not waiting for democracy to trickle down from Washington, D.C.,” Haygood said. His organization, one of the main groups that have pushed for lowering Newark’s voting age, has gotten requests from other large New Jersey cities, including Atlantic City, Camden, Jersey City and Trenton, for guidance on how to win support for a 16-year-old vote, he said. And on Tuesday, Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, also offered key backing in his State of the State address for a proposal to not only permit — but require — the state’s more than 500 communities to allow 16-year-olds to vote in school board races. If adopted, it would be the ﬁrst statewide initiative of its kind. State Republican leaders panned the effort as nothing more than a cynical attempt to pad the Democratic advantage in New Jersey. “Give me a break,” said Sen. Declan O’Scanlon, a Republican who represents Jersey Shore communities. “They’re not ready to make these decisions,” he said of most 16- and 17-year-olds. “They’re not taxpayers.”

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erty has changed in use from residential to nonresidential or from to January resi- 12, 2024 B-8 THE SANTA FE NEW nonresidential MEXICAN Friday, dential use you must declare this status to the Assessor no later than the last day of February 2024. The declaration must contain the required information and must be in a form that may be obLEGALS LEGALS LEGALS tained from the Assessor’s office. Section legal #91964 7-38-17.1NMSA 1978. LEGAL #92110 7.If you are a person COUNTY ASSESSOR who is sixty-five (65) NOTICE OF PROPOSED ORDER NO. NO. 23-24 years of age or older RULEMAKING NOTICE NO TICE OF or disabled, and REQUIREMENTS RE QUIREMENTS whose “modified The New Mexico DeTO REPORT REPORT CERT CERTAIN gross income” was not partment of TransMATTERS MA TTERS RELATING RELATING greater than $41,900 in portation (NMDOT) is TO PROPERTY PROPERTY VA VALUA- 2023 and you own and purposing to repeal TION AND CLAIMING occupy a single-family rule, 17.4.2 NMAC, ReEXEMPTION dwelling you may be quirements for OccuFROM PROPERTY PROPERTY eligible for a limitation pancy of State TAXA AXATION TION on the taxable value of Highway System your residence. The Right-of-Way by Utility The County Assessor limitation of value Facilities. hereby publishes no- specified in Subsectice to property own- tions A, B and C under Purpose: Pursuant to ers, pursuant to Section 7-36-21.3 New Mexico State Section 7-38-18 NMSA NMSA 1978 shall be ap- Transportation Com1978, as follows: plied in the tax year in mission Policy 4, dated 1.All property subject which the owner August 18, 2022, to valuation for prop- claiming entitlement NMDOT rules shall be erty taxation purposes files with the county reviewed by the apnot valued by the As- assessor an applica- propriate Department sessor in 2023 for tion for the limitation. division or other orgaproperty taxation pur- The application must nizational unit every poses must be re- contain the required five years. The review ported to the Assessor information and must found that 17.4.2 no later than the last be on a form that is NMAC should be reday of February 2024, obtained from the As- pealed, and approval unless it is not subject sessor’s office. Sec- of the initial rulemakto valuation for prop- tion 7-36-21.3 NMSA ing action for this reerty taxation purposes 1978. peal was granted to in2024. The report 8.If your land was val- NMDOT by the New must contain the re- ued in 2023 in accor- Mexico State Transquired information dance with the special portation Commission and be on a form that method of valuation on May 19, 2022, puris obtained from the for land used primarily suant to Section 67-3Assessor’s office. Sec- for agricultural pur- 11, Subsection C of tion 7-38-8 NMSA 1978. poses, and the land is Section 67-3-12 and 2.If you have made im- still used primarily for Section 67-8-13 NMSA provements to real agricultural purposes, 1978. property during 2023 you need not reapply and the improvements for that special Summary of Repeal: cost more than Ten method of valuation in NMDOT proposes to Thousand Dollars 2024. If your land was repeal the following ($10,000), the improve- valued in accordance rule: ments must be re- with the special ported to the Assessor method of valuation in 17.4.2 NMAC – Requireno later than the last 2023, but it is no longer ments for Occupancy day of February 2024. used primarily for of State Highway SysThe information re- agricultural purposes, tem Right-of-Way by quired and the form you must report the Utility Facilities may be obtained from change to the Assesthe Assessor’s office. sor no later than the Repeal of entire part Section 7-38-8(C) last day of February 17.4.2.1 through NMSA 1978. 2024. If your land was 17.4.2.28 NMAC. 3.All real property not valued in accorowned by any non- dance with that Rulemaking Hearing: governmental entity method of valuation in NMDOT will hold a and claimed to be ex- 2023 and it is now used public hearing for the empt from property primarily for agricul- purpose of receiving taxation under the tural purposes, appli- oral and written public provisions of Para- cation must be made comments from intergraph (1) of Subsec- under oath, in a form ested parties on the tion B of Section and contain the infor- repeal of rule, 17.4.2 7-36-7NMSA 1978 shall mation required by de- NMAC. The hearing is be reported for valua- partment rules and scheduled on February tion purposes to the must be made no later 29, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. appropriate valuation than thirty (30) days to 10:30 a.m. at the authority. If a change after the mailing of the NMDOT, General Ofin eligibility status or County Assessor’s no- fice, Training Rooms 1 ownership of the prop- tices of valuation in and 2, 1120 Cerrillos erty has changed, the order to be entitled to Road, Santa Fe, NM change shall be re- the exemption from 87504-1149. Any furported no later than taxation in 2024. Sec- ther information rethe last day of Febru- tion 7-36-20 NMSA garding the public ary 2024. Section 7-38- 1978. hearing may be pro8.1 NMSA 1978. 9.If you own “live- vided on the NMDOT 4.If you own property stock” that is subject website under the folthat has decreased in to valuation for prop- lowing tabs: Legal Novalue during 2023, and erty taxation pur- tices tab: that property is sub- poses, you must https://www.dot.nm.g ject to valuation for report such livestock ov/p u b l i c - l e g a l - n o property taxation pur- to the Assessor. All tices, and Public Inposes, you must re- such livestock present volvement tab: port the decrease in in the county on Janu- https://www.dot.nm.g value to the Assessor ary 1,2024 must be re- o v/p u b l i c - i n v o l v e no later than the last ported to the Assessor ment. day of February 2024. no later than the last The report must con- day of February 2024. If Written Comments: To tain the required infor- the livestock is trans- submit written commation and must be ported into the county ments on or before on a form that is ob- after January 1, 2024, it February 29, 2024, tained from the Asses- must be reported to please send to: Lauren sor’s office. the Assessor no later Vigil, PO Box 1149, Section7-38-13 NMSA than the first day of Room 209, Santa Fe, 1978. the month following NM 87504-1149; Tele5.If you believe that the first month in phone: (505) 487-0626; your real property is which the livestock E m a i l : entitled to a head-of- has been present in lauren.vigil@dot.nm.g family exemption or the county for twenty ov. Written comments veteran exemption (20) days. The report will be accepted from from property taxa- must contain there re- the date this notice is tion, you must apply to quired information published in the 2024 the Assessor for ex- and must be on forms New Mexico Register, empt status no later obtained from the As- January 16, 2024, and than thirty (30) days sessor’s office. Sec- until the close of the after the mailing of the tion7-36-21 NMSA 1978. hearing scheduled in County Assessor’s no- 10.If you own a manu- this rulemaking, Febtices of valuation in factured home [that ruary 29, 2024. If you order to be entitled to was not previously as- plan to submit written the exemption from sessed] and it was comments, please taxation in 2024. Ex- present in the county make sure any docuceptions: A disabled on January 1, 2024, you mentation contains veteran or the dis- must report it to the your name, phone abled veteran’s surviv- Assessor no later than number and email ading spouse may claim the last day of Febru- dress, and if you plan eligibility and shall be ary 2024. The report to submit written comallowed the exemption must contain certain ments at the hearing, for the current tax required information please bring three year without being and must be on a form copies of any docusubject to the above obtained from the As- ments to the hearing. due date, provided sessor’s office. Sec- If submitting written that the exemption tion 7-36-26 NMSA comments by email, shall not be allowed 1978. please indicate the for property tax due THIS NOTICE NOTICE IS ONLY A rule number (17.4.2 for previous tax years. BRIEF STATEMENT OF NMAC) in the subject If any exemption from THE PROVISIONS OF line. Oral comments taxation was in effect SECTIONS 7-38-8, 7-38- will only be accepted for 2023 and the basis 8.1, 7-38-13, 7-38-17, 7- at the public hearing, 7-36-7, and may be subject to of the exempt status 38-17.1, or use is unchanged 7-36-21.3, 7-36-20, 7-36- time limitations. After from that year, appli- 21, and 7-36-26 NMSA the close of the hearcation for exemption 1978, and related Taxa- ing scheduled in this need not be made for tion & Revenue De- rulemaking, the rule2024. If you have previ- partment Regulations. making record will be ously been granted an It is not intended to re- closed, and no other exemption and now flect the full content of comments will be acprovisions, cepted. All written have a change in own- these ership or status you which may be exam- comments will be must notify the Asses- ined at the office of posted on the sor of the change no the County Assessor. NMDOT’s website later than the last day within three days of of February 2024 of the Pub: Jan 12, 19, 26, 2024 receipt. change. If required, application for exempAccommodations: Any tion must contain the individual with a disTo place a required information ability who is in need Legal Notice and must be on a form of an auxiliary aid or that is obtained from service to attend or Call 986-3000 the Assessor’s office. participate in the hearSection 7-38-17 NMSA ing may contact: LauLEGAL #92123 1978. ren Vigil at Telephone: 6.Property subject to (505) 487-0626 or at valuation is presumed The New Mexico Edu- E m a i l : Assistance lauren.vigil@dot.nm.g to be nonresidential cational Foundation Board of and will be so ov at least ten days recorded by the Asses- Directors meeting has before the hearing. sor unless you declare been scheduled for the property to be res- Tuesday, January 23, Pub: Jan 12, 2024 idential no later than 2024 at 1:30 p.m. in the of the LEGAL #92016 the last day of Febru- boardroom ary 2024. If your prop- Foundation’s offices at erty has changed in 7400 Tiburon NE, AlbuADVERTISEMENT use from residential to querque, NM 87109. A NEW MEXICO nonresidential or from copy of the agenda DEPARTMENT OF nonresidential to resi- will be available on the TRANSPORTATION at (NMDOT) BID SOLICIdential use you must Web www.nmeaf.org. If you declare this status to TATION FOR January the Assessor no later are an individual with 19, 2024 than the last day of a disability who is in SANTA FE, February 2024. The need of any form of NEW MEXICO declaration must con- auxiliary aid, service, or special assistance, tain the required inforThe NMDOT will only mation and must be in please contact Anna receive Bids through at the Bid Express weba form that may be ob- Smith tained from the Asses- smitha@nmeaf.org or site at sor’s office. Section (505) 761-2300 by 5:00 https://www.bidx.com PM January 22, 2024. 7-38-17.1NMSA 1978. / before 11:00 A.M. 7.If you are a person localContinued... prevailing time Continued... who is sixty-five (65) Pub: Jan 12, 2024 National Institute of years of age or older Standards and Techor disabled, and nology, atomic clock, whose “modified on January 19, 2024. gross income” was not Bids received after this greater than $41,900 in time will not be ac2023 and you own and cepted. Tutorials on occupy a single-family electronic bidding are dwelling you may be available through Bid eligible for a limitation Express website at on the taxable value of https://www.bidx.com your residence. The /site/trainingcenter. In limitation of value order to receive Adspecified in Subsecdenda and notifications A, B and C under tions all Bidders shall

ADVERTISEMENT NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (NMDOT) BID SOLICITATION FOR January 19, 2024 SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO

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der’s valid license in the form of its wallet card from the Construction Industries Division (CID) shall be submitted with the Bid per the Construction Industries Licensing Act NMSA (1978), Sections 60-13-1 to -57 (1967, as amended through 1989). The Bidder’s LEGALS valid license shall cover the Project’s type of Work specified in this Advertisement. The Bidder shall submit in the form of a zip file to the “file attachment upload” tab in the Project Bids.EBSX file through Bid Express the CID wallet card.

Cal 986-30

98) and (EE-98) FUNDING TYPE: Federal-aid LISTING THRESHOLD: $8,000 (Subcontractors Fair Practices Act Compliance) WAGE RATE (FEDERAL): NM20240036 WAGE RATE (STATE): Type “A” (2024)

LEGAL #92111 NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING

The New Mexico Deto place legals call: 986-3000 | toll free: 800-873-3362 | email: legals@sfnewmexican.com partment of Trans-

The NMDOT will only receive Bids through the BidLEGALS Express website at https://www.bidx.com / before 11:00 A.M. local prevailing time National Institute of Standards and Technology, atomic clock, on January 19, 2024. Bids received after this time will not be accepted. Tutorials on electronic bidding are available through Bid Express website at https://www.bidx.com /site/trainingcenter. In order to receive Addenda and notiﬁcations all Bidders shall log into Bid Express and select the proposal and letting activity message and e-mail boxes in the manage messages and notiﬁcations tab.

If a Bidder is seeking, for state funded Projects, a resident business preference the Bidder shall submit a copy of its resident business certification in the form of a zip file to the “file attachment upload” tab in the Project Bids .EBSX file through Bid Express before Bid Opening per NMSA 1978, § 13-42 (1984, amended The NMDOT will open 2012). and publicly read the Total Bid Amount for If a Bidder is seeking, Bids in the presence of for state funded Projone or more witnesses ects, a resident vetat the NMDOT’s Gen- eran contractor eral Office (Room 223), preference the Bidder 1120 Cerrillos Road shall submit a copy of Santa Fe, NM 87505. In- its resident veteran dividuals with disabili- contractor certificaties who desire to tion and its applicaattend or participate tion for the resident in this Bid Opening veteran contractor shall contact the certification, not inNMDOT Title VI Liaison cluding the attacha minimum of ten Days ments for the before the date of Bid application, in the Opening at (505) 490- form of a zip file to the 2620. “file attachment upload” tab in the Project The Advertisement, Bids .EBSX file through Bid Form, Bid Guar- Bid Express before Bid anty, Supplemental Opening per NMSA Specifications, Special 1978, § 13-4-2 (1984, Provisions, Addenda, amended 2012). Notice to Contractors and Plans are avail- For federally funded able for a membership Projects, the Bidder is fee and for examina- not required to have a tion only through the license from the CID Bid Express website. for the Project’s Work Fee schedules are in order to submit a available through the Bid. However, upon beBid Express website. coming the apparent The 2019 Edition of the successful Bidder, the NMDOT Standard Bidder must obtain a Specifications and valid license with the Standard Drawings for proper classification Highway and Bridge for the Project’s Work Construction shall within 30 Days of the govern construction of date on the notice of this Project. The 2019 Preliminary Award letStandard Specifica- ter. tions and Standard Drawings are available Federal and State for no cost to the Bid- Wage Rates are indider through the cated for each Project. NMDOT website at For federally funded http://dot.state.nm.us Projects, the Bidder /content/nmdot/en/st shall obtain the fedandards.html. eral wage rate (Construction Type: In the case of disrup- Highway) through the tion of national com- US Department of munications or loss of Labor (DOL) website at services by Bid Ex- https://sam.gov/conpress the morning of tent/home. In addithe Bid Opening, the tion, the Bidder shall NMDOT may delay the obtain the State wage deadline for Bids. In- rate (Street, Highway, structions will be com- Utility or Light Engimunicated through neering Construction) the Bid Express web- through the DWS website. site at https://www.dws.stat As a condition to sub- e.nm.us/Labor-Relamitting a Bid all Bid- tions/Labor-Informaders bidding as tion/Public-Works. The Contractors are re- higher wage rate shall quired to be prequali- govern in the event of fied with the NMDOT’s a dis- crepancy beOffice of Inspector tween the minimum General seven (7) Days wage rates in the before Bid Opening DOL/DWS Wage Deciper 18.27.5 NMAC. All sion applicable to the Subcontractors are re- Contract. quired to be prequalified before performing For federally funded any Work and prior to Projects, a Bidder shall supplying goods or submit in the form of a services to the Project. zip file to the “file atThe Contractor Pre- tachment upload” tab qualification Rule, in the Project Bids 18.27.5 NMAC, and Pre- .EBSX file through Bid qualification Packet Express the Affidavit are located at of Bidder before Bid http://dot.state.nm.us Opening. /content/nmdot/en/pr equalification.html. For federally funded The Bidder’s prequali- and state funded Projfication factor rolling ects, a Bidder shall average will be ap- submit in the form of a plied to any Project zip file to the “file atwith an engineer’s es- tachment upload” tab timate greater than $5 in the Project Bids million. .EBSX file through Bid Express any docuAll Bidders submitting ments before Bid Bids valued over sixty Opening required by a thousand dollars Notice to Contractors. ($60,000.00) shall be registered with the De- Failure of the Bidder to partment of Workforce comply with this AdSo- lutions (DWS), vertisement shall renLabor Relations before der the Bid Bidding. The Bidder’s non-responsive and registration number the Bid shall be reshall be included on jected. the Bid Form. The Bidder’s DWS registration (1) number can be ob- CN 1101841 tained through the w e b s i t e TERMINI: US 180, http://www.dws.state. MP 123.136 to MP nm.us/. If a Bidder ap- 128.261 for 5.126 miles pears on the DWS list COUNTY: G r a n t of willful violators of (District 1) the Public Works Mini- TYPE OF WORK: mum Wage Act (NMSA Roadway Reconstruc13-4-14), the NMDOT tion and Rehabilitashall reject the Bid and tion, Signalization, shall continue to reject Lighting, ITS Bids from that Bidder CONTRACT TIME: for three years after 400 Working Days the date of publication DBE GOAL: At this of the list. time NMDOT will meet the State DBE on FedThe Bidder’s Bid Guar- erally assisted projanty shall be five per- ects through a cent (5%) of the combination of raceBidder’s Total Bid neutral and race-conAmount and shall be scious measures. This submitted before Bid project is subject to Opening through ei- race-conscious measther Surety 2000 or Tin- ures. The established ubu Surety. DBE goal for this project is 0.00%. For state funded Proj- LICENSES: (GA-1 or ects proof of the Bid- GA-98) and (GF-2 or GFder’s valid license in 98) and (EE-98) the form of its wallet FUNDING TYPE: card from the Con- Federal-aid struction Industries LISTING THRESHOLD: Division (CID) shall be $8,000 (Subcontractors submitted with the Bid Fair Practices Act per the Construction Compliance) Industries Licensing WAGE RATE (FEDAct NMSA (1978), Sec- ERAL): tions 60-13-1 to -57 NM20240036 (1967, as amended WAGE RATE (STATE): through 1989). The Bid- Type “A” (2024) der’s valid license shall cover the Proj- (2) ect’s type of Work CN 5101400 specified in this Advertisement. The Bidder TERMINI: NM 567, Continued... Continued... shall submit in the MP 5.271 to MP 5.351 form of a zip file to the for 0.080 miles “file attachment up- COUNTY: Taos (Disload” tab in the Project trict 5) Bids.EBSX file through TYPE OF WORK: Bid Express the CID Roadway Reconstrucwallet card. tion CONTRACT TIME: If a Bidder is seeking, 30 Working Days for state funded Proj- LICENSES: (GA-1 or ects, a resident busi- GA-98) ness preference the FUNDING TYPE: Bidder shall submit a State copy of its resident LISTING THRESHOLD: business certification None

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TERMINI: NM 567, MP 5.271 to MP 5.351 for 0.080 miles COUNTY: Taos (District 5) TYPE OF WORK: Roadway Reconstruction CONTRACT TIME: 30 Working Days LICENSES: (GA-1 or GA-98) FUNDING TYPE: State LISTING THRESHOLD: None WAGE RATE (STATE): Type “A” (2024) (3) CN LC00290R

TERMINI: NM 101, MP 0.000 to MP 1.419 for 1.419 miles COUNTY: Dona Ana (District 1) TYPE OF WORK: Roadway Reconstruction, Signalization, Lighting CONTRACT TIME: 460 Working Days DBE GOAL: At this time NMDOT will meet the State DBE on Federally assisted projects through a combination of raceneutral and race-conscious measures. This project is subject to race-conscious measures. The established DBE goal for this project is 0.00%. LICENSES: (GA-1 or GA-98) and (EE-98) FUNDING TYPE: Federal-aid LISTING THRESHOLD: $7,000 (Subcontractors Fair Practices Act Compliance) WAGE RATE (FEDERAL): NM20240035 WAGE RATE (STATE): Type “A” (2024) Pub.: Dec. 22, 29, 2023 Jan. 5, 12, 2024

Place Your Legal Notice Today! Call: 505.986.3000 LEGAL #92124 COUNTY OF LOS LOS ALAMOS INVITA INVIT ATION TO TO BID IFB24-02R

LEGALS LEGAL #92126

LEGAL #92101

-NOTICE-NOTICERequest for Pr Proposal Number: 24-690-300031165

STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

TITLE: Juv Juvenile enile Justice Reform, Community Collaborativ Collabor ative, e, and Support Services PURPOSE: The Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) wants to fund a community collaborative project in your community. In 2023 the New Mexico State Legislature appropriated $500,000.00 (special appropriation) to CYFD pursuant to House Bill 2 for a communitybased programing that supports juvenile justice services. Project examples include direct services programs that may include individual, family and group counseling; direct services programs that address anger management, domestic violence, sex offender treatment, human trafficking, alcohol and substance abuse/prevention, preventive education, peer mentoring, parenting; and support services for individuals and their families to achieve successful outcomes. GENERAL INF INFORMA ORMA-TION: All questions about the contents of the RFP document shall be directed to: Procur ocurement ement Manager: Michelle Taylor, Procurement Manager Telephone: (505) 372-8300 Email: michelle.randall@cyfd.nm.gov ANCE: The ReISSUANCE ISSU quest for Proposals will be issued on Friday, January 12, 2024. Organizations interested in obtaining a copy may access and download the document from the Internet on Friday, January 12, 2024 at the following a d d r e s s : https://cyfd.bonfirehub.com/ PROPOSAL PROPOS AL DUE DA DATE AND TIME: Proposals must be received by the Procurement Manager no later than 3:00 PM MST ON F Frida riday y, February 15, 2024. Proposals received after this deadline will not be accepted. Please be advised that the document Juvenile Juvenile Justice Reform, Community Collaborativ Collabor ative, e, and Support Services RFP#24-690-300031165 located at https://cyfd.bonfirehub.com/ is the overriding document. All dates and information should be confirmed in this master document.

No. D-101-PB-2022-00183

IFB NAME: Water Water Pr Production F Facilities acilities Electric and Mechanical Upgrades Upgr ades Pr Project Sealed Bids in one (1) clearly labeled unbound original and two (2) bound paper copies (if submitting in paper form), subject to the conditions set forth in the Instructions to Bidders and in the other Solicitation Documents, will be received at the Office of the Los Alamos County Purchasing Officer, 101 Camino Entrada, Bldg. 3, Los Alamos, NM 87544 until 2:00 p.m. Pub: Jan 12, 2024 MT, Tuesday, February 13, 2024 for this solicitation. Bids may also be submitted electronically by email in pdf format. All other requirements stated in the Solicitation Document remain in effect. Emails should be addressed to: lacbid@lacnm.us. Subject line of the email must contain the following information: RESPONSE – IFB24-02R W Water ater P Prroduction F Facilities acilities Electric and Mechanical Upgrades Upgr ades Pr Project. A Non-Mandatory PreBid Conference will be held via Microsoft Teams on Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. MT. Bidders may request a link to the conference from Carmela Salazar via the contact methods listed below. This project is wholly or partially funded with United States Environmental Protection Agency funds, and therefore must comply with all federal requirements contained in the Supplemental Conditions. Neither the United States nor its department’s agencies or employees is or will be party to this invitation for bids or any resulting contract. Documents may be obtained from Carmela Salazar at the Office of the Purchasing Officer at: Los Alamos County Procurement Division 101 Camino Entrada, Bldg. 3 Los Alamos, NM 87544 (505) 662-8056 carmela.salazar@lacn m.us

LEGALS

To Place A Legal Notice Call 986-3000

LEGAL #92104 Legal Notice. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY SHALL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION ON THE 23rd DAY OF JANUARY 2024 AT 11:00 AM, AT GLOBAL STORAGE 1414 MACLOVIA ST. SANTA FE, NM, 87505 IN SATISFACTION OF LIEN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEW MEXICO SELF STORAGE ACT. UNIT #302: Kile Renshaw, 7 Avenida Grande Ste. B7 #266, Santa Fe NM 87508 Contents: Boxes, Plastic Tubs, Trash can, Table, Misc. UNIT #502: Joe Romero, PO Box 15015, Santa Fe NM 87505 Contents: Refrigerator, Gardening Tools, Ladder, Toolboxes, Misc. UNIT #610: Manuel Joaquin, 7727 Marthas Ln, Falls Chruch VA 22043 Contents: Boxes, Bookstand, Chest, Toolbox, Misc. UNIT #613: Alyssa Jaffa, 1510 Luisa St Apt #5, Santa Fe NM 87505 Contents: Dresser, Mirror, Bookshelf, Misc.

Ofﬁce Hours are 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday – Friday. No Bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled closing time for receipt of proposals. All forms of bribes, gratuities, and kickbacks are prohibited by state law. os The County of L Lo Alamos is an Equal Opportunity Employ Employer

UNIT #630: Michael Pridham, 710 Log Haven Dr, Woodland Park Co 80863 Contents: Couches, Plastic Tub, wardrobe, Bags, Misc.

Pub: Jan 12, 2024

Pub: Jan 5, 12, 2024

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LEONARD GARDUNO, Deceased NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Camille Garduno has been appointed Personal Representative of the Estate of the Decedent. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the publication of any Notice to Creditors or 60 days after the date of mailing or other delivery of this Notice, whichever is later, or the claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented either to the undersigned counsel for the Personal Representative at the address listed below or ﬁled with the First Judicial District Court, Santa Fe County, New Mexico. JAY GOODMAN AND ASSOCIATES LAW FIRM, PC /s/ Joshua Catanzaro, Esq. 2019 Galisteo, Suite C3, Santa Fe, NM 87505, Tel. (505) 989-8117. Pub: Jan 5, 12, 19, 2024 LEGAL #92073 Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 7612 Baca Lane Santa Fe, NM 87507 1/18/2024 @ 12:00am

portation (NMDOT) is proposing new rule, 18.1.3 NMAC, Requirement for Use and OcLEGALS cupancy of Property and Right of Way.

Purpose: Pursuant to New Mexico State Transportation Commission Policy 4, dated August 18, 2022, NMDOT rules shall be reviewed by the appropriate Department division or other organization unit every ﬁve years. The review found that 18.1.3 NMAC should be purposed as a new rule, and approval of the initial rulemaking action for the new rule was granted to NMDOT by the New Mexico State Transportation Commission on May 19, 2022, pursuant to Section 67-311, Subsection C of Section 67-3-12 and Section 67-8-13 NMSA 1978. Summary of Full Text: The proposed rule addresses NMDOT’s obligation to prescribe by rule the conditions under which thirdparty access to NMDOT rights of way may be used under the authority given to the NMDOT to require permits that specify the reasonable conditions and requirements for third-party access to NMDOT rights of way. Full Text of the Proposed Rule: A copy of the full text of the proposed rule may be found on the NMDOT website for 30 days prior to the public hearing scheduled in this rulemaking, February 29, 2024, under the following tabs: Legal Notices tab: https://www.dot.nm.g ov/p u b l i c - l e g a l - n o tices, and Public Involvement tab: https://www.dot.nm.g o v/p u b l i c - i n v o l v e ment.

A copy of the proposed rule may also be requested by contacting Lauren Vigil at (505) 487-0626 or lauren.vigil@dot.nm.gov. TAYLOR ALEXANDRA A reasonable fee may MARIS 1617 Vuelta Pl be charged for printed Santa Fe, NM 87501 copies. HOUSEHOLD GOODS Rulemaking Hearing: Alberto Alire NMDOT will hold a 7424 Wolf Creek Rd public hearing for the Santa Fe, NM 87507 purpose of receiving HOUSEHOLD oral and written public comments from interVerna Caldwell ested parties on the 1317 San Jose Ave proposed new rule, Santa Fe, NM 87505 18.1.3 NMAC. The hearHousehold goods ing is scheduled on February 29, 2024, from The auction will be 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. listed and advertised at the NMDOT, General on www.storagetrea- Ofﬁce, Training Rooms sures.com. Purchases 1 and 2, 1120 Cerrillos must be made with Road, Santa Fe, NM cash only and paid at 87504-1149. Any furthe above referenced ther information refacility in order to garding the public complete the transac- hearing may be protion. Extra Space Stor- vided on the NMDOT age may refuse any website under the folbid and may rescind lowing tabs: Legal Noany purchase up until tices tab: the winning bidder https://www.dot.nm.g takes possession of ov/p u b l i c - l e g a l - n o the personal property. tices, and Public Involvement tab: PUB: Jan. 12, 2024 https://www.dot.nm.g o v/p u b l i c - i n v o l v e LEGAL #92120 ment. Notice of Meeting Written Comments: To LEGAL NOTICE IS submit written comHEREBY GIVEN that the ments on or before Governing Board of February 29, 2024, Santa Fe Community please send to: Lauren College (SFCC) will Vigil, PO Box 1149, meet in a Regular Room 209, Santa Fe, Meeting of the Govern- NM 87504-1149; Teleing Board on Wednes- phone: (505) 487-0626; m a i l : day, January 24, 2024, E at 1:00 p.m. at SFCC, lauren.vigil@dot.nm.g Governing Board Room ov. Written comments (#223), 6401 Richards will be accepted from Ave., Santa Fe, NM the date this notice is published in the 2024 87508. New Mexico Register, Board meetings are January 16, 2024, and open to the public. If until the close of the you are an individual hearing scheduled in with a disability who is this rulemaking, Febin need of any form of ruary 29, 2024. If you auxiliary aid, service plan to submit written please or special assistance comments, to attend or partici- make sure any docucontains pate in the meeting, mentation please contact Audrey your name, phone Lucero at number and email adaudrey.lucero@sfcc.ed dress, and if you plan u at least 24 hours be- to submit written comfore the meeting. An ments at the hearing, agenda will be avail- please bring three able on-line 72 hours copies of any documents to the hearing. prior to the meeting. If submitting written comments by email, Pub: Jan 12, 2024 please indicate the LEGAL #92109 rule number (18.1.3 NMAC) in the subject NM Technology Assis- line. Oral comments tance Program Advi- will only be accepted sory Council quarterly at the public hearing, meeting, Monday, Jan- and may be subject to uary 22, 2024, from 1 - time limitations. After 3pm at 3916 Juan Tabo the close of the hearBlvd. NE, ABQ, NM ing scheduled in this 87111 or via Zoom. rulemaking, the ruleOpen to the public, al- making record will be ternative formats closed, and no other available, contact 505- comments will be ac841-4464 or cepted. All written tracy.agiovlastis@gcd. comments will be nm.gov for atten- posted on the dance info. You can NMDOT’s website check our website for within three days of agenda or link at receipt. tap.gcd.nm.gov Accommodations: Any Pub: Jan 12, 2024 individual with a disability who is in need LEGAL #92111 of an auxiliary aid or NOTICE OF PROPOSED service to attend or participate in the hearRULEMAKING ing may contact: LauThe New Mexico De- ren Vigil at Telephone: partment of Trans- (505) 487-0626 or at m a i l : portation (NMDOT) is E proposing new rule, lauren.vigil@dot.nm.g ov at least ten days 18.1.3 NMAC, Requirement for Use and Oc- before the hearing. cupancy of Property Pub: Jan 12, 2024 and Right of Way.

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ACROSS 1 Boatloads or truckloads 10 Question suggesting “What odd behavior!” 12 Gains ground 14 Worker’s end-ofyear wish 15 Pitiful 16 Figure whose name derives from the Hebrew for “adversary” 18 Areas to practice driving skills 20 Middle of Middlesex 21 Taproom offering, in brief 22 Output of the world’s largest manufacturer of musical instruments 26 Canadian N.H.L. team, on scoreboards 27 1977 best-selling novel set in a hospital 29 Broke 30 Artist of “La Maja Desnuda” and “La Maja Vestida” 31 Five-time N.B.A. All-Star Thompson

32 Words that guide 33 Uber ___ 34 Join so as to work together 35 Third most-spoken language in the world 36 Slips 37 “___ does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from ___”: Jeanne Moreau 38 Stockpiles 40 Get even with 41 Famous bridge site 43 Not allowing for variation 45 Payment option 46 What a nod might indicate 49 Investor’s considerations 50 What old memories often cause 53 Made ’em look 54 Preservers of crop biodiversity DOWN 1 [So what?] 2 Kiddie ride? 3 Utterance with one’s hand on a Bible, maybe

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4 Comics sound effects 5 City east of Tempe 6 Abbr. below the name of some businesses 7 Highest degree attainable? 8 Defenses are prepared for them 9 Pioneer in the field of exobiology 10 “You sure about that?” 11 Drawers on chests, maybe 12 “Stop complaining. I didn’t do anything wrong”

13 Bouncing a penny into a cup, fancily shuffling cards, etc. 14 Indianapolis 500 venue, informally, with “the” 17 Balance sheet quantity 19 Jazz sobriquet 20 Ones helping players get a round? 23 Song title in both “The Sound of Music” and “West Side Story” 24 Certain verbal agreements 25 Regards 28 Certain verbal agreement

30 “How about that!” 38 What’s going on? 39 Barely run 42 Cartoon character often seen sucking his thumb 44 They contain fruit 46 Gave rise to 47 Entertainment reference that began as a Usenet group 48 ___ Amendment (2010s extension of the Kyoto Protocol) 51 Tip jar item 52 All House speakers until 2007

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HOROSCOPE The stars show the kind of day you’ll have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, Jan. 12, 2024: You are goal driven and very enthusiastic about what you do. This is a wonderful, funloving year for you! MOON ALERT: There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The Moon is in Aquarius. ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHHH This is a fantastic day to make your pitch to bosses, parents and VIPs, especially

if it’s related to boosting your earnings or increasing your wealth. People admire you now. Tonight: Schmooze with friends.

someone to you today who is powerful and persuasive. If this is the case, they will probably have the upper hand. Tonight: Financial settlements.

energy (and probably support) to make changes at home, especially changes that will reorganize where you live. Tonight: Socialize!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH This is a marvelous day to make travel plans or to explore opportunities in legal or medical matters. It’s also a great day to work in publishing and the media. Tonight: You’re admired.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You can accomplish a lot today because you have the energy and motivation to be productive. Expect great results from your job or from anything that you do. Tonight: Mellow times.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHHH You have a positive mindset today, which will help you market, sell, teach, act or convince anyone about anything. Tonight: Redecorate.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH It’s fortunate that your relations with partners and close friends are warm and supportive at this time. This is an excellent day to settle disputes. Tonight: Explore!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHHH Your sense of competition is aroused today, which is why you will excel at sports and anything that you do with groups and also children. Tonight: Support from others.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You will work hard to do whatever you can to boost your earnings today. However, admittedly, you also might work just as hard to spend your money because you’re enthusiastic about something. Tonight: Warm conversations.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You might attract

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Today you have the

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHHH You feel good today!

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This is why it’s a great day to work and advance your own interests. Business and finances are favored. Tonight: Money ideas. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Today the Moon is in your sign, which can make you more emotional than usual. Nevertheless, younger, creative people are eager to see you and hear what you have to say. Tonight: Relax. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Relations with friends, as well as clubs and organizations, are excellent today because you can easily express yourself and defend your own best interests. Tonight: Happy solitude.

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Independence is a learned trait Dear Annie: This letter is a message to “Fed Up,” the reader whose husband dotes on their daughters. She needs to know that her husband, as well-meaning as he is, is NOT doing your daughters any favors. I know this all too well by example. My mother never learned to be independent. From her earliest childhood, my grandparents took care of my mother and father: Paying for their mortgage, bailing them out when they got into monetary trouble because of my father, and so much more. Grandma continued this practice after my Grandpa passed, until the day she passed away. I was informed by Grandma, who I loved dearly, on my 16th birthday, that she expected me to grow up and fill her shoes. I was expected to take care of my mother, as she knew very well that my mother wasn’t capable of it. I quietly refused and moved several hundred miles away. Upon Grandma’s passing, I was shocked to learn that she had gone through six figures in money taking care of my mother. My mother did inherit a little money from Grandma, had my father’s pension and her own Social Security and other tiny incomes — enough that, if she were careful, she could have lived comfortably to the end. Instead, she spent it on cruises, trips and other expensive things. In the end, she passed utterly penniless; her home was foreclosed upon because she ignored the property taxes that Grandma had always paid, and she neglected to have things repaired in the house that needed repairing. When she was evicted, she had no heat and no hot water. Is this an extreme case? Likely, but it is also what could happen if “Fed Up’s” husband doesn’t make his “little girls” grow up. Show him my letter and ask him this: What will happen to them when you and I are gone? — Saw It Before Dear Saw It Before: Thank you for your letter. You give some stark examples of what can happen when you give and give without teaching your children personal responsibility.

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SUPER QUIZ Take this Super Quiz to a Ph.D. Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level.

Subject: LEAGUES Each answer contains the word “league.” (e.g., What is the NHL? Answer: National Hockey League.) FRESHMAN LEVEL 1. What two leagues make up Major League Baseball in the U.S.? Answer________ 2. Term for the major league baseball teams playing exhibition games during spring training. Answer________ 3. This league preceded the United Nations. Answer________

Today is Friday, Jan. 12, the 12th day of 2024. There are 354 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On Jan. 12, 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. founded Motown Records (originally Tamla Records) in Detroit.

GRADUATE LEVEL 4. This event is held every August in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

KENKEN Rules • Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 through 6 without repeating. • The numbers within the heavily outlines boxes, called cages, must combine using the given operation (in any order) to produce the target numbers in the top-left corners. • Freebies: Fill in single-box cages with the number in the top-left corner.

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Answer________ 5. A group of eight traditional universities in the eastern U.S. with high academic standards. Answer________ 6. Being of an inferior class or group of its kind (especially in baseball). Answer________ PH.D. LEVEL 7. Quote the first line of “The Charge of the Light Brigade.” Answer________ 8. A former confederation of free towns in northern Germany and neighboring areas. Answer________ 9. By what name did the colonial French call the five nations of native people? Answer________

ANSWERS: 1. American League, National League. 2. Grapefruit League. 3. League of Nations. 4. Little League World Series. 5. Ivy League. 6. Bush league. 7. “Half a league, half a league.” 8. Hanseatic League. 9. Iroquois League. SCORING: 18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors graduate; 10 to 14 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you? (c) 2024 Ken Fisher

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