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‘Seems like bureaucratic bloat’ U.S. attacks IR AQ

Plans for $194M state building near Capitol spark opposition

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The Old Santa Fe Association has taken a firm stance against the state’s proposal to construct a large-scale executive office building across the street from the Roundhouse — a $194 million project that would significantly change the appearance of the surrounding neighborhood.

Iran-backed militias after drone strikes

The proposal requires the demolition of six properties on South Capitol Street and Don Gaspar Avenue, some of them historic homes.

Adam Fulton Johnson, executive director of the Old Santa Fe Association, said Tuesday the proposed 200,000-square-foot, multistory office building would be nearly the same size Please see story on Page A-4

Operation follows onslaught since Oct. 17, targeting U.S. troops stationed in region, coming from Hezbollah and other groups

Guy Peterson and his pug, Foo, walk past a notice sign Tuesday about an upcoming public hearing with the Historic Districts Review Board on the demolition of a row of buildings on Don Gaspar Ave. GABRIELA CAMPOS/THE NEW MEXICAN

Snowzobra and Susie Q?

NMDOT’s snowplow-naming contest draws ‘overwhelming’ response — and some ‘really unique’ entries

By Aamer Madhani, Zeke Miller and Qassim Adul-Zahra

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden ordered the United States military to carry out retaliatory airstrikes against Iranian-backed militia groups after three U.S. service members were injured in a drone attack in northern Iraq.

National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said one of the U.S. troops suffered critical injuries in the attack that occurred earlier Monday. The Iranianbacked militia Kataib Hezbollah and affiliated groups, under an umbrella of Iranian-backed militants, claimed credit for the attack that utilized a one-way attack drone.

Iraqi officials said that U.S. strikes targeting militia sites early Tuesday killed one militant and wounded 18. They came at a time of heightened fears of a regional spillover of the Israel-Hamas war.

Iran announced Monday that an Israeli strike on the outskirts of the Syrian capital of Damascus killed one of its top generals, Seyed Razi Mousavi, who had been a close companion of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the former head of Iran’s elite Quds Force. Soleimani was slain in a U.S. drone strike in Iraq in January 2020.

Iranian officials vowed revenge for the killing of Mousavi, but didn’t immediately launch a retaliatory strike.

The militia attack Monday in northern Iraq was launched Please see story on Page A-4

Mother of teen killed in crash while riding horseback sues driver Complaint accuses man, 18, behind wheel of failing to use care while operating truck PHOTOS BY LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN

Marcus Ortiz, a highway maintenance worker with the New Mexico Department of Transportation, cleans off the salt from the top of the spreader on a 10-yard Mack truck at the Santa Fe patrol’s Jaguar Drive yard on Thursday. NMDOT initiated a snowplow-naming contest in late November, urging residents to come up with creative monikers to brand some of the state’s roughly 450 plows.

the snowplow-naming contest in late November. The promotion, which ended Friday, urged residents to come up with creative names to brand a handful of about 450 state plows.

While the agency initially planned to select six winning names, the number of finalists was increased to 12 due to a far higher number of contest entries than organizers had expected.

Kristine Bustos-Mihelcic, a spokeswoman for the

By Robert Nott

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ou know Dasher, Dancer, Prancer and Vixen.

But what about Orange Slush, Susie Q and Hot Tamale?

Those aren’t other reindeer in Santa’s herd. Rather, they are four of the nearly 1,600 names proposed in a statewide contest seeking monikers for state-owned snowplows.

The New Mexico Department of Transportation initiated

A snowplow clears off the shoulder Thursday on Interstate 25.

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The mother of a teen killed in a late October crash along U.S. 84 north of Española has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the pickup driver suspected of colliding with a horse the teen was riding on the highway.

Enrique Salazar, 18, died the evening of Oct. 28.

An obituary says he had graduated from Pojoaque Valley High School in May and was set to follow in his father’s footsteps by beginning a career as a heavy equipment operator for Rio Arriba Enrique County.

Salazar His mother’s lawsuit, filed earlier this month in state District Court, says Salazar was thrown to his death when his horse was struck by a 2000 Chevy Silverado driven by Silvy Baca-Talmantes of Hernández, who also was 18 at the time of the crash.

The truck belonged to Baca-Talamantes’ mother, Pamela Baca of Ohkay Owingeh, the complaint says. The mother Please see story on Page A-5

As AI fakes increase, experts raise election concerns night ballot dumps, dead people voting.

Experts warn it will likely be worse in the coming presidential election contest. The safeguards that attempted to counter the bogus claims the last time are eroding, while the tools and systems that create and spread them are only getting stronger.

Many Americans, egged on by former Pres-

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NEW YORK — Nearly three years after rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, the false election conspiracy theories that drove the violent attack remain prevalent on social media and cable news: suitcases filled with ballots, late-

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IN BRIEF Rep. Taylor Greene targeted by failed Christmas swatting attempt Republican U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was the target of a swatting attempt at her Georgia residence on Christmas morning, the congresswoman and local police said, marking the latest instance of someone calling in a fake emergency to draw armed officers or SWAT teams to her home.

The Rome Police Department quickly verified the call was a hoax and did not send officers to the house, department spokesperson Kelly Madden said.

A man in New York called the Georgia suicide hotline just before 11 a.m. Monday, claiming he had shot his girlfriend at Greene’s home and was going to kill himself next, Madden said. The call was quickly transferred to police when suicide hotline responders recognized the Georgia congresswoman’s address.

1st Amendment claim struck down in case on diary of Biden’s daughter NEW YORK — Criminal prosecutors may soon get to see over 900 documents pertaining to the alleged theft of a diary belonging to President Joe Biden’s daughter after a judge rejected the conservative group Project Veritas’ First Amendment claim.

U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres in Manhattan said the documents can be given to investigators by Jan. 5.

The documents were produced from raids that were authorized in November 2021. Electronic devices were also seized from the residences of three members of Project Veritas, including two mobile phones from the home of James O’Keefe, the group’s since-fired founder.

The pleas came two years after two Florida residents who are not employed by Project Veritas — discovered Ashley Biden, the president’s daughter, had stored items including a diary at a friend’s Delray Beach, Fla., house.

Apple still banned from importing or selling its latest Apple Watches Apple is out of time in its smartwatch showdown with the U.S. government.

As of Tuesday, the company is banned from selling two of its newest and most popular wearables — the Watch Ultra 2 and the Watch Series 9 — in the United States, after an October decision by the United States International Trade Commission went uncontested by the Biden administration.

In that ruling, the USITC found Apple infringed on blood oxygen detection patents held by California-based medical monitoring company Masimo and called for a ban on the import and sale of Apple Watches that contained the infringing technology.

The White House had until the end of Christmas Day to veto that decision, but it instead allowed its 60-day presidential review period to quietly expire.

Mexico president inaugurates new state-controlled Mexicana airline Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador inaugurated a state-run airline led by the country’s military, the latest in a series of costly projects sponsored by the populist leader in the run-up to presidential elections next year.

Mexicana de Aviacion, named after what was once a state-run airline that ceased operations in 2010, will initially serve 14 destinations and gradually add domestic routes. It is forecast to lose more than $136 million between 2024 and 2029 and will be financed by public money, daily El Financiero reported, citing official plans to which it had access.

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Jacob Mabil shows a cellphone photo of his nieces Nyanluak Deng, left, and Anyier Deng during a November interview at his Haslet, Texas, home, while the girls’ grandmother Adeng Ajang and Mabil’s wife, Akuot Leek, look on. A new rule may let the girls immigrate to the U.S.

New refugee program giving families hope Groups will be allowed to request specific people to bring to U.S.

By Jamie Stengle

The Associated Press

HASLET, Texas orried about his mother’s health, Jacob Mabil tried for months to persuade her to let him start the process that would take her from a sprawling refugee camp where she had spent almost a decade after fleeing violence in South Sudan.

He wanted her to come live with him and his young family in the U.S. But before she would agree, she asked for a promise: that he would one day also bring the granddaughters she had raised since they were babies.

Mabil, now 44, said he would do everything he could. But it turned out he was allowed to petition only for immediate family members.

Though his mom joined him in suburban Fort Worth, Texas, in 2020, his nieces remained in Africa.

“That always killed me,” said Mabil, whose own childhood was ripped apart by civil war in Sudan.

As the U.S. government transforms the way refugees are being resettled, Mabil and his family now have hope they will be reunited with two of his nieces, who soon turn 18 and 19. The Biden administration opened the application process this month that lets Americans who have formed groups to privately sponsor refugees request the specific person they want to bring to the U.S. Traditionally, resettlement agencies have placed refugees in communities, but the push to add private sponsorship as well has come as President Joe Biden works to restore a program that was decimated under former President Donald Trump. The launch at the start of 2023 of the State Department’s Welcome Corps program, which allows everyday Americans the chance to form their own

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groups to privately sponsor refugees, came after a similar endeavor that let U.S. citizens sponsor Afghans or Ukrainians.

“In many ways it is, I think, one of the most important things that the U.S. resettlement program has ever done,” said Sasha Chanoff, founder and CEO of RefugePoint, a Boston-based nonprofit that helps refugees. “It will allow families who are in desperate need to reunite to do so.”

With the U.S. hoping to bring in 125,000 refugees this fiscal year, the use of private sponsors expands the capacity of the existing system, said Welcome Corps spokeswoman Monna Kashfi said. She added the opportunity to apply to sponsor a specific refugee has been greatly anticipated.

“We have heard all throughout the year from people who wanted to know ... when they could submit an application to sponsor someone that they know,” she said.

Mabil, his wife and his mother have already joined two family friends to form their own sponsor group to start the process to bring over his two nieces, who were placed in a boarding school when their grandmother left Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya for the U.S. One is set to graduate soon and the other has returned to the camp after graduating.

Chanoff said unaccompanied girls are often “in extraordinary danger” at the camp and regularly kidnapped and sold into marriage.

Mabil’s wife, Akuot Leek, 33, is also from South Sudan and spent her childhood traveling from place to place with her family to try to escape violence. She wants the young women to have the same freedom that she had to choose what to do with their lives.

“They had survived bullets and bombs and wild animal attacks and things that you and I can’t imagine to get to Kakuma camp,” said Chanoff, who met Mabil at the camp.

Tips for charitable giving as nonprofits enter busy period

By Thalia Beaty

The Associated Press

Christmas is over, but giving season for nonprofits is just starting to peak.

The end of the calendar year is when nonprofits make appeals far and wide to attract donors — in part because of holiday traditions or, for some, tax advantages. Nonprofits get about 30% of their annual donations in December — including 10% in the final three days of the year — according to marketing agency Nonprofits Source.

Many potential donors don’t realize how much nonprofits value even small gifts, especially local organizations that meet community needs. And nonprofits and industry groups warn donations are down this year, so gifts right now could help them a lot.

Here are some things to consider:

Where should I donate?

list of criteria they use to help select nonprofits to support. A question to ask yourself is: “What are the issues or communities that are important to me and where do I want to make a difference?”

A great way to find out about organizations in your area is to ask your friends, co-workers and neighbors. They may have interacted directly with a nonprofit that supports after-school programs, sends companions to elderly residents, advocates around traffic safety or supports local artists. For any topic that is important to you, an organization in your area is likely working on it.

Another potential consideration is check if your employer will match donations to the nonprofit you want to support. If so, your donation could go even further.

Do I have to give now?

Experienced donors often have a short

No, simply put.

Many people make a difference over

the holidays in their communities — donating blood, volunteering with their fire department, caring for neighbors and myriad other ways.

Second, many nonprofits actually prefer for donors to set up automatic monthly donations, even in very small amounts, rather than giving a lump sum at the end of the year. The automatic donation from your bank account or credit card means they can plan for how to spend those funds in advance, which often helps them save money and resources.

Where’s my money going?

Some donors say they want their dollars to go directly to the nonprofit’s work and not to pay for rent or salaries.

This perennial view of wasteful “overhead” spending has some drawbacks, though to be clear, donors have good reason to assess the organizations they support carefully.

But a useful data point comes from

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Despite lingering inflation, Americans increased their spending this holiday season, early data shows. That comes as a big relief for retailers that had spent much of the year fearing the economy would soon weaken and consumer spending would fall.

Retail sales from Nov. 1 to Dec. 24 increased 3.1% from a year earlier, according to data from Mastercard SpendingPulse, which measures in-store and online retail sales across all forms of payment. The numbers, released Tuesday, are not adjusted for inflation.

Spending increased across many categories, with restaurants experiencing one of the largest jumps, 7.8%. Apparel increased 2.4% and groceries also had gains.

The holiday sales figures, driven by a healthy labor market and wage gains, suggest the economy remains strong.

The Federal Reserve’s campaign to rein in high inflation by raising interest rates over the past few years has slowed the economy, but many economists believe a so-called soft landing is within reach.

“What we’re seeing during this holiday season is very consistent with how we’re thinking about the economy, which is that it’s an economy that is still very much expanding,” said Michelle Meyer, Mastercard’s chief economist.

Solid job growth is allowing people to spend more. And even though consumer prices have risen a lot in the past two years, wages have grown faster on the whole.

“We’re now entering the period, and we’re seeing it to some extent during the holiday season, where consumers have built up real purchasing power,” Meyer said.

Still, spending in categories like electronics and jewelry declined this season. And the rate of growth in spending has moderated from the past couple of years. In 2022, retail sales during the holiday season increased 5.4%, according to the National Retail Federation.

In 2021, they rose 12.7%, the largest percentage increase in at least 20 years.

Online sales growth has also slowed in 2023, increasing 6.3% compared with 10.6% from 2021 to 2022, according to Mastercard.

While the economy is strong overall, Americans are being more mindful of how they’re spending, and that discretion shaped the shopping season.

Some retailers had expressed concerns in recent months that shoppers appeared glum and fearful about the economy. Walmart and Target noted shoppers seemed to be waiting for sales before buying, a change from recent years when they spent more freely.

“The caution that they’ve taken on their spend and where they’re spending has been really noticeable in the second half of the year, where a lot of customers have been affected, especially lower-income and middle-income” people, said Jessica Ramírez, a retail research analyst at Jane Hali & Associates.

The categories that have faced falling sales this year — like electronics, home furnishings and toys — saw some of the biggest discounts leading up to Christmas. Those goods had enjoyed booming sales during the pandemic.

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Turkish foreign affairs group gives consent to send vote to parliament

By Suzan Fraser

The Associated Press

ANKARA, Turkey — The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs committee gave its consent to Sweden’s bid to join NATO on Tuesday, drawing the previously nonaligned Nordic country closer to membership in the Western military alliance.

Sweden’s accession protocol will now need to be approved in the Turkish parliament’s general assembly for the last stage of the legislative process in Turkey. No date has been set.

Turkey, a NATO member, has delayed ratification of Sweden’s membership for more than a year, accusing the country of being too lenient toward groups that Ankara regards as threats to its security, including Kurdish militants and members of a network Ankara blames for a failed coup in 2016.

The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs committee had begun discussing Sweden’s membership in NATO last month. But the meeting was adjourned after legislators from Erdogan’s ruling party submitted a motion for a postponement on grounds some issues needed more clarification and negotiations with Sweden hadn’t “matured” enough.

On Tuesday, the committee resumed its deliberations and a large majority of legislators in the committee voted in favor of Sweden’s application to join.

Briefing the committee members before the vote, Deputy Foreign Minister Burak Akcapar cited steps Sweden had taken steps to meet Turkish demands, including lifting restrictions on defense industry sales and amending anti-terrorism laws in ways that “no one could have imaged five or six years ago.”

“It is unrealistic to expect that the Swedish authorities will immediately fulfill all of our demands. This is a process, and this process requires long-term and consistent effort,” he said, adding Turkey would continue to monitor Sweden’s progress.

Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström welcomed the committee’s decision on a message posted on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

“The next step is for parliament to vote on the matter. We look forward to becoming a member of NATO,” he tweeted.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg also welcomed the development, saying he counts on Turkey and Hungary “to now complete their ratifications as soon as possible. Sweden’s membership will make NATO stronger.”

Hungary has also stalled Sweden’s bid, alleging Swedish politicians have told “blatant lies” about the condition of Hungary’s democracy. Hungary hasn’t announced when the country’s ratification may occur.

Sweden and Finland abandoned their traditional positions of military nonalignment to seek protection under NATO’s security umbrella, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Finland joined the alliance in April, becoming NATO’s 31st member, after Turkey’s parliament ratified the Nordic country’s bid.

NATO requires the unanimous approval of all existing members to expand, and Turkey and Hungary are the only countries that have been holding out.

The delays have frustrated other NATO allies who were swift to accept Sweden and Finland into the alliance.

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RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli forces Tuesday expanded their ground offensive into urban refugee camps in central Gaza after bombarding the crowded Palestinian communities and ordering residents to evacuate. Gaza’s main telecom provider announced another “complete interruption” of services in the besieged territory.

The military’s announcement of the new battle zone threatens further destruction in a war Israel says will last for “many months” as it vows to crush the ruling Hamas militant group after its Oct. 7 attack. Israeli forces have been engaged in heavy urban fighting in northern Gaza and the southern city of Khan Younis, driving Palestinians into eversmaller areas in search of refuge.

The U.S. said Israel’s minister for strategic affairs, Ron Dermer, was meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan to discuss topics including transitioning to a different phase of the war to maximize focus on high-value Hamas targets, improving the humanitarian situation, and planning for governance and security in Gaza after the war.

Despite U.S. calls for Israel to curb civilian casualties and international pressure for a cease-fire, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the military was deepening the fighting.

“We say to the Hamas terrorists: We see you and we will get to you,” Netanyahu said.

Israel’s offensive is one of the most

from their homes in what is now Israel during the 1948 war, along with their descendants.

“The bombing was very intense,” Radwan Abu Sheitta said by phone from Bureij.

The Israeli military ordered residents to evacuate a belt of territory the width of central Gaza, urging them to move to nearby Deir al-Balah. The U.N. humanitarian office said the area ordered evacuated was home to nearly 90,000 people before the war and now shelters more than 61,000 displaced people, mostly from the north.

The military later said it was operating in Bureij and asserted it had located a Hamas training camp.

The telecom outage announced by Paltel follows similar outages through much of the war. NetBlocks, a group that tracks internet outages, confirmed network connectivity in Gaza was disrupted again and FATIMA SHBAIR/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS “likely to leave most residents offline.”

Medics unload the bodies of Palestinians killed during Israel’s invasion of the Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan Gaza Strip and turned over by the Israeli military during a mass funeral Tuesday in said several countries had sent proposals Rafah. A health official there said they would be checked for “war crimes.” to resolve the conflict following news of an Egyptian proposal that would include to move there. devastating military campaigns in recent a transitional Palestinian government in history. More than 20,900 Palestinians, Israel said it would no longer grant Gaza and the occupied West Bank. He did two-thirds women and children, have automatic visas to U.N. employees not offer details of the proposals. been killed, according to the Health Min- and accused the world body of being Recently, Iranian-backed militia groups istry in Gaza, whose count doesn’t differ- “complicit partners” in Hamas’ tactics. around the region have stepped up entiate between civilians and combatants. Government spokesman Eylon Levy attacks in support of Hamas.

The agency said 240 people were killed said Israel would consider visa requests Iranian-backed militias in Iraq carried over the past 24 hours. case by case. That could further limit aid out a drone strike on a U.S. base in Irbil efforts in Gaza.

The U.N. human rights office said the on Monday, wounding three American continued bombardment of middle Gaza Residents of central Gaza described service members, according to U.S. offihad claimed more than 100 Palestinian shelling and airstrikes shaking the cials. In response, U.S. warplanes hit three lives since Christmas Eve. The office Nuseirat, Maghazi and Bureij camps. The locations in Iraq connected to a main built-up towns hold Palestinians driven militia, Kataib Hezbollah. noted Israel had ordered some residents

Ukraine scores major strike on ship but loses city on ground

By Constant Méheut

The New York Times

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine scored a major success Tuesday when it struck a Russian warship at port in Crimea, one of the most significant attacks against Moscow’s Black Sea Fleet in months. But in another setback for their ground campaign, Ukrainian officials acknowledged they had all but retreated from the eastern city of Marinka after a monthslong battle to defend it.

The two developments underscored the diverging fortunes of the two combatants this winter in a war that has largely settled into a deadlock: Ukraine racking up naval successes in the Black Sea and Crimea, where it is putting Russia on the defensive, and Russia pressing its attack on battlefields in the east after blunting a Ukrainian counteroffensive.

A day after Russia said it had taken complete control of Marinka, Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, Ukraine’s top military commander, spoke in sober terms about the fight, comparing it with the scorched-earth battle for Bakhmut, the eastern city that fell to Russia in May. Like Bakhmut, Marinka held limited strategic value but is now a trophy in ruins for Moscow.

“The situation is exactly the same as it was in Bakhmut,” Zaluzhny said at a news conference. “Street by street, block by block, and our soldiers were being targeted. And the result is what it is.”

Ukraine’s forces, he said, have retreated to the outskirts of the city and set up some positions behind it, indicating the cost of staying and fighting was too high. Every inch of Ukrainian land is vital, Zaluzhny said, but “the lives of our fighters are more important

to us.”

Hours earlier, the Ukrainian air force said it had destroyed the Novocherkassk, a large landing ship, in the Crimean port of Feodosia overnight. Russia’s Defense Ministry told the Tass state news agency the ship had been damaged in an attack using “aircraft-guided missiles,” but did not say whether the vessel had been permanently disabled.

Videos of the attack that appeared to have been taken by residents and were released by the Ukrainian air force show a huge explosion that produced a large fireball, followed by a giant cloud of smoke and flames billowing into the night sky. The footage could not be immediately verified, but Sergei Aksyonov, the Russian-installed governor of Crimea, said that the attack had started a fire in Feodosia. One person was killed and two others

were wounded in the assault, he said.

“The fleet in Russia is getting smaller and smaller!” Mykola Oleshchuk, the commander of Ukraine’s air force, wrote in a post on the Telegram messaging app celebrating the strike. He noted last year, Ukrainian missiles sank the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet.

The strike on the Novocherkassk came on the heels of another gain for Ukrainian forces: The military said it had shot down five Russian fighter jets in three days. Analysts said the downing of the bombers — one of the biggest weekly losses for the Russian air force since the war began — could ease the pressure on Ukrainian troops operating in some of the hottest spots on the front line.

The Ukrainian military has long maintained the war cannot

be won without taking aim at Russian assets and operations in Crimea, which Moscow illegally annexed in 2014. In recent months, Ukraine has sharply accelerated the pace of strikes on the peninsula, which Russia’s military uses as a logistics hub for its hold on southern Ukraine — stockpiling fuel, ammunition and other supplies to be funneled to the battlefields — and as a launchpad for attacks.

The Black Sea Fleet has fired devastating precision cruise missiles at cities and towns deep inside Ukraine. In an attempt to reduce the threat, the Ukrainian military has repeatedly targeted the fleet this year — damaging a warship in August and hitting the fleet’s headquarters a month later.

Those attacks were significant achievements for a country without warships of its own, and rare successes in a year marked

by failed efforts to break through Russian defensive lines on the battlefield.

The battle for Marinka illustrated a defining feature of Russia’s invasion, one that analysts say gives Moscow’s forces a big advantage: Its willingness to send wave after wave of troops into fierce assaults, accepting a staggering number of casualties but counting on superior numbers in soldiers and ammunition to wear down the enemy.

The capture of Marinka could allow Russian forces to turn their sights to the nearby towns of Kurakove, Vuhleda and Pokrovsk, bringing them closer to achieving Russia’s goal of capturing the entire Donbas region. Zaluzhny said Ukrainian troops had “prepared a defensive line outside” Marinka, suggesting that his military would try to thwart Russia’s efforts to advance farther.

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U.S. attacks Iran-backed militias after drone strikes lah operations center and command and control node, prior to the strike in Syria that following a short-range ballistic killed Mousavi. missile attack on U.S. forces at Biden, who was spending Al-Assad Air Base in western Christmas at the presidential Iraq. Iranian-backed militias retreat at Camp David, Maryalso carried out a drone attack land, was alerted to the attack at the same air base in October,

by White House national causing minor injuries. security adviser Jake Sullivan The U.S. has also blamed shortly after it occurred MonIran, which has funded and day and ordered the Pentagon trained the Hamas group, for and his top national security attacks by Yemen’s Houthi aides to prepare response militants against commercial options to the attack on an air and military vessels through a base used by American troops critical shipping choke point in in Irbil. the Red Sea. Sullivan consulted with The Biden administration U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd has sought to prevent the IsraAustin. Biden’s deputy national el-Hamas war from spiraling into security adviser, Jon Finer, was a wider regional conflict that with the president at Camp either opens up new fronts of David and convened top aides Israeli fighting or draws the U.S. to review options, according in directly. The administration’s to a U.S. official, who wasn’t measured response — where authorized to comment pubnot every attempt on American licly and requested anonymity. troops has been met with a counWithin hours, Biden conterattack — has drawn criticism vened his national security from Republicans. team for a call in which Austin The U.S. has thousands of and Gen. CQ Brown, chairpertroops in Iraq training Iraqi son of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, forces and combating remnants briefed Biden on the response of the Islamic State group, and options. Biden opted to target hundreds in Syria, mostly on the three locations used by Kataib counter-IS mission. They have Hezbollah and affiliated groups, come under dozens of attacks, the official said. though as yet none fatal, since The U.S. strikes were carried the war began on Oct. 7, with the out at about 4:45 a.m. Tuesday U.S. attributing responsibility to in Iraq, less than 13 hours Iran-backed groups. after the U.S. personnel were “While we do not seek to attacked. According to U.S. escalate conflict in the region, Central Command, the retaliawe are committed and fully tory strikes on the three sites prepared to take further “destroyed the targeted facilinecessary measures to protect ties and likely killed a number our people and our facilities,” of Kataib Hezbollah militants.”

Austin said in a statement.

“The President places no The clashes put the governhigher priority than the proment of Iraqi Prime Minister tection of American personnel Mohammed Shia al-Sudani in serving in harm’s way,” Watson a delicate position. He came to said. “The United States will act power in 2022 with the backing at a time and in a manner of our of a coalition of Iranian-backed choosing should these attacks parties, some of which are assocontinue.” ciated with the same militias The latest attack on U.S. launching the attacks on U.S. troops follows months of bases. escalating threats and actions A group of Iranian-backed against American forces in the militias known as the Popular region since the Oct. 7 Hamas Mobilization Forces were key attack on Israel that sparked the in the fight against Islamic State devastating war in Gaza. militants after the extremist The dangerous back-andgroup overran much of Iraq forth strikes have escalated in 2014. The PMF is officially since Iranian-backed militant under the command of the Iraqi groups under the umbrella army, but in practice the miligroup called the Islamic tias operate independently.

Resistance in Iraq and Syria In a statement Tuesday, began striking U.S. facilities Sudani condemned both the Oct. 17, the date that a blast at militia attack in Irbil and the a hospital in Gaza killed hunU.S. response. dreds. Iranian-backed militias Attacks on “foreign diplohave carried out more than 100 matic mission headquarters and attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq sites hosting military advisers and Syria since the start of the from friendly nations … infringe Israel-Hamas war more than upon Iraq’s sovereignty and are two months ago. deemed unacceptable under In November, U.S. fighter any circumstances,” the statejets struck a Kataib Hezbolment said.

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Members of an Iraqi militant group carry the coffin of a Kataib Hezbollah militia fighter, who was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Babil Province, Tuesday during his funeral in Baghdad.

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The exterior of the Concha Ortiz y Pino building, which is named after a 1930s lawmaker who was an advocate for the arts and bilingual education, Tuesday at 130 South Capital Street. The Old Santa Fe Association is opposing the request by the state to demolish six buildings, including the Concha Ortiz y Pino building, to make room for a new executive office building for state government.

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as the state Capitol, which is a little over 232,000 square feet.

Renderings show the new building’s architecture, with New Mexico Territorial style elements, would be similar to that of the Capitol.

“Handsome architectural renderings do not mean that we need a 200,000-square-foot office building when there’s ample office building space downtown already,” Fulton Johnson said, calling the project out of scale with the neighborhood.

“It sort of seems like bureaucratic bloat,” he added. “To bulldoze five historic structures, four of them very sort of important to the fabric of the former neighborhood that was there, seems totally unnecessary.”

One of the buildings set for demolition is the Concha Ortiz y Pino Building on South Capitol Street, named after a woman elected to a legislative seat in the 1930s who was an advocate for the arts and bilingual education.

Four small houses along Don Gaspar facing the west side of the Capitol, as well as a motor pool and garage building on South Capitol, also would be razed.

“The Old Santa Fe Association believes that the four historic houses, which were owned or occupied by many notable Santa Feans in the past, are part of the Don Gaspar historic neighborhood, which is recognized at the national register level,” Fulton Johnson said.

The city of Santa Fe’s Historic Districts Review Board is scheduled to consider the demolition requests during its Jan. 9 meeting at City Hall, 200 Lincoln Ave. The board is also scheduled to consider a request by the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum for a 56,000-square-foot building. A new building and nearly an acre of green space are planned to replace the museum’s Education Annex at 123 Grant Ave. in downtown Santa Fe. While both high-profile proj-

A sign outside one of the buildings set to be demolished by the state of New Mexico across the street from the Roundhouse on Tuesday on Don Gaspar Avenue.

ects will be heard by the board at the same meeting, the state’s proposed executive office building is generating organized opposition due to the proposed demolitions.

“In these homes (several worked as rentals) lived salesmen, shop owners, clerks, doctors, widows, and even a state treasurer and a land commissioner,” architectural historian John Murphey, who researched the properties in question, wrote in an email to the association.

“This needs to be emphasized, as the State likes to portray them as offices for small governmental agencies, which is a more recent use,” he added.

In a letter dated Dec. 24, former city attorney Frank Katz, a board member of the Old Santa Fe Association, alerted JenkinsGavin, a Santa Fe-based development management firm representing the state in the demolition requests, that procedures aren’t being followed. He cited an ordinance that calls for the state to “make every reasonable effort to obtain input from members of identifiable community groups involved in historic preservation in Santa Fe before commencing the design phase.”

“The state’s failure to make any effort to obtain input from [the Old Santa Fe Association]

before commencing the design phase certainly raises our apprehension that the state-mandated, collaborative process is not being followed,” Katz’s letter states.

“Moreover, the steps the state has taken give us further pause.

We understand the state seeks to demolish the four casitas on Don Gaspar and has brought the demolition request to the HDRB. But that demo request triggers explicit processes and standards.”

Efforts to reach the development management firm’s senior project manager were unsuccessful Tuesday.

A spokesman for the state General Services Department did not return a message seeking comment. The department oversees facilities and construction management for state government, among other duties.

The new building would allow state agencies to consolidate into one building downtown.

In June, the department’s facilities management director told members of the Capitol Buildings Planning Commission the new space could help the state save money it’s spending on leasing properties for several agencies.

Former Cabinet Secretary John Garcia said at the time the state spends more than $10 million a year to lease space in Santa Fe.

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department, said she pitched the idea for the contest after learning about how other states — including Colorado, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota — had held similar competitions to spotlight the work of snowplows and their operators in the winter months.

“It brings attention to what people do with our snowplows and reminds people our snowplows are out there working all over New Mexico,” Bustos-Mihelcic said. “It highlights that the Department of Transportation is always out there making sure people get safely to their destinations. It’s a way to personalize and humanize that component of DOT.” She said she and her team expected about 500 responses to the online naming contest.

Instead, it received 1,575 name suggestions by Friday’s deadline.

“The response is overwhelm-

ing in the best way,” she said.

The department is running the names through a filter system to determine how many, if any, are repeats, Bustos-Mihelcic said, adding there seems to be little overlap in the entries.

“It’s crazy to think that out of nearly 1,600 names, you really aren’t seeing the same name 20 times, which is pretty cool,” she said.

Some of the names are based on cartoon characters — Scooby Doo and Popeye — while others are based on mythological beings and ancient figures known for their power, such as Goliath and Hercules.

King Kong and T-Rex also made the cut.

Many submissions have wintry or holiday-themed names, like Grinch, Snowflake, Snowball and Frosty.

Old Faithful and Ole Salty made the list, too.

Several names are distinctly

“That’s a big problem,” he said.

The push to build a new executive office building comes a year after a report found the state is underutilizing its building space and overestimating office needs for employees, costing taxpayers up to $18 million annually. While the problem predates the coronavirus pandemic, the report revealed telework trends during the pandemic exacerbated the issue. The state has since rescinded its telework policy.

Plans to build a new government office building across the street from the Roundhouse have been years in the making.

A 2014 story in The New Mexican called the four casitas on Don Gaspar Avenue a sticking point in the plans. At that time, plans called for a $25 million, 56,000-square-foot building.

The houses, built in the early 1930s, were listed as “contributing” to the historical architecture of the neighborhood in the early 1980s. But in June 2012 — two months after the state first presented the building plans to the city’s Historic Districts Review Board — the City Council upgraded the historical designation of the houses to “significant.”

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Marcus Ortiz, a highway maintenance worker with the New Mexico Department of Transportation Santa Fe patrol, climbs on top of a 10-yard Mack truck to clean it Thursday.

New Mexican — Roadrunner, Hatch, Biscoplow and Snowzobra.

“There’s a lot of creative spelling, a lot of individual, really unique names,” Bustos-Mihelcic said.

She and her communications team will meet this week to narrow the list to 50 top contenders.

Then the department will allow members of the public to cast votes for their favorites to determine the 12 finalists.

Voting will begin online Friday and will remain open until Jan. 5.

Bustos-Mihelcic said the agency hopes to announce the winners by mid-January — and the names could grace the doors of a dozen snowplows soon after.

Each of the state’s six transportation district managers will get to pick two names for two of the snowplows in their fleet.

There’s no prize money or other perks for the 12 people who proposed the winnings names, but each will receive a certificate of appreciation.

“Winners will receive bragging rights for a lifetime!” the Department of Transportation said in a news release announcing the competition earlier this month.

Bustos-Mihelcic said the plows branded with the winning names “will keep those names for the rest of the duration of their life on the roadways.”

The department plans to hold annual contests to continue finding names for its snowplows, she added.

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AI fakes raise concerns

Democracy, which tracks misinformation.

“If people don’t ultimately trust information related to an election, democracy just stops working,” he said. “If a misinformation or disinformation campaign is effective enough that a large enough percentage of the American population does not believe that the results reflect what actually happened, then Jan. 6 will probably look like a warm-up act.”

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tools have made it far cheaper and easier to spread the kind of misinformation that can mislead voters and potentially influence elections. And social media companies that once invested heavily in correcting the record have shifted their priorities.

“I expect a tsunami of misinformation,” said Oren Etzioni, an artificial intelligence expert and professor emeritus at the University of Washington. “I can’t prove that. I hope to be proven wrong.

But the ingredients are there, and I am completely terrified.”

Officials respond

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and son are both named as defendants.

Salazar’s mother, Anjela Martinez of Velarde, says in the complaint both young men were traveling northbound on U.S. 84 near Chili, a small community that lies between Hernández and Medanales, when Baca-Talamantes “drove his truck directly into the horse carrying [Salazar], hurling him off the horse to the pavement.”

Baca-Talamantes was “using the truck in the course and scope of a family purpose” when the incident occurred, according to the complaint, which accuses him of failing to exercise care while operating the truck.

The lawsuit requests an unspecified amount of damages and asks the court to order Baca to produce the truck for inspection. The vehicle’s “event data recorder” or “black box” contains data on the speed of the truck at the time of the crash, as well as information on acceleration, deceleration and maneuvers, the suit argues.

Attempts to reach Martinez, Baca and Baca-Talamantes were unsuccessful Tuesday.

According to a Nov. 2 report in the Rio Grande Sun, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Office Maj. Lorenzo Aguilar said at the time Baca-Talamantes had been moving cattle before the incident, and “it was dark outside and the horse was black.”

The report said the horse also was killed in the collision.

Baca-Talamantes remained at the scene after striking Salazar’s horse, the Sun reported, and he faced no charges at the time.

The Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Office did not respond to calls or an email Tuesday seeking an update on the case.

An obituary for Salazar shows pictures of him on horseback and wearing a cowboy hat. It says, “Enrique left us while doing what he loved most, riding his horse.”

Known as “Cowboy Enrique,” the obituary says, Salazar regularly wore a hat, boots, jeans and spurs, and was a “true cowboy” with a passion for the outdoors, horseback riding, ranch work, hauling wood and fishing.

“Underneath that cowboy hat was a large smile, a contagious laugh, and a heart larger than life itself that would leave a forever mark on every life he touched,” the obituary says.

Election officials have spent the years since 2020 preparing for the expected resurgence of election denial narratives.

They’ve dispatched teams to explain voting processes, hired outside groups to monitor misinformation as it emerges and beefed up physical protections at vote-counting centers.

In Colorado, Secretary of State JOHN FROSCHAUER/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AI fakes go mainstream Oren Etzioni at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Seattle, where he serves as adviser Jena Griswold said informative paid social media and TV camManipulated images and videos and board member, earlier this month. Experts are warning that the spread of misinformation paigns that humanize election could get worse in the coming presidential election contest. surrounding elections are nothing workers have helped inoculate new, but 2024 will be the first U.S. voters against misinformation.

Gab, also has created more that falsely claims the 2020 presidential election in which Fading guardrails “This is an uphill battle, but election or other previous U.S. information silos online where sophisticated AI tools that can It was just over a year ago we have to be proactive,” she elections were marred by “wide- baseless claims can spread. Some produce convincing fakes in secthat Elon Musk bought Twitter said. “Misinformation is one of spread fraud, errors or glitches.” apps that are particularly popular onds are just a few clicks away. and began firing its executives, The platform said the policy was among communities of color and the biggest threats to American The fabricated images, videos dismantling some of its core democracy we see today.” an attempt to protect the ability immigrants, such as WhatsApp and audio clips known as deepfeatures and reshaping the social to “openly debate political ideas, Minnesota Secretary of State and WeChat, rely on private fakes have started making their media platform into what’s now Steve Simon’s office is speareven those that are controversial chats, making it hard for outside way into experimental presidenknown as X. or based on disproven assumpgroups to see the misinformation heading #TrustedInfo2024, a new tial campaign ads. More sinister Since then, he has upended its online public education effort by tions.” that may spread. versions could easily spread verification system, leaving public the National Association of SecreLehrich said even if tech “I’m worried that in 2024, without labels on social media officials vulnerable to impersontaries of State to promote election companies want to steer clear we’re going to see similar recyand fool people days before an ators. He has gutted the teams that of removing misleading content, officials as a trusted source of cled, ingrained false narratives election, Etzioni said. once fought misinformation on the “there are plenty of content-neuelection information in 2024. but more sophisticated tactics,” “You could see a political canplatform, leaving the community His office also is planning tral ways” platforms can reduce said Roberta Braga, founder and didate like President Biden being of users to moderate itself. And he the spread of disinformation, from executive director of the Digital meetings with county and city rushed to a hospital,” he said. “You election officials and will update labeling months-old articles to Democracy Institute of the could see a candidate saying things has restored the accounts of conspiracy theorists and extremists a “Fact and Fiction” information making it more difficult to share Americas. “But on the positive that he or she never actually said. who were previously banned. page on its website as false claims content without reviewing it first. side, I am hopeful there is more You could see a run on the banks.

The changes have been X, Meta and YouTube also social resilience to those things.” emerge. A new law in Minnesota You could see bombings and vioapplauded by many conservatives have laid off thousands of will protect election workers lence that never occurred.” who say Twitter’s previous from threats and harassment, bar employees and contractors High-tech fakes already have The Trump factor people from knowingly distributsince 2020, some of whom have affected elections around the globe, moderation attempts amounted Trump’s front-runner status to censorship of their views.

But ing misinformation ahead of elecincluded content moderators. said Larry Norden, senior director in the Republican presidential pro-democracy advocates argue tions and criminalize people who The shrinking of such teams, of the elections and government primary is top of mind for misin- non-consensually share deepfake the takeover has shifted what once which many blame on political program at the Brennan Center for formation researchers who worry images to hurt a political candiwas a flawed but useful resource pressure, “sets the stage for Justice. Just days before Slovakia’s that it will exacerbate election date or influence an election. for news and election information things to be worse in 2024 than recent elections, AI-generated misinformation and potentially “We hope for the best but plan into a largely unregulated echo in 2020,” said Kate Starbird, a audio recordings impersonated a lead to election vigilantism or for the worst through these layers chamber that amplifies hate misinformation expert at the Uniliberal candidate discussing plans violence. of protections,” Simon said. speech and misinformation. versity of Washington. to raise beer prices and rig the The former president still In a rural Wisconsin county Twitter used to be one of the Meta explains on its website election. Fact-checkers scrambled falsely claims to have won the north of Green Bay, Oconto “most responsible” platforms, that it has some 40,000 people to identify them as false, but they 2020 election.

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Natural gas project is climate policy test for Biden

Scientists wonder if climate change is speeding up

By David Gelles, Clifford Krauss and Coral Davenport

By Chris Mooney and Shannon Osaka

On a marshy stretch of the Louisiana coastline, a little-known company wants to build a $10 billion facility that would allow the United States to export vast stores of liquefied natural gas.

Supporters of the project, known as CP2, say the export terminal would be a boon for the U.S. economy and help Europe decrease its reliance on gas imported from Russia. They also claim that because burning natural gas produces fewer planet-warming emissions than burning coal, the project is a good thing for the climate.

But a nationwide movement is working to stop the export terminal from being built.

Opponents, including major environmental groups, scientists and activists, say CP2 would lock in decades of additional greenhouse gas emissions, the main driver of climate change.

It will be up to the Biden administration to decide whether or not the project moves forward.

In the coming months, the Energy Department is expected to rule on whether the export terminal is in the “public interest,” a subjective determination that could have far-reaching consequences for the country’s natural gas industry.

The decision forces the Biden administration to confront a central contradiction within its energy policies: It wants nations to stop burning the fossil fuels that are dangerously heating the planet and has heralded a global agreement reached in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, earlier this month to transition away from fossil fuels. But at the same time, the United States is producing record amounts of crude oil, is the leading exporter of liquefied natural gas and may approve an additional 17 export facilities, including CP2.

As President Joe Biden seeks reelection, the politics are complicated. He has made climate action central to his presidency, and he needs young climate voters to turn out. But he is also trying to keep gas prices from rising, wants to supply European allies with a replacement for Russian gas and must fend off Republicans’ accusations he is hampering U.S. energy development.

Members of the Biden administration said they were trying to thwart climate change but also acknowledged the many strategic complexities in play. Ali Zaidi, Biden’s national climate adviser, declined to say whether the administration supported an expansion of liquefied natural gas exports. “We need to, as part of our overall climate approach, transition globally away from fossil fuels,” he said when asked whether approving new natural gas export facilities undermined the administration’s climate goals. “And we continue to be diligent about ways to grow the economy, to strengthen our energy security, to boost U.S. manufacturing, create jobs and meet that climate imperative.”

For the past several years, a small group of scientists has warned sometime early this century, the rate of global warming — which has remained largely steady for decades — might accelerate. Temperatures could rise higher, faster. The drumbeat of weather disasters may become more insistent.

And now, after what is poised to be the hottest year in recorded history, the same experts believe it is already happening.

In a paper published last month, climate scientist James E. Hansen and a group of colleagues argued the pace of global warming is poised to increase by 50% in the coming decades, with an accompanying escalation of impacts.

According to the scientists, an increased amount of heat energy trapped within the planet’s system — known as the planet’s “energy imbalance” — will accelerate warming.

Zeke Hausfather, a climate scientist with Berkeley Earth, has similarly called the last few months of temperatures “absolutely gobsmackingly bananas” and noted, “there is increasing evidence that global warming has accelerated over the past 15 years.”

But not everyone agrees. University of Pennsylvania climate scientist Michael Mann has argued no acceleration is visible yet. Other researchers also remain skeptical. The Washington Post used a data set from NASA to analyze global average surface temperatures from 1880 to 2023.

The record shows the pace of warming clearly sped up around the year 1970. Scientists have long known this acceleration stems from a steep increase in greenhouse gas emissions, combined with efforts in many

2023 poised to become hottest year on record The Washington Post

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Baltimore Police Department Sgt. Amy Strand leads a class with officers Sept. 28. As law enforcement agencies across the country pursue reform measures, the Baltimore department is requiring its members to complete a program on emotional regulation.

Baltimore teaching police lessons on brain science overseen by the anti-violence organization Roca, which works primarily with at-risk youth from the city’s poorest and most violent neighborhoods — a population that has more in common with police officers than

By Lea Skene some might think, according The Associated Press to Roca staff. The organization has provided a curriculum for BALTIMORE — A three-min- the eight-hour Rewire4 course, ute viral video shows an irate which is now required of all BalBaltimore police officer berating timore police officers. Other law a teenager because he ignored enforcement agencies along the orders to stop skateboarding East Coast have also adopted and called the officer “dude.” the program, including the Bos“Obviously your parents ton Police Department. don’t put a foot in your butt “In the streets, we look at quite enough because you some police officers like they’re don’t understand the meaning crazy, and they look at us like of respect,” he shouted at the we’re crazy,” said James “JT” skateboarder, who remained Timpson, a Baltimore resident relatively calm. who helps lead the Roca Impact That 2007 interaction cost the Institute. “But we’re both expeofficer his job. But as policing riencing the same thing, which evolves, others are learning is trauma.” from his mistakes.

Understanding that common The Baltimore Police Depart- ground helps officers relate to ment recently started requiring members of the public, said Maj. its members to complete a proDerek Loeffler, who oversees gram on emotional regulation training and education for the that uses video as a learning tool Baltimore Police Department. and teaches them the basics of Officers in the course were brain science by examining the asked to describe some of relationship between thoughts, their most memorable calls for feelings and actions. service. One officer recalled a It’s a far cry from traditional case where three children were police training. found decapitated, comparing In a city whose embattled the scene to something out of police force has long struggled a horror movie. She said the to earn public trust, especially images will haunt her forever. since Freddie Gray’s 2015 death “It takes a toll,” instructor Lt. from spinal injuries suffered Lakishia Tucker told the class. in police custody, department “This stuff ain’t normal that we leaders are demonstrating their see, that we deal with, that we willingness to think outside the handle on a daily basis.” box.

Police officers are human The approach could become underneath the uniform, she more common as agencies said, and experiencing repeated nationwide dedicate more trauma can result in hypervigiresources to addressing mental lant behavior. health challenges among officers Instructors played the 2007 and preventing negative public viral video as an example of interactions. what happens when a person gets triggered and starts operatBaltimore’s program is

Officers taught how to control emotions, avoid overreacting in tense daily situations

ing in survival mode, which they called “bottom brain” because it activates neurological pathways associated with fear and stress responses. The “top brain,” however, is where reason prevails, leading to slower, more careful decision-making.

The training, which was observed by an Associated Press reporter, presented a series of practices rooted in cognitive behavioral therapy, a type of psychotherapy aimed at strengthening healthy neurological pathways in the brain through awareness and repetition. “Flex your thinking” and “Label your feelings” are among the skills presented. Participants can also sign up to receive key lesson reminders via text messages from Roca staff after the training.

The Rewire4 curriculum is a modified version of what the organization’s outreach workers use in their interactions with at-risk youth. Roca has provided hundreds of young men with life-coaching services, job opportunities and behavioral health tools aimed at preventing the rapidly escalating conflicts that so often turn deadly.

Exposing police to similar tools could help reduce police violence, avoid unfavorable headlines and build community trust, organizers said.

“Today is an invitation for you to learn something that can help you personally and professionally,” Tucker told the class of officers. “Law enforcement is different today. Every single thing is being recorded.”

The increased prevalence of body cameras and cellphones means officers are facing more pressure to stay calm even when they get triggered.

countries to reduce the amount of sun-reflecting pollution in the air. But the data is much more uncertain on whether a second acceleration is underway.

Between 1880 and 1969, the planet warmed slowly — at a rate of around 0.04 degrees Celsius (0.07 degrees Fahrenheit) per decade. But starting around the early 1970s, warming accelerated — reaching 0.19 degrees C (0.34 degrees F) per decade between 1970 and 2023.

That acceleration isn’t controversial. Prior to the 1970s and 1980s, humans were burning fossil fuels — but also were releasing huge amounts of air pollution, or aerosols. Sulfate aerosols have the ability to temporarily offset part of the warming caused by fossil fuels.

They reflect sunlight back to space, and also influence the formation of reflective clouds.

The more aerosols in the air, the slower the planet will heat up: a trade-off that Hansen calls a “Faustian bargain.” The idea is that because the aerosol pollutants have dangerous health effects, eventually societies decide to clean them up — causing dramatic warming to reveal itself in the process.

In the early and mid-20th century, developed countries were so heavily polluted that the world was warming slowly.

Since the 1970s and 1980s, however, the influence of aerosol pollution has leveled off, thanks in part to policies like the U.S. Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. At the same time, greenhouse gas emissions have climbed — leaving aerosols unable to keep up. The result is a planet that is warming much faster now than in the first half of the 20th century.

But the data is murkier when it comes to whether the pace of warming over the past few decades has quickened — an increase that could accelerate wildfires, floods, heat waves and other global impacts. It may require more years of evidence to clear the statistical hurdles that climate science demands.

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ABOVE: The annular solar eclipse on Oct. 14. RIGHT: Kiel Jose, who recently moved to Santa Fe from Manila, Philippines, holds his daughter Zella Jose, 2, while they watch the July Fourth fireworks at Santa Fe Place mall.

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ABOVE: Grayson Wright, 10, cheers on his big brother, UNM running back Andrew Henry, 22, as he makes a back squat during the Night of Champions on May 1 at UNM’s Tow Diehm Facility in Albuquerque. Henry squatted 615 pounds, breaking a running back record that had stood since 2001.

LEFT: Luna Duffy, 9, front and Ayla Steinberg, 9, sled at Alto Park on their snow day Feb. 14.

ABOVE: Christina M. Castro goes back to her seat in tears at a Santa Fe school board meeting Aug. 28 after being repeatedly interrupted while speaking in favor of moving Fiesta de Santa Fe presentations outside school hours.

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$3M to aid ranchers against predators

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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.

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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 Anonymous: $200 Anonymous, in memory of Mary C. Casaus: $103.09 Anonymous, in honor of Shauna Casaus: $25.77 Anonymous, in memory of Phillip and Delight: $100 Anonymous, in honor of the Guegan Family: $500 Anonymous, in memory of Daniel Schacht: $25.77 Anonymous, in memory of Jaffa and Emil Spiro: $103.09 Susan and Conrad De Jong Fund: $3,000 Allen Taylor and Tina Ludutsky-Taylor: $206.19 Frans R. and Deborah J. Trouw, in memory of Alyssa N. Trouw: $1,000 Lucia R. Teutsch, in memory of Marylyn Vrabel, a special mom: $51.55 Victor and Lisa Thompson: $250 Lore Thorpe: $103.09 John and Patricia Tubb: $25 Solveiga Unger: $100 Nancy Varvil: $103.09 Edward and Eveyln Velie: $100 Trish Vigil, in memory of Browder Family Angels: $75 Viva la MahJongg: $140 Dave and Liz Vlaming: $150 Bruce Weydemeyer and Charlotte Kinney: $250 Gordon Wilson: $1,000 Thomas Wither and Gary Horecka: $103.09 Mary Woodson: $500 Charlotte Wright, in loving memory of my husband, Danny Wright: $300 Harry Wright and Debbie Helper: $500 Cumulative total: $305,435.47

IN BRIEF

Federal funding comes as Mexican gray wolf population has grown

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About $3 million in federal funding will be made available to New Mexico ranchers to help them protect livestock against predators, including Mexican wolves in an area designated for recovery of the endangered species.

The funding is part of $22 million the U.S. Department of Agriculture is funneling to five Western states through a consortium led by the Western Landowners Alliance and the Heart of the Rockies Initiative.

A total of $6.5 million will go to New Mexico and Arizona for a grazing management program that aims to reduce the conflict between livestock and predators such as wolves, cougars and grizzlies.

The grants require ranchers to match a portion in varying amounts, depending on their expenses, with the federal money covering 50% to 90%.

Ranchers can use the money to hire range riders, build fencing and dispose of livestock carcasses.

The effort to decrease conflicts between predators and livestock has become important as the Mexican wolf population has increased in recent years, federal officials and ranchers say. Wolves were first released into the wild

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A female Mexican gray wolf is one of the first 11 wolves released under a reintroduction program in Arizona in March 1998. A total of $6.5 million will go to New Mexico and Arizona for a grazing management program that aims to reduce the conflict between livestock and predators such as wolves, cougars and grizzlies.

in New Mexico and Arizona in 1998 through a reintroduction program.

“Ranchers here in western New Mexico and eastern Arizona have been bearing the overwhelming majority of the financial burden for Mexican wolf reintroduction for over 25 years,” Nelson Shirley, owner-operator of Spur Lake Cattle Co., said in a statement. “While there is some compensation for confirmed wolf kills of our livestock, ranchers and their families are up at night

protecting their cattle, rescuing wounded calves and chasing off depredating wolves at largely their own expense.”

With the new funding, ranch families can hire range riders to spend more time on the land monitoring the livestock, Shirley said, crediting the Western Landowners Alliance for working to secure the USDA grants.

To aid in monitoring livestock, range riders launch drones, put surveillance cameras on fence posts or in trees or place

radio-transmitter collars on their animals, said Matt Collins, a program coordinator for the Western Landowners Alliance.

The fixed “game cameras” are an effective way to spot interactions between predators and range animals, Collins said.

“They can get a picture if wolves are moving by, if cows are moving by.”

In all, $1 billion in federal money is going into the Regional Conservation Partnership Program, which seeks collaborative approaches to conservation on agricultural land through 81 projects across the country.

The bulk of Mexican wolves are contained within a recovery area extending through Arizona and New Mexico south of Interstate 40 and north of Interstate 10.

Still, frustrations between ranchers, the U.S. Forest Service and wildlife advocates have simmered for years over the wolves.

Officials hope the grant money will ease tensions.

Loren Patterson, president of the New Mexico Cattle Growers Association, said ranchers need all the financial aid they can get with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service toughening the standards for compensating those whose livestock fall prey to roaming predators.

“They [federal agencies] don’t pay for anything that’s a probable kill. They only pay for confirmed kills,” Patterson said.

“Any money we can get to the livestock community is going to be appreciated.”

With the new funding, ranch families can hire range riders to spend more time on the land monitoring the livestock, said Nelson Shirley, owner-operator of Spur Lake Cattle Co.

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Man accused of firing gun during dispute A Lone Butte man was arrested Saturday after police claimed he fired a single shot from the doorway of his home while his girlfriend and others ran in fear.

Dewayne Lee Anstey, 36, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after the incident, according to a statement of probable cause filed in the case by a Santa Fe County sheriff’s deputy.

A witness told the deputy she had been drinking with Anstey, his girlfriend and another man when the suspect became “irate” and “began yelling and cursing at everyone,” according to the statement.

The witness told the deputy the three hid in a bedroom, along with two children, the statement said. The witness told the deputy Anstey kicked down the door and could be seen holding a gun, according to the document. After Anstey’s girlfriend headbutted him, the witness told the deputy the five ran out of the residence.

Anstey stood at the front door and fired a single shot, which did not injure anyone, according to the statement.

Anstey, who had a bloody nose, told the deputy someone had kicked in his front door and beat him up, but the deputy wrote “the stories that Dewayne provided were not consistent with the incident,” according to the statement of probable cause.

Sunny but cold weather expected Santa Fe can expect sunny but mostly cold conditions heading into the New Year’s weekend.

National Weather Service meteorologist Joshua Schroeder in Albuquerque said temperatures in the Santa Fe area are expected to climb from the mid-30s Monday into the mid-40s by Friday, with sunny skies.

While there is a chance for a weak storm to hit the northern part of the state Saturday night, he said his agency does not see much of a chance of precipitation. He added, there is still uncertainty about the storm front’s potential.

Keep pets and plants in at night because temperatures will fall well below freezing after dark, dropping to the teens and 20s through the week, Schroeder said.

Woman charged in fatal hit-and-run A woman faces three felony charges after she was accused in a hit-and-run crash in Las Vegas, N.M., that killed a man Saturday.

Justin Jaramillo, 32, of Las Vegas was pronounced dead by the state Office of the Medical Investigator on Saturday evening, according to a statement of probable cause Las Vegas police filed in court Tuesday against Mercedes Alexis Zimmerly.

Zimmerly, 22, of Las Vegas, was arrested the same evening and booked into the San Miguel County jail on three felony counts: homicide by vehicle, tampering with evidence and aggravated driving while intoxicated.

Jaramillo’s body was found by the Knights Inn Mercedes on Grand Avenue, the statement said. Next to Alexis Jaramillo’s body, police found a bicycle in two Zimmerly pieces as well as debris from a vehicle that had struck him. Police said Zimmerly’s white SUV had damage consistent with the crash, which was captured by a surveillance camera.

Prosecutor’s widow suspected in deaths PHOENIX — The widower of metro Phoenix’s former top county prosecutor was suspected of fatally shooting a woman he was in a relationship with and her mother on Christmas Eve before taking his own life.

Phoenix police said David DeNitto, 47, is believed to have killed Maryalice Cash, 47, and Cynthia Domini, 83, after an altercation at a home where there was a holiday gathering.

DeNitto was married to former Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel, who died in April 2022 of unspecified health complications. Adel, the first woman to be elected Maricopa County attorney, served from October 2019 until her resignation in March 2022. She resigned amid criticism of her performance, including the dismissal of 180 misdemeanor cases because charges were not filed before the statute of limitations expired. She also faced scrutiny over whether alcohol abuse problem had affected her ability to do the job.

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FRANK HOBACK III Frank Hoback III was born in Franklin, KY to Frank Hoback, Jr. and Elizabeth Moss. He graduated high school in Milan, TN in 1954 and attended the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD the following year. Soon he became enamored with the academics and student body at nearby St. John’s College and transferred there.

Hired as the Registrar at the newly opened St. John’s College campus in Santa Fe, NM in 1964, Frank quickly fell in love with Santa Fe and spent the rest of his life in the Land of Enchantment. He had always had a fascination and love of airplanes and aviation, and he soon earned his wings at the Santa Fe Regional Airport. His career as a pilot led to many adventures, including as a flight instructor, crop duster, corporate pilot, and chief pilot of a small NM airline (Jet Aire). One of his favorite jobs was as an air tanker pilot with Hawkins & Powers of Greybull, WY flying the C-119 and the PB4Y2 Privateer, putting out forest fires in Alaska, California, and beyond. In the 1990s, Frank flew 737s for America West Airlines out of Phoenix, AZ. He finished his career as Bureau Chief for the State of New Mexico Aviation Services Bureau, having served under four governors. Aviation was the great love of his life. After retirement he stayed in close contact with his many pilot buddies.

Beyond the cockpit, Frank embraced his Renaissance spirit, combining his mathematical curiosities with his many artistic talents. He was a master Mr. Fix-It, a museum-quality model builder, and an avid bluegrass banjo picker. He enjoyed reading and travelling, especially alongside his beloved wife of thirtythree years, LaMerle Boyd. He was a founding member and dedicated fundraiser of Santa Fe Friends of Traditional Music, which hosts the annual summer “TradFest.” He most recently played banjo with the Shaggy Peak String Band.

He leaves behind his wife, LaMerle Boyd; his brother, John (Wendy) Hoback of Roswell, GA; his children, Joseph Hoback of Santa Fe, NM and Denise (John) Lynch of Galisteo, NM; LaMerle’s children: Curt (Susan) Boyd of Archer City, TX, Lori (Renan) de Ravello of Kampala, Uganda, and Kyle (Charlotte) Boyd of Brooklyn, NY; his surrogate son, Derek Pritchard of Albuquerque, NM; three nephews; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren, and a host of friends he easily made around the world.

Frank had a great sense of humor, and loved a good joke or pun. He read the cartoon of the day from the New York Times calendar first thing in the morning as he got his and LaMerle’s coffee, squares of dark chocolate, and the newspaper. He always read the comics first.

He was always eager to pass along his knowledge, whether teaching new players the game of chess, sharing his love for bluegrass music, or helping new pilots take to the sky. He will be missed by so many.

To honor Frank’s spirit and his dedication to traditional music, please consider making a contribution to the Santa Fe Traditional Music Festival, a 501(c)3 organization at www.santafetradfest.org.

A celebration of Frank’s life will occur at a later date to be announced, where friends and family will gather to share stories, laughter, and perhaps even pick a few bluegrass tunes in his honor.

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A celebration of Solomon’s life will take place on Thursday, December 28, at Berardinelli Funeral Home, commencing with public visitation at 6pm and a rosary service at 7pm. A funeral mass will be held at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Santa Fe, on Friday, December 29, at 11:45am, followed by a burial and graveside service at the Santa Fe, National Cemetery at 2pm.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Solomon’s honor to Ambercare, Santa Fe and the Santa Fe Food Bank are appreciated.

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BERNADETTE V. GONZALES September 27, 1957–December 4, 2023 Our Loving (Baby) sister went home with our Lord on December 4, 2023, after a lengthy illness. Our Angel gained her wings for sure.

Preceded in death were her parents Miguel and Ursula B. Espinoza, grandparents Juan and Palmedia Benavidez, Juilian and Adelida Espinoza, brothers Jose Arsenio, George, Miguel Thomas, Leroy E. Espinoza. Son’s Iwren B. and Cesar A. Gonzales. Brother–inlaw Peter A. Ortega, Nephew Michael and David Espinoza and niece Veronica Benavidez.

Surviving her granddaughters, Unique U, Mercedes, great grandson Anthony Cesar Gonzales, David P. Ortega, raised together as if brother and sister, sisters Mary Ann Sanchez, Cecilia Ortega, Mary Louise, and Patsy Espinosa, and many nieces and nephews. Special Friends Pauline, and Donna Chavez and the Chavez Family.

Thank you, Pauline, for being there in this time of need, the daily visits to and caring so much for Bernadette.

Special thanks to Patsy, Jessica and Mary Louise. The Lacy hospice for your loving care. Lynn, Donna, Kimberly.

Thank you all so much.

Services: December 29, 2023 St. Anne’s Church. Santa Fe, NM 87505.

Rosary at 10:00 am Mass at 11:00 am Burial will follow the Rosario Cometary, Santa Fe, NM Please join us for the Celebration of Life at St. Anne’s Parish Hall after Burial.

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Taller America with better school lunches

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ew Mexico and a number of other states are focusing on ensuring children can eat breakfast and lunch at school. The rationale is inescapable: children who are hungry aren’t going to be paying as much attention to learning the alphabet or memorizing multiplication tables.

To make sure all children have their best chance to learn, all children need to be fed.

Now, the challenge is to pay as much attention to what the kids are eating so the calories they ingest are nutrition-dense, laden with vitamins and minerals. But thanks to federal politics, that is more difficult than it should be.

School lunch requirements are too often used to satisfy big agriculture interests instead of the nutritional needs of children.

In New Mexico, with farm-to-school programs and emphasis on buying produce from local growers, we at least understand the need to bring solid food to the table.

The Cooking With Kids program in local schools also shows children and families

how to make healthy meals, introducing kids to cuisine that otherwise would be unfamiliar. In the case of food, familiarity does not breed contempt.

Here’s why this matters.

Earlier this month, The Washington Post published a fascinating article titled “Why are Americans getting shorter?” The lengthy piece came out of a search for the professions with the tallest workers, and in the process, writer and analyst Andrew Van Dam found numbers to show Americans are shorter than in years past.

Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveal that since around 2000, women have shrunk by nearly half an inch on average, while men are down about one-tenth of an inch.

This is a reversal of what happened in the 19th century. By the 1800s, Van Dam wrote, Americans had become the tallest in the world because of abundant and inexpensive food.

“But today,” he wrote, “access to modern medicine does more to determine height

than do natural resources.”

Around 1980, native-born white men and women started getting shorter; this millennial generation is “is ground zero for Americans’ shrinking problem.”

White men and women are singled out because researchers have the most information collected about this group.

The year 1980 is also the year child obesity began its rise, and economics professor John Komlos told the Post he and other researchers believe the two are connected.

One study by doctors in California of 130,000 children found “childhood obesity is associated with earlier puberty in both boys and girls.” Children dealing with obesity evidently don’t have as large a growth spurt as their peers.

The 1980s also ushered in the Reagan presidency with its belief market solutions would deliver better results for people than government spending on social programs.

Gone was allegiance to the New Deal or the Great Society, programs that drove down inequality.

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State steps in to provide basic city services in Santa Fe, Dec. 22 There is a strange schism in Santa Fe that I see a lot as a gallery director, which is that people come to visit and have a great experience with the art, architecture, food, etc., but customer service and infrastructure are mentioned as being woefully inadequate. I have a similar experience as a local with money to spend.” Jeffrey Gillespie

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THE PAST 100 YEARS From The Santa Fe New Mexican: Dec. 27, 1923: Fares To Be Cut Ordered Railroads in Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico Must Come Down to 3.6 Cents.

State Commissions Win I.C.C. Decision Dec. 27, 1948: Charlie Bassett, who last week was relieved of his $4,500 job as director of the ports of entry and the motor transportation tax, is in pretty much the same fix as he was four years ago when he quit, under fire, as director of the gasoline tax.

At that time he was taken care of by a joint arrangement between the corporation commission and the state land office with each paying half of his salary.

The same arrangement has been discussed for relief of his current plight, but it is doubtful it will go through.

Dec. 27, 1973: A map of proposed passenger trail service between Santa Fe and Denver published in the Dec. 16 Sunday New Mexican apparently still has some Northern New Mexico residents confused.

A spokesman for the Santa Fe Railway, Alex Martinez, reports that people are still contacting the ticket office attempting to make train reservations on the proposed route which is not yet in service.

At present there is no direct passenger service between Santa Fe and Denver or Santa Fe and Houston.

Dec. 27, 1998: When Don Dayton and his wife moved to the Eldorado subdivision southeast of Santa Fe 18 years ago, he remembers being impressed by the vast high-mountain desert landscape and the few homes that dotted the land.

“Then, we had 200 houses instead of 2,200. It was a nice, small intimate community where we knew everyone,” he said.

“We liked living in Eldorado because of the open space and the quietness of the community.” ... On Jan. 5, Eldorado voters will decide whether they want to become one of the state’s newest incorporated villages.

Health care costs soared. All of this as millennials were beginning their journey through life.

As inequality increased, Americans’ average height decreased.

Interestingly, people with a bachelor’s degree or higher lost the least amount of height over these decades. For those who never went to college, the decrease in average height is wider.

This snapshot of a generation is useful if the U.S. wants a healthier, well-educated population. Individual choices matter, of course.

Not drinking a sugary Big Gulp every day, or eating fewer processed foods is something each of us can control.

School lunches, though, aren’t an individual choice — kids eat (or throw away) the food that’s set before them in classrooms and cafeterias across the country.

Improving the nutritional content of breakfasts and lunches kids eat at school will create a foundation for health and educational successes.

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Power lines, commuters and energy use in Los Alamos

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n electric transmission line is proposed that would cross the Caja del Rio and head to Los Alamos (“Opponents of power line say comment period rushed,” Dec. 24.) It’s likely the line is wanted because electric use at Los Alamos National Laboratory will grow. Currently, the lab is a pit of pollution in that it will use 440 million kWh of coal- and gas-generated electric power in a year. For that very small area, that’s three times more than Santa Fe and the equivalent of 90,000 average New Mexico homes.

While the laboratory is putting out all that carbon with few plans for renewable energy, there are no efforts to reduce the thousands of commuters going to LANL due to the lack of housing. Some 60 million commuter miles are driven to Los Alamos each year, spewing pollution and carbon dioxide. Before the power line crossing sensitive lands is approved, perhaps the Energy and Interior departments could work out a land trade to allow housing to be built to cut the pollution and allow for much-needed solar panels. Better, move the labs to a place where people and clean energy can access the facilities.

Shane Woolbright

Santa Fe

What peace?

How can there ever be peace in this area when most of the Arab world would like Israel to cease to exist?

What peace terms can come from this premise? This war is a tragedy of immense proportions. Those of us concerned with the living conditions, loss of homes and general restrictions placed on the Palestinians cannot condone Hamas’ savage response to the problem.

The Hamas leaders must be held responsible for the response from the Israel Defense Forces. Anyone who thinks a solution to this tragedy can come about with Hamas left in Palestinian leadership is blind to history.

Jerry Monda

Santa Fe

Mourning in the world The Colbert I. King column (“Praying for peace in Bethlehem this Christmas,” Commentary, Dec. 25) has it nailed when he describes the horror show unfolding in the Middle East. It’s hard to hear anyone sing “Silent Night” when so much indiscriminate killing is taking place, when so much hatred is being generated, in Israel and throughout the world. I read where one Israeli

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

rabbi said, “I’m most angry at the Palestinians for causing me to harden my heart.”

Many peace activists, both Israeli and Palestinian, have shifted their point of views. There is a group in Israel called Standing Together attempting to boost unity. I always respect groups in Israel more than any outside the country, because how can we condemn either side from our comfortable, safe positions? I disagree with King when he says as a Jewish child attending public school, I must have felt ostracized by the singing of Christmas carols. I’m so glad I was introduced to the beauty and spirit of fellowship present in Christmas music — to me the holiday represents the birth of a spirit of love and peace and compassion that has a universal value. With King, however, I mourn the absence of those sentiments in the world today.

Rosemary Zibart

Santa Fe

Stories in rock Petroglyph “rock art” — really? Think petroglyph rock historia instead, featuring stories scattered across the Southwest from the earliest civilizations, telling their tales with an alphabet of images etched on the rocks and canyon walls throughout New Mexico. If you listen carefully, they will whisper their stories in a language only your imagination can understand.

Harland Soper

Eldorado

Liz Cheney’s book Lewis Carroll might refer to a Donald Trump puppet as a “Trumpet” — one who tries to gain favor with the former president by carrying out his bidding, legal or not. Liz Cheney tells the story of how former-Trumpets collectively revealed the truth about events leading up to and after the Jan. 6, 2021, deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol (and the real motive behind it). If you reject the 1/6 Select Committee’s findings as a pack of lies without reading the Cheney book (Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning), then you are a Trumpet. The preservation of the freedoms we Americans enjoy because of the perseverance of our forebears desperately needs more non-Trumpets/former Trumpets, and fewer Trumpets. If you are somewhere in between, have a look at the Cheney book. It may change your life.

Bucky Kashiwa

Santa Fe

y mom loved Christmas so much she would sometimes leave the tree up until April.

She dyed a sheet blue for the sky behind the crèche and made a star of tin foil. The cradle would stay empty until Christmas morning; when we tumbled downstairs, the baby would be in his place, and the house would smell of roasting turkey.

Mom always took it personally if you didn’t wear red or green on Christmas, and she signed all the presents “Love, Baby Jesus,” “Love, Virgin Mary” or “Love, St. Joseph.”

In 2005, when my mom was dying, I played Christmas music for her, even though it was July and the muted TV showed Lance Armstrong cycling in the Tour de France.

Christmas was never my favorite holiday; I thought it was materialistic and stressful. But I try to honor my mom’s feeling that it is the happiest time of the year.

Now that my Christmas is more secular — my bond with the Catholic Church faded over the years of cascading pedophilia scandals — I miss the rituals, choirs and incense.

I didn’t mean to, but I succumbed to the irresistible pull of the TCM holiday doubleheader of Going My Way and The Bells of St. Mary’s. It’s hard to beat Ingrid Bergman’s luminous nun coaching a bullied kid in “the manly art of self-defense” — i.e., boxing — as Bing Crosby’s bemused Father O’Malley looks on.

As bonding agents, religion and patriotism have been superseded by Facebook and TikTok. But somehow social media, which was touted as an engine of connectivity, has left us disconnected and often lonely.

When we ran up against mean priests as children, my mother would say the church was not the men who ran it.

The church was God, and He was all kind and all just. But it was increasingly hard for me to stay loyal to a church plagued with scandals and cover-ups and to an institution that seemed to delight in excluding so many.

At a time when the church is shrinking in the West, Pope Francis has been on a mission to make it more tolerant and inclusive.

Recently, the 87-year-old pope decreed priests could bless same-sex couples.

The pope did not change church doctrine that marriage is only between a man and a woman. The blessing is not a sacrament and cannot be connected through “clothing, gestures or words” to a wedding. It’s better than nothing, and it’s certainly better than the 2021 Vatican ruling that inveighed against blessing gay unions, arguing God “cannot bless sin” and sexual unions outside marriage, like gay unions, did not conform with “God’s designs.”

But the declaration — Fiducia Supplicans — seems like a narrow gesture, designed to be delivered in a furtive way.

If the pope wants to move beyond the suffocating stranglehold and hypocrisy of the conservative cardinals so the church survives and grows, he must be bolder.

When he started, in a puff of white smoke, he seemed open to change. He does believe in a more pastoral, less rule-driven church, but he’s not ready to change the archaic rules.

That’s true not only with gay people but also with women. Allowing women to just give readings during Mass, serve as altar girls and distribute Communion is not going to cut it. Jesus surrounded himself with strong women, even a soi-disant fallen woman, but his church has long been run by misogynists. Nothing major has changed for women since that 1945 classic The Bells of St. Mary’s, except that nuns have been muzzled by the Vatican.

Ordaining women as priests is not on the table, any more than allowing priests to marry is.

It’s passing strange that a church with Mary at the center of its founding story could suffocate women’s voices for centuries. The cloistered club of men running the church grew warped. They were more concerned with shielding the church from scandal than ensuring the safety of boys and girls being preyed upon by criminal priests.

The church can’t succeed in a time warp. Even Saudi Arabia is modernizing faster.

It is simply immoral to treat women and gay people as unworthy of an equal role in their church. After all, isn’t the whole point of the church to teach us what is right?

And it’s not right to treat people as partial humans.

This column originally appeared in The New York Times.

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Midnight through 6 p.m. Tuesday

Santa Fe Area .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00" .... .Month . . . . . to . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.65" .... . . . . .to Year . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11.97" .....

AREA RAINFALL

Albuquerque Area .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trace ..... . . . . . . to Month . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.34" ....

Tonight

Today

Mostly Sunny.

40

Sunny.

20

POLLEN COUNTS Santa Fe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5, Severity . . . .Low ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Juniper Allergens ......

Albuquerque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5, Severity . . . .Low ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Juniper Allergens ......

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.

Partly Cloudy.

44 / 22

Humidity (Noon)

Monday

Mostly Sunny.

43 / 24

Partly Cloudy.

42 / 22

Humidity (Noon)

Tuesday

Mostly Cloudy.

43 / 24

Humidity (Noon)

42 / 21

Humidity (Noon)

Humidity (Noon)

63%

40%

33%

39%

44%

46%

49%

Wind: NNE 10 mph

Wind: SW 15 mph

Wind: SW 10 mph

Wind: WSW 10 mph

Wind: WNW 10 mph

Wind: SW 10 mph

Wind: SW 10 mph

NATIONAL WEATHER

NEW MEXICO WEATHER Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows.

Taos 40 / 11

Farmington 40 / 15

Raton 39 / 18

~ ola Espan 45 / 17

Santa Fe 40 / 20

San Francisco 62/55

Las Vegas 45 / 19

Pecos 43 / 19

Gallup G 4 / 13 44

Albuquerque 47 / 22

Truth or Consequences 52 / 25

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Denver 43/21

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Atlanta 58/39

Dallas 50/34

New Orleans 61/42

Mérida 86/70

Guadalajara 72/52 Mexico City 59/53

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Carlsbad 54 / 24 Rain

58° in Jal 1° in Velarde

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Stationary

The Northeast will see mostly cloudy skies with isolated rain, highest temperature of 59 in Salisbury, Md. The Southeast will experience partly to mostly cloudy skies with isolated showers, highest temperature of 79 in Doral, Fla. In the Northwest there will be partly to mostly cloudy skies with isolated rain, highest temperature of 56 in Coos Bay, Ore. The Southwest will see mostly cloudy skies with isolated showers, highest temperature of 74 in Palm Springs, Calif.

WEATHER HISTORY

NEW MEXICO CITIES

Yesterday Today Tomorrow Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W Hi/Lo W City 50/24 s 52/25 pc 47/22 s 48/24 pc 36/-3 pc 35/4 s 55/25 s 52/22 s 54/24 s 52/25 pc 38/9 s 39/8 s 44/18 mc 45/17 s 44/25 mc 43/24 s 37/17 s 38/18 pc 50/26 mc 49/23 s 38/20 s 40/18 pc 53/23 s 52/24 mc 45/17 s 44/16 s 40/15 s 41/17 pc 52/23 pc 50/22 s 44/13 s 45/14 pc 45/13 s 46/14 pc 54/27 s 53/25 s 54/27 s 55/28 mc

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 43/19 s 41/27 s 32/15 s 45/18 s 46/21 s 47/12 pc 28/3 s 41/19 s 55/22 s 36/27 s 49/27 s 49/26 s 45/28 s 52/30 s 34/6 s 45/17 s 52/22 s 32/15 s 40/13 s

45/19 pc 46/20 s 52/24 s 54/23 mc 38/21 s 39/20 s 46/18 s 47/21 pc 52/23 mc 51/21 s 39/18 mc 40/20 s 37/7 pc 34/6 s 44/23 s 45/22 pc 55/26 pc 53/24 s 46/22 s 45/23 pc 49/23 pc 48/24 s 50/27 s 51/26 mc 48/23 s 49/22 pc 52/25 s 50/26 mc 40/11 pc 39/12 s 49/23 mc 48/21 s 54/27 s 55/28 mc 41/19 s 42/18 s 44/18 s 46/16 pc

Dec. 27, 1982 - The worst Louisiana rainstorm in more than 100 years came to an end.

More than 18 inches fell at Vinton, La. during the three-day storm. Damage was estimated at 100 to 200 million dollars. President Reagan declared ten parishes disaster areas.

NATIONAL EXTREMES TUESDAY High

84° in Ochopee, Fla.

NIGHT SKY

Low

-30° in Peter Sinks, Utah

Sunrise Today Thursday Friday

Mercury 7:12 a.m.

7:12 a.m.

7:12 a.m.

Rise Set

6:17 a.m.

4:16 p.m.

4:57 p.m.

4:58 p.m.

4:58 p.m.

Rise Set

Mars

4:11 a.m.

2:32 p.m.

Rise Set

6:25 a.m.

4:03 p.m.

5:32 p.m.

6:33 p.m.

7:35 p.m.

Rise Set

1:15 p.m.

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8:05 a.m.

8:51 a.m.

9:30 a.m.

Rise Set

Uranus

10:33 a.m.

9:27 p.m.

Rise Set

1:53 p.m.

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Sunset Today Thursday Friday Today Thursday Friday

WIND TRACKER

Moonset Today Thursday Friday

8 p.m.

2 a.m. Thu.

Last Q. Jan. 3

New Jan. 11

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.

Cancún 79/74

Fronts:

High Low

8 a.m. Wed.

Miami 78/63

Monterrey 69/55

Hobbs 54 / 27

Alamogordo 50 / 24

Washington D.C. 57/48

St. Louis 37/33

Albuquerque 47/22 Phoenix 64/46

La Paz 72/64

STATE EXTREMES TUESDAY

Alamogordo 48/27 s Albuquerque 45/25 s Angel Fire 28/3 pc Artesia 55/27 s Carlsbad 57/21 s Chama 34/7 s Cimarron 28/3 pc Clayton 38/17 pc Cloudcroft 48/27 s Clovis 46/21 s Crownpoint 36/14 s Deming 56/25 s 32/15 s Espan~ ola Farmington 41/21 s Fort Sumner 47/24 s Gallup 43/9 s Grants 42/17 s Hobbs 52/25 s Las Cruces 52/22 s

Las Vegas 60/43

New York 50/46

Detroit 49/40

Chicago 43/35

Omaha 32/22

Hermosillo 74/53

Roswell 55 / 26

Las Cruces 54 / 27

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Boston 47/44

Minneapolis 37/29

Billings 41/22

Boise 42/30

Los Angeles 67/49

Clovis 50 / 26

Ruidoso 46 / 22 Sillver City 50 0 / 27

Seattle 51/45

Clayton 44 / 25

Los Alamos 38 / 21

AIR QUALITY INDEX

Source: www.airnow.gov

Sunday

44%

A partial list of the City of Santa Fe's Comprehensive Water Conservation Requirements currently in effect: No outside watering from 10am to 6pm from May 1 to October 31.

For a complete list of requirements call: 955-4225 http://www.santafenm.gov/water_conservation

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

Humidity (Noon)

Saturday

Wind: SSE 10 mph

WATER STATISTICS

.Tuesday's . . . . . . . . rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 .. . . . . . . . .Forecast Today's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 ..

Friday

Sunny.

41 / 21

Humidity (Mid.)

Los Alamos Area .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00" .... . . . . . . to Month . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.56" ....

The following water statistics of December 25th are provided by the City Water Division (in millions of gallons).

Total water produced from: Canyon Water Treatment Plant: 3.998 Buckman Water Treatment Plant: 1.820 City Wells: 0.0 Buckman Wells: 0.0 Total production: 5.818 Total consumption: 6.008 Santa Fe reservoir inflow: 1.16 Reservoir storage: 291.19 Estimated reservoir capacity: 22.79%

Thursday

Clear.

Humidity (Noon)

Las Vegas Area .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00" .... . . . . . . to Month . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.33" ....

Taos Area .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00" .... . . . . . . to Month . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.94" ....

NATIONAL CITIES

7 DAY FORECAST FOR SANTA FE

Santa Fe Airport Temperatures High/low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37°/21° ......

Normal . . . . . . . high/low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43°/18° ...... . . . . . . .high Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59° . . . in . . 1955 .... . . . . . . .low Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -2° . . . in . . 1997 ....

Santa Fe Airport Precipitation .Yesterday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00" .... .Month . . . . . to . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.92" .... . . . . . . . month Normal . . . . . .to . . date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.68" ....

Year . . . . .to . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7.46" ....

Normal . . . . . . . year . . . . to . . .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13.41" .....

Last . . . . year . . . . .to. .date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11.81" .....

THE WEATHER

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

First Q. Jan. 17

Saturn

Full Jan. 25

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

City

Anchorage 14/-8 s 13/3 ss 10/1 pc Atlanta 63/55 cl 58/39 mc 52/32 pc Baltimore 50/46 cl 57/51 sh 61/48 sh Bangor 47/31 mc 40/33 fg 39/27 ra Billings 32/16 pc 41/22 s 45/26 mc Bismarck 32/28 ra 34/15 pc 32/18 s Boise 32/28 sn 42/30 cl 44/29 pc Boston 49/36 fg 47/44 fg 49/38 ra Charleston,SC 66/63 ra 67/52 cl 62/43 mc Charlotte 59/55 ra 65/43 sh 59/35 pc Chicago 52/37 cl 43/35 mc 44/38 ra Cincinnati 59/48 cl 48/33 mc 45/32 sh Cleveland 61/54 cl 48/43 sh 47/38 sh Dallas 56/31 s 50/34 s 48/32 mc Denver 38/23 sn 43/21 pc 46/22 s Des Moines 36/32 sn 37/26 rs 38/28 mc Detroit 57/50 cl 49/40 sh 46/41 sh Fairbanks -4/-18 mc -15/-29 s -11/-30 pc Flagstaff 48/9 s 50/19 pc 51/17 mc Helena 25/5 mc 29/14 pc 36/23 pc Honolulu 82/68 s 80/67 pc 79/68 sh Houston 58/39 pc 62/39 s 54/35 s Indianapolis 54/37 mc 47/33 pc 42/34 ra Kansas City 38/32 sn 36/30 sn 37/31 mc Las Vegas 57/37 s 60/43 mc 65/44 pc Los Angeles 69/51 pc 67/49 mc 68/50 s Louisville 54/45 mc 47/35 pc 42/32 sh Memphis 54/36 s 51/30 pc 43/32 mc Miami 83/71 mc 78/63 pc 71/61 sh Milwaukee 52/39 cl 41/33 pc 42/35 ra Minneapolis 50/34 cl 37/29 mc 40/27 mc New Orleans 57/51 mc 61/42 mc 51/37 s New York City 51/44 hz 50/46 ra 53/45 ra Oklahoma City 50/25 pc 41/29 pc 42/30 pc Omaha 32/28 sn 32/22 mc 35/25 mc Orlando 76/62 mc 70/56 mc 64/51 sh Philadelphia 50/44 cl 53/49 ra 56/44 sh Phoenix 64/45 s 64/46 s 67/43 pc Pittsburgh 57/48 cl 55/45 ra 51/39 ra Portland,OR 47/41 mc 49/44 sh 53/45 sh Richmond 56/46 mc 60/53 ra 62/51 ra Salt Lake City 36/20 pc 38/28 pc 40/27 mc San Antonio 61/39 pc 65/39 s 63/36 s San Diego 67/48 mc 66/51 mc 67/50 mc San Francisco 58/48 mc 62/55 ra 63/53 ra Seattle 54/41 mc 51/45 ra 53/46 ra Sioux Falls 32/28 cl 35/25 mc 37/22 mc St. Louis 49/35 pc 37/33 rs 39/34 rs Tampa 79/64 mc 70/58 mc 67/54 sh Trenton 47/42 cl 52/48 ra 56/44 sh Tulsa 48/30 mc 41/28 pc 42/30 mc Washington,DC 50/44 ra 57/48 sh 58/44 sh

WORLD CITIES

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

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

51/46 ra 65/52 pc 70/46 s 37/19 cl 51/47 ra 70/59 ra 66/51 ra 76/56 pc 45/38 ra 46/41 mc 52/49 cl 78/58 pc 60/52 s 63/51 s 79/57 ra 77/67 pc 51/44 ra 51/33 s 60/50 ra 33/24 sn 77/73 ra 76/47 mc 20/6 pc 52/50 ra 90/77 ra 59/49 mc 44/21 pc 28/16 sn 84/66 ra 72/54 s 55/41 s 44/40 cl 54/50 pc

48/37 ra 64/52 s 69/46 s 30/10 pc 42/38 mc 67/65 ra 65/49 ra 74/58 mc 40/37 mc 55/45 ra 48/42 mc 78/55 s 58/54 s 62/52 pc 63/53 ra 74/69 mc 52/43 ra 51/36 s 59/53 ra 29/18 sn 76/75 mc 76/52 mc 26/7 mc 51/47 ra 79/73 ra 59/52 mc 37/21 pc 31/21 pc 76/62 ra 71/64 s 53/44 pc 44/43 ra 50/45 mc

51/50 cl 64/52 s 66/56 ra 34/19 s 47/42 cl 68/67 cl 65/49 ra 71/58 ra 46/39 ra 47/44 ra 48/44 ra 76/54 mc 56/49 s 62/53 ra 79/55 mc 76/70 cl 53/50 ra 50/41 cl 68/49 s 22/11 sn 75/73 ra 76/61 s 25/18 sn 52/50 cl 84/72 pc 58/47 s 36/31 s 36/20 sn 79/63 pc 70/64 ra 46/44 cl 42/41 ra 48/40 mc

New details emerge over Exonerated Okla. man suspect in pileup, standoff fighting Stage 4 cancer

Santa Fe man accused of punching, kicking family member

By Nicholas Gilmore

ngilmore@sfnewmexican.com

A Santa Fe man suspected of causing a multiple-car pileup Friday evening and prompting a standoff with police at knifepoint also was accused of punching a family member who confronted him about the hitand-run crash.

Irving Valverde was arrested Friday night near his home in the Hopewell Mann neighborhood on several criminal counts. He remained in the Santa Fe County jail Tuesday, his 28th birthday.

An arraignment is scheduled Wednesday for Valverde on seven charges, including aggravated assault against a police officer with a deadly weapon.

Santa Fe police wrote in a criminal complaint they found the man’s wallet and cellphone

near his car, which was left at the scene of a crash at Cerrillos Road and St. Michael’s Drive.

Witnesses Irving said Valverde Valverde had been weaving in traffic and racing on Cerrillos Road, causing crashes involving seven vehicles, police said Saturday in a news release.

After officers contacted his family about the crash, the criminal complaint says, one relative confronted Valverde at a neighbor’s home. She told police he was “holding a piece of tin foil that she knocked out of his hands,” according to the complaint.

She said Valverde punched her twice in the face and kicked her in the stomach while she was bent over, the complaint says.

Valverde was barricaded in his residence on Hopewell Street

when police arrived, according to the complaint. He finally came out of the building wielding a “blue kitchen knife,” police wrote in the document.

Officers struck him with two electronic stun guns and several beanbag rounds — with no effect — as they followed him through the nearby Sangre de Cristo Apartments property and up Third Street, the complaint says.

Valverde threw a rock and then the kitchen knife at an officer, according to the complaint, and then hopped a fence into a residential property.

Police followed Valverde’s tracks in the mud, as well as his muddy footprints in an alley, before detaining him in the backyard of a home on Third Street.

Valverde was charged with aggravated assault against a police officer — a felony — as well as assault upon a police officer, battery, resisting an officer, reckless driving, failure to give immediate notice of an accident and leaving the scene of an accident.

Police investigating incidents involving Colorado justices

By Colleen Slevin

The Associated Press

DENVER — Police said Tuesday they are investigating incidents directed at Colorado Supreme Court justices and providing extra patrols around their homes in Denver following the court’s decision to remove former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot.

The Denver Police Department declined in an email to provide details about its investigations, citing safety and privacy considerations and because they are ongoing.

The department “is currently

investigating incidents directed at Colorado Supreme Court justices and will continue working with our local, state and federal law enforcement partners to thoroughly investigate any reports of threats or harassment,” the email said.

Officers responded to the home of one justice Thursday evening, but police said it appeared to be a “hoax report.”

The FBI said it is working with local law enforcement on the matter. “We will vigorously pursue investigations of any threat or use of violence committed by someone who uses extremist views to justify their actions regardless of motivation,” a

spokesperson for the Denver’s FBI office, Vikki Migoya, said in a statement.

In a 4-3 decision last week, Colorado’s highest court overturned a ruling from a district court judge who found Trump incited an insurrection for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

The state’s highest court didn’t agree, siding with attorneys for six Colorado Republican and unaffiliated voters who argued it was nonsensical to imagine the framers of the amendment, fearful of former confederates returning to power, would bar them from low-level offices but not the highest one in the land.

Inmate held 48 years for murder he did not commit awaits funds

By Timothy Bella

The Washington Post

For 48 years, one month and 18 days, Glynn Simmons was trapped in an undeserved hell.

Simmons was convicted and initially sentenced to the death penalty for a murder he always insisted he did not commit.

By the time the state of Oklahoma conceded he’d not gotten a fair trial and there wasn’t enough evidence to retry him, he was approaching 71, a worndown man beset by a string of health issues, with a son and grandchildren he hoped to finally get to know outside of prison walls.

But nearly four months after being assured of his freedom, Simmons is running out of time.

The man who holds the grim record of longest wrongful-conviction case in U.S. history has Stage 4 colon cancer, which at this point offers him only a minimal chance of surviving the next five years.

He should be due $175,000 in compensation from the state under Oklahoma’s tort claim law — the equivalent of $3,645 for each year he was wrongfully imprisoned — but has yet to see a penny and is relying on a GoFundMe effort to help cover his living expenses and medical bills.

“He can’t get a job now,” says Joe Norwood, one of his attorneys. “He has to get hooked up to a chemo machine every two weeks.”

The failures that for decades defined, constrained and robbed Simmons’s life — racial bias, inadequate representation, police misconduct — are familiar ones in sagas such as his.

Simmons and another Black man were convicted of capital murder for the 1974 killing of a

NICK OXFORD/FOR THE WASHINGTON POST.

Glynn Simmons celebrates as he walks out of the Oklahoma County Courthouse in Oklahoma City on Tuesday. A judge found “by clear and convincing evidence” he was never involved in a 1974 murder.

white woman at a liquor store in Edmond, Okla., despite no physical evidence linking them to the crime scene and multiple witnesses insisting Simmons was in Louisiana on the night of the shooting.

The case hinged on the testimony of an 18-year-old eyewitness, who identified both in a lineup despite telling police she did not remember much and only saw the gunmen for a split second.

The aftermath of Simmons’ release is not unfamiliar either: He is caught between the state setting him free and making up for its error, a limbo that, to his supporters, seems all the more cruel because of his cancer.

“I believe the compensation will come someday,” he says, “but I don’t know if I have the luxury of time.”

His cause cleared a critical hurdle Tuesday when a judge officially declared him innocent. “This court finds by clear and convincing evidence the offense for which Mr. Simmons was convicted, sentenced and imprisoned ... was not committed by Mr. Simmons,” District Judge Amy Palumbo said in her ruling.

Despite the pronouncement, his prospects are uncertain: The district attorney responsible for his vacated conviction subsequently opposed an innocence claim, and it’s unclear how Oklahoma’s attorney general will decide on the tort claim. His lawyer worries the state’s check could take anywhere from a couple months to two years to arrive.

For now, Simmons’ life on the outside continues as a series of milestones: attending his first NBA game, visiting the zoo for the first time and, on Monday, celebrating his first Christmas with lights and decorations in nearly half a century. He’s not sure of all the holiday plans, just that he’ll at last be with family.

As for the new year? “I haven’t even looked that far ahead,” he says.

The man smiles big and laughs easily these days. Yet just below the surface, he remains infuriated by a legal system and a state he says still hasn’t apologized to him for wrongfully taking away more than two-thirds of his life — and then, if he’s lucky, offering him less than $4,000 for every year.

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Cowboys need to smooth offense’s rough edges

By Schuyler Dixon

The Associated Press

FRISCO, Texas ak Prescott’s sporadic offense is as good a reason as any why Dallas has lost consecutive games for the first time in two years.

Finding consistency for one of the NFL’s most productive units will be a priority in the final two regular-season games for the playoff-bound Cowboys (10-5), starting Saturday night at home against NFC North champion Detroit (11-4).

The offense was really good on the first two drives in a 22-20 loss at Miami, but didn’t come out of a

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midgame funk until the Dolphins had a two-score lead (16-7) midway through the third quarter.

The stretch of three possessions with three punts and just one first down looked a lot like a week earlier in Buffalo, when the Cowboys barely had 100 yards of total offense before a meaningless fourth-quarter touchdown drive in a 31-10 loss.

“We know who we are, and we know when we get going,” Prescott said. “You saw it in the first two drives and you saw it late in the game there. It’s just about being consistent all the way through for the offense.”

Doing that against the Lions won’t be the final answer.

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The Cowboys have been one of the league’s best offenses all season at home, where they have a 15-game winning streak and are outscoring opponents by almost 25 points per game.

Miami Dolphins linebacker Melvin Ingram tackles Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott during the first half of Sunday’s game in Miami Gardens, Fla. The Cowboys lost 22-20, the first time Dallas has lost two consecutive games in two years.

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Wrong side of history Pistons lose NBA single-season record 27 straight games, falling to Nets despite Cunningham’s 41

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ime to dig through the inbox and see what I missed during a week off from the world of sports.

Here we go; here’s the big one: Jerry Kill, adios.

My last act of pre-vacation work was putting pen to paper after the twangy 63-year-old went scorched earth on UNM athletic director Eddie Nuñez following the Dec. 16 Isleta New Mexico Bowl. It seems “Urinegate,” its fallout and months of ill will between the in-state rivals got the best of him.

A week later, Kill turned in his walking papers and said goodbye to a celebrated two-year run as New Mexico State’s football coach. Next time we see him he’ll be in a Vanderbilt golf shirt, serving as an “analyst” on the Commodores’ sideline in the SEC. He’s also taking the Aggies’ glory days with him.

Within a day of his announcement, NMSU star quarterback Diego Pavia put his name in the transfer portal. He’s one of eight Aggies to enter the portal since Kill stepped down, a list now 19 deep since NMSU lost to Liberty on Dec. 1 in the Conference USA championship game.

Gone, too, are both coordinators and at least one other assistant.

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From left, Detroit Pistons forward Kevin Knox II, guard Marcus Sasser, forward Ausar Thompson and forward Bojan Bogdanovic sit on the bench Tuesday during the fourth quarter of a 118-112 loss to the Brooklyn Nets, an NBA record 27th straight loss, in Detroit.

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By Larry Lage

The Associated Press

DETROIT he Detroit Pistons have made NBA history.

Detroit became the league’s first team to lose 27 straight games in a season, falling 118-112 to the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday night.

“Is it heavy? Yeah, I would imagine for everybody it is,” said Pistons first-year coach Monty Williams, a former NBA coach of the year. “Nobody wants this kind of thing

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attached to them.

“I was brought in here to change this thing.

It’s probably the most on me than anybody.

Players are playing their hearts out. I got to get them in a position where they don’t feel tight or heavy.”

The Nets beat the Pistons on Saturday in Brooklyn, handing them their 26th consecutive defeat to match the 2010-11 Cleveland Cavaliers and 2013-14 Philadelphia 76ers for the most losses in a row within one season.

Detroit no longer shares the unwanted mark.

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Detroit Pistons coach Monty Williams argues a call with a referee during Tuesday’s game.

Williams, who is in his first year as the Pistons’ coach, took the blame for Tuesday’s record-breaking loss. “It’s probably the most on me than anybody,” Williams said after the game. “Players are playing their hearts out.”

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New Mexico State head coach Jerry Kill reacts to a call during a Nov. 18 game against Auburn in Auburn, Ala.

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Missouri’s Schrader goes from D-II star to hero

By Dave Skretta

The Associated Press

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Missouri running back Cody Schrader celebrates next to the Battle Line trophy after the team’s Nov. 24 win over Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark. No. 9 Missouri faces No. 7 Ohio State on Friday in the Cotton Bowl Classic.

COLUMBIA, Mo. — There were very few people willing to wager Missouri would be playing in a New Year’s Six bowl game this season.

Still fewer probably bet that Cody Schrader would someday be an All-American running back.

He received precisely zero Division I scholarship offers coming out of Lutheran South High School in St. Louis, and wound up at Truman State. The Division II school, about a three-hour drive from home, is known just as much for its accounting school and renowned women’s swimming and diving program as it is for the Bulldogs football team.

Schrader never stopped believing in his

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ability, though. After leading Division II with 2,074 yards rushing two years ago, he bet on himself by entering the transfer portal and ultimately agreeing to an invitation to walk on at Missouri.

Tigers coach Eli Drinkwitz never met Schrader until he stepped on campus.

Two years later, Schrader not only has taken over the starting job but etched his name in Missouri lore. He ran for 1,625 yards and 13 touchdowns, highlighted by a record-setting day against Tennessee. He led the Tigers to a 10-2 record and a spot opposite perennial heavyweight Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl on Friday.

“It’s a dream come true for me and this team,” Schrader admitted.

The 5-foot-8 bowling ball of a running back is exactly the kind of dream — the kind of lightning-in-a-bottle success story — that

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programs such as Missouri rely upon to compete against college football’s powerhouses.

Sure, the Tigers have recruited better under Drinkwitz than they have in years, landing five-star prospects such as Luther Burden III, who was among the nation’s leading receivers this season. They still lag far behind programs such as Alabama, Georgia and, yes, Ohio State, when it comes to reeling in top prospects from high school and the portal.

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TODAY ON TV Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts. All times local.

6:30 a.m. NHLN — World Junior Hockey Championship Group Stage: Finland vs. Germany, Group A, Gothenburg, Sweden 9 a.m. NHLN — World Junior Hockey Championship Group Stage: Norway Czech Republic, Group B, Gothenburg, Sweden 11:30 a.m. NHLN — World Junior Hockey Championship Group Stage: Latvia vs. Canada, Group A, Gothenburg, Sweden

COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 5 p.m. ACCN — Morgan St. at Virginia COLLEGE FOOTBALL Noon ESPN — The Military Bowl Presented by GoBowling.com: Virginia Tech vs. Tulane, Annapolis, Md. 3:30 p.m. ESPN — The Duke’s Mayo Bowl: North Carolina vs.

West Virginia, Charlotte, N.C. 6 p.m. FOX — The DIRECTV Holiday Bowl: Louisville vs. Southern Cal, San Diego 7 p.m. ESPN — The TaxAct Texas Bowl: Texas A&M vs. Oklahoma St., Houston

NBA 5 p.m. NBATV — Toronto at Washington NHL

IIHF HOCKEY (MEN’S)

5:30 p.m. TNT — Boston at Buffalo

4 a.m. NHLN — World Junior Hockey Championship Group Stage: Slovakia vs. Switzerland, Group B, Gothenburg, Sweden

1:15 p.m. USA — Premier League: Manchester City at Everton

SOCCER (MEN’S)

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L.A. Rams 30, New Orleans 22

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Pittsburgh 34, Cincinnati 11 Buffalo 24, L.A. Chargers 22

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Atlanta 29, Indianapolis 10 Cleveland 36, Houston 22 Detroit 30, Minnesota 24 Green Bay 33, Carolina 30 N.Y. Jets 30, Washington 28 Seattle 20, Tennessee 17 Tampa Bay 30, Jacksonville 12 Chicago 27, Arizona 16 Miami 22, Dallas 20 New England 26, Denver 23

MONDAY’S GAMES

Las Vegas 20, Kansas City 14 Philadelphia 33, N.Y. Giants 25 Baltimore 33, San Francisco 19

THURSDAY, DEC. 28

N.Y. Jets at Cleveland, 6:15 p.m.

SATURDAY, DEC. 30

Detroit at Dallas, 6:15 p.m.

SUNDAY, DEC. 31

Arizona at Philadelphia, 11 a.m.

Atlanta at Chicago, 11 a.m.

Carolina at Jacksonville, 11 a.m.

L.A. Rams at N.Y. Giants, 11 a.m.

Las Vegas at Indianapolis, 11 a.m.

Miami at Baltimore, 11 a.m.

New England at Buffalo, 11 a.m.

New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 11 a.m.

San Francisco at Washington, 11 a.m.

Tennessee at Houston, 11 a.m.

Pittsburgh at Seattle, 2:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at Kansas City, 2:25 p.m.

L.A. Chargers at Denver, 2:25 p.m.

Green Bay at Minnesota, 6:20 p.m.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL SCORES, SCHEDULE SATURDAY, DEC. 16

Myrtle Beach Bowl Conway, S.C. Ohio 41, Georgia Southern 21 Celebration Bowl Atlanta Florida A&M 30, Howard 26 New Orleans Bowl New Orleans Jacksonville St. 34, Louisiana 31, OT Cure Bowl Orlando, Fla. Appalachian St. 13, Miami (Ohio) 9 New Mexico Bowl Albuquerque Fresno St. 37, New Mexico St. 10 LA Bowl Hosted Inglewood, Calif.

UCLA 35, Boise St. 22 Independence Bowl Shreveport, La. Texas Tech 34, California 14

MONDAY, DEC. 18

Famous Toastery Bowl Charlotte, N.C. W. Kentucky 38, Old Dominion 35, OT

TUESDAY, DEC 19 Frisco Bowl Frisco, Texas UTSA 35, Marshall 17

THURSDAY, DEC. 21

Boca Raton Bowl Boca Raton, Fla. USF 45, Syracuse 0

FRIDAY, DEC. 22

Gasparilla Bowl Tampa, Fla. Georgia Tech 30, UCF 17

Camellia Bowl Montgomery, Ala. N. Illinois 21, Arkansas St. 19 Birmingham Bowl Birmingham, Ala. Duke 17, Troy 10 Armed Forces Bowl Fort Worth, Texas Air Force 31, No. 24 James Madison 21 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Boise, Idaho Georgia St. 45, Utah St. 22 68 Ventures Bowl Mobile, Ala. South Alabama 59, Eastern Michigan 10 Las Vegas Bowl Las Vegas, Nev. Northwestern 14, Utah 7 Hawaii Bowl Honolulu, Hawaii Coastal Carolina 24, San Jose St. 14

TUESDAY, DEC. 26

Quick Lane Bowl Detroit Minnesota 30, Bowling Green 24 First Responder Bowl Dallas Texas St. 45, Rice 21 Guaranteed Rate Bowl Phoenix Kansas 49, UNLV 36

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5-0-0 4-1-0 1-4-0 0-5-0

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

Wednesday Boys basketball — Jaelene Berger Holiday Hoops Classic at Rio Rancho: first round, Abq. St. Pius X vs. Santa Fe High, 3 p.m.; Abq. Hope Christian vs. Española Valley, 1 p.m.

Stu Clark Tournament at New Mexico Highlands University: first round, Belen vs. St. Michael’s, 1 p.m.; Portales vs. Taos, 2:30 p.m.; Socorro vs.

Las Vegas Robertson, 6 p.m.; Pecos vs. West Las Vegas, 7:30 p.m.

Rumble In The Jungle at Aztec: first round, Newcomb vs. Academy for Technology and the Classics, 1 p.m.

Poe Corn Invitational at Roswell/Roswell Goddard: first round, Clovis vs.

Los Alamos (Goddard), 7:30 p.m.

Girls basketball — Lady Horsemen Christmas Tournament at St. Michael’s: first round, Taos vs.

Pecos, 1:30 p.m.; Los Alamos vs. Abq. Hope Christian, 3 p.m.; Peñasco vs.

Española Valley, 4:30 p.m.; Abq. Sandia Prep vs. St Michael’s, 6 p.m.

Rumble In The Jungle Tournament at Aztec/Koogler Middle School: first round, Academy for Technology and the Classics vs. Dulce, 11 a.m.(Koogler); Mesa Vista vs.

Wingate, 3 p.m. (Koogler)

Thursday Boys basketball — Jaelene Berger Holiday Hoops Classic at Rio Rancho: semifinals/consolation, Santa Fe High vs. Abq. Sandia Prep/Rio Rancho, 7 p.m.(semifinal)/3 p.m. (consolation); Española Valley vs.

Abq. Highland/Navajo Prep, 5 p.m. (semifinal)/1 p.m. (consolation) Stu Clark Tournament at New Mexico Highlands University: semifinals, Belen/St. Michael’s winner vs.

Socorro/Las Vegas Robertson winner, 6 p.m.; Portales/Taos winner vs. Pecos/West Las Vegas winner, 7:30 p.m.; consolation, Belen/St. Michael’s loser vs. Socorro/Las Vegas Robertson loser, 2:30 p.m.; Portales/ Taos loser vs. Pecos/West Las Vegas loser, 1 p.m.

Senai Eagle Tournament at University of New Mexico (Johnson Gym): first round, East Mountain vs. Santa Fe Indian School, 7:30 p.m.

ATC at Rumble In The Jungle Tournament at Aztec: TBA Poe Corn Invitational at Roswell/ Roswell Goddard: semifinal/consolation, Los Alamos vs. Kirtland Central/ Goddard, 7:30 p.m. (semifinal)/6 p.m. (consolation) Dual Cities Tournament at Santa Rosa: first round, Peñasco vs. Monte del Sol, 3:30 p.m.; Mora vs. Questa, 5 pm.

Girls basketball — Los Alamos, Española Valley, Peñasco, Taos, Pecos at Lady Horsemen Christmas Tournament at St. Michael’s: TBA

SPORTS BETTING LINE

Senai Eagle Tournament at University of New Mexico (Johnson Gym): first round, Santa Fe Indian School vs.

Native American Community Academy, 6 p.m.

Rumble In The Jungle Tournament at Aztec: semifinals/consolation, Academy for Technology and the Classics vs. Red Rock (Ariz.)/Aztec, 7 p.m. (semifinal)/11 a.m. (consolation); Mesa Vista vs. Grants/Newcomb, 3 p.m. (semifinal)/1 p.m. (consolation)

NFL THURSDAY FAVORITE

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SATURDAY FAVORITE

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at BUFFALO at CHICAGO at PHILADELPHIA at TAMPA BAY San Francisco at BALTIMORE at HOUSTON at INDIANAPOLIS at JACKSONVILLE L.A. Rams at SEATTLE at DENVER at KANSAS CITY at MINNESOTA

Friday

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FAVORITE

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Virginia Tech

Fenway Bowl Boston No. 17 SMU vs. Boston College, 9 a.m.

Pinstripe Bowl New York Rutgers vs. Miami, 12:15 p.m.

Pop-Tarts Bowl Orlando, Fla. No. 19 NC State vs. Kansas St., 3:45 p.m.

Alamo Bowl San Antonio, Texas No. 12 Oklahoma No. 14 Arizona, 7:15 p.m.

FAVORITE

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West Virginia

FAVORITE

FAVORITE

FAVORITE

SMU

PINSTRIPE BOWL THE BRONX, N.Y. FAVORITE Rutgers

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Kansas State

FAVORITE Arizona

FRIDAY GATOR BOWL JACKSONVILLE, FLA. FAVORITE Clemson

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TODAY

FAVORITE Iowa State

OPEN

TODAY

COTTON BOWL ARLINGTON, TEXAS FAVORITE

QUICK LANE BOWL MINNESOTA 30, BOWLING GREEN 24

BOWLING GREEN MINNESOTA

Gator Bowl Jacksonville, Fla. Clemson vs. Kentucky, 10 a.m.

Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas No. 15 Notre Dame vs. No. 21 Oregon St., noon Liberty Bowl Memphis, Tenn.

Memphis vs. Iowa St., 1:30 p.m.

Cotton Bowl Arlington, Texas No. 7 Ohio St. vs. No. 9 Missouri, 6 p.m.

MONDAY, JAN. 1

ReliaQuest Bowl Tampa, Fla. No. 13 LSU vs. Wisconsin, 10 a.m.

Citrus Bowl Orlando, Fla. No. 20 Iowa vs. No. 25 Tennessee, 11 a.m.

Fiesta Bowl Glendale, Ariz.

No. 8 Oregon vs. No. 18 Liberty, 11 a.m.

Rose Bowl College Football Playoff Semifinal Pasadena, Calif.

No. 1 Michigan vs. No. 5 Alabama, 3 p.m.

Allstate Sugar Bowl College Football Playoff Semifinal New Orleans No. 2 Washington vs. No. 3 Texas, 6:45 p.m.

GUARANTEED RATE BOWL KANSAS 49, UNLV 36 KANSAS UNLV

MONDAY, JAN. 8

CFP National Championship Houston Semifinal winners, 5:30 p.m.

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First Quarter TXST: Jeter 29 run (Shipley kick), 13:25.

RICE: McCaffrey 7 pass from Padgett (Horn kick), 6:54.

TXST: Jeter 1 run (Shipley kick), 3:22.

Second Quarter TXST: Holloway 36 interception return (Shipley kick), 14:36.

RICE: Connors 3 run (Horn kick), 6:07.

RICE: Connors 28 run (Horn kick), 3:40.

TXST: FG Shipley 31, :00.

Third Quarter TXST: Jones 3 run (Shipley kick), 9:57.

TXST: Holloway 48 interception return (Shipley kick), 8:16.

Fourth Quarter TXST: Jeter 1 run (Shipley kick), 2:01.

A: 26,542.

First downs Total Net Yards Rushes-yards Passing Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Interceptions Ret. Comp-Att-Int Sacked-Yards Lost Punts Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession

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First downs 17 19 Total Net Yards 303 281 Rushes-yards 21-82 44-255 Passing 221 26 Punt Returns 0-0 2-35 Kickoff Returns 0-0 3-85 Interceptions Ret. 1-28 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 21-38-0 8-16-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-27 0-0 Punts 5-38.2 4-43.75 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 5-31 3-8 Time of Possession 26:38 33:22 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Bowling Green, Wimberly 3-63, J.Johnson 2-20, Fannin 3-7, Anderson 1-5, Patterson 1-5, Embry 1-5, Orth 3-4, (Team) 1-(minus 2), Bazelak 6-(minus 25). Minnesota, Taylor 35-208, Kramer 3-31, J.Nubin 3-24, (Team) 3-(minus 8).

PASSING: Bowling Green, Bazelak 21-37-0-221, Fannin 0-1-0-0. Minnesota, Kramer 8-16-1-26.

RECEIVING: Bowling Green, Hiliare 10-152, Fannin 5-50, Patterson 2-(minus 1), Osborne 1-8, Ibrahim 1-7, J.Johnson 1-3, Tillman 1-2. Minnesota, Taylor 2-11, Geers 2-10, Spencer 2-5, Jackson 2-0.

MISSED FIELD GOALS: None.

Peach Bowl Atlanta No. 10 Penn St. vs. No. 11 Mississippi, 10 a.m.

Music City Bowl Nashville, Tenn.

Maryland vs. Auburn, noon Orange Bowl Miami No. 4 Florida St. vs. No. 6 Georgia, 2 p.m.

Arizona Bowl Tucson, Ariz.

Toledo vs. Wyoming, 2:30 p.m.

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BGSU

SATURDAY, DEC. 30

TEXAS STATE RICE

3 3

First Quarter BGSU: Hiliare 46 pass from Bazelak (Anaya kick), 13:47.

MIN: Spencer 4 pass from Kramer (run failed), 5:56.

Second Quarter MIN: FG Kesich 31, 8:57.

BGSU: FG Anaya 33, 1:38.

Third Quarter MIN: Kramer 1 run (Kesich kick), 9:20.

MIN: Geers 7 pass from Kramer (Kesich kick), 4:18.

Fourth Quarter BGSU: Wimberly 18 run (Anaya kick), 11:10.

MIN: Taylor 17 run (Kesich kick), 8:03.

BGSU: Bazelak 2 run (Anaya kick), 2:33.

A: 28,521.

FRIDAY, DEC. 29

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First Quarter UNLV: V.Davis 3 run (Pizano kick), 11:07.

KU: Grimm 6 pass from Bean (Keller kick), 2:05.

Second Quarter KU: Grimm 60 pass from Bean (Keller kick), 11:37.

KU: Arnold 15 pass from Bean (Keller kick), 7:57.

KU: Neal 1 run (Keller kick), 1:21.

UNLV: FG Pizano 40, :00.

Third Quarter UNLV: Zeon 5 pass from Maiava (Pizano kick), 12:15.

UNLV: White 37 pass from Maiava (Pizano kick), 10:30.

Fourth Quarter KU: Arnold 40 pass from Bean (Keller kick), 14:52.

UNLV: De Jesus 11 run (run failed), 12:06.

KU: Arnold 56 pass from Bean (Keller kick), 11:10.

KU: Grimm 43 pass from Bean (Keller kick), 8:16.

UNLV: McKie 50 pass from Maiava (run failed), 6:27.

KU

UNLV

First downs 24 23 Total Net Yards 591 386 Rushes-yards 39-142 24-95 Passing 449 291 Punt Returns 1-11 0-0 Kickoff Returns 6-103 5-78 Interceptions Ret. 2-15 3-0 Comp-Att-Int 19-28-3 24-35-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-2 1-11 Punts 2-33.5 3-52.667 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 18-210 9-99 Time of Possession 38:50 20:50 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Kansas, Neal 20-71, Hishaw 5-27, McDuffie 4-26, Bean 6-21, Skinner 1-6, (Team) 3-(minus 9). UNLV, De Jesus 6-40, Davis 13-38, Maiava 4-16, Irvin 1-1.

PASSING: Kansas, Bean 19-28-3-449. UNLV,

PCT

GB

L

PCT

Milwaukee Cleveland Indiana Chicago Detroit

22 17 15 14 2

8 13 14 18 28

CENTRAL

W

.793 .690 .586 .500 .379

WESTERN CONFERENCE SOUTHWEST

W

22 22 19 13 8

7 10 9 18 21

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

18 17 16 15 14

12 12 15 15 15

PACIFIC

W

MONDAY’S GAMES

— 5 6½ 9 20

PCT

Minnesota Denver Oklahoma City Utah Portland

W

.733 .567 .517 .438 .067

L

12 14 13 19 25

NORTHWEST

— ½ 6½ 10½ 13

PCT

18 17 15 10 4

L

— 3 6 8½ 12

.621 .600 .400 .250 .172

L

Dallas New Orleans Houston Memphis San Antonio

GB

GB

.600 .548 .536 .345 .138

— 1½ 2 7½ 13½

.759 .688 .679 .419 .276

— 1½ 2½ 10 14

PCT

.600 .586 .516 .500 .483

GB

GB

— ½ 2½ 3 3½

New York 129, Milwaukee 122 Denver 120, Golden State 114 Boston 126, L.A. Lakers 115 Miami 119, Phila. 113 Dallas 128, Phoenix 114

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Orlando 127, Washington 119 Brooklyn 118, Detroit 112 Oklahoma City 129, Minnesota 106 Indiana 123, Houston 117 Utah 130, San Antonio 118 Chicago 118, Atlanta 113 Memphis 116, New Orleans 115, OT Portland 130, Sacramento 113 L.A. Clippers 113, Charlotte 104

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Phila. at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Washington, 5 p.m.

Milwaukee at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m.

New York at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

Phoenix at Houston, 6 p.m.

Cleveland at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Detroit at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Dallas at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Indiana at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Utah at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Memphis at Denver, 7 p.m.

Miami at Golden State, 8 p.m.

San Antonio at Portland, 8 p.m.

Charlotte at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Brooklyn at Washington, 5 p.m.

New York at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Milwaukee at Cleveland, 5:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

Toronto at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Phila. at Houston, 6 p.m.

Charlotte at Phoenix, 7 p.m. () Oklahoma City at Denver, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at Portland, 8 p.m.

Memphis at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOP 25 SCHEDULE THURSDAY’S GAMES

No. 12 Oklahoma (10-1) vs. Cent. Arkansas (310), 5 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

UNDERDOG

O/U

UNDERDOG

O/U

UNDERDOG

NC State

Oklahoma

(46½)

Kentucky

O/U

UNDERDOG

(41½)

Oregon State

O/U

UNDERDOG

O/U

UNDERDOG

(57½)

Memphis

(48½)

Missouri

O/U

7 2½ 3 1½ 2½ 4

UNDERDOG

(238) (225½) (240½) (224½) (238½) (230½)

at WASHINGTON Philadelphia at BROOKLYN at HOUSTON New York Cleveland

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

L

11 12 18 21 24

W

O/U

Miami (FL)

NBA

GB

18 18 12 7 5

SOUTHEAST

UNDERDOG

(60½)

1½

WEDNESDAY

PCT

Orlando Miami Atlanta Charlotte Washington

O/U

(47½)

TODAY

6½

UNDERDOG

Boston College

(40½)

9½

OPEN

Ohio State

Texas A&M

O/U

6½

7

USC

(47½)

4½

10½

LIBERTY BOWL MEMPHIS, FLA.

UNDERDOG

2½

7

Notre Dame

O/U

2½

OPEN

SUN BOWL EL PASO, TEXAS

UNDERDOG

1½

6½

ALAMO BOWL SAN ANTONIO

O/U

(54½)

10½

4½

UNDERDOG

North Carolina

(58½)

OPEN

POP-TARTS BOWL ORLANDO, FLA.

Tulane

O/U

2½

8½

UNDERDOG

(55½)

TODAY

4½

THURSDAY FENWAY BOWL BOSTON

L

6 9 12 15 18

New England Atlanta Arizona New Orleans at WASHINGTON Miami Tennessee Las Vegas Carolina at N.Y. GIANTS Pittsburgh L.A. Chargers Cincinnati Green Bay

O/U

7

OPEN

Oklahoma State

BASKETBALL W

Detroit

(44½)

TODAY

6½

TEXAS BOWL HOUSTON

Maiava 24-35-2-291.

RECEIVING: Kansas, Arnold 6-132, Grimm 4-160, Skinner 2-80, Fairchild 2-29, Casey 2-22, Wilson 1-23, Neal 1-3, Kardell 1-0. UNLV, De Jesus 8-95, White 7-97, McKie 4-78, Ballungay 2-17, Zeon 1-5, Davis 1-1, Irvin 1-(minus 2).

MISSED FIELD GOALS: UNLV, Pizano 52.

23 20 17 15 11

N.Y. Jets

(40½) (37½) (48) (42) (48½) (47) (42½) (43½) (38½) (42) (41½) (38½) (44½) (46½)

6½

OPEN

Louisville

FAVORITE

Boston Phila.

New York Brooklyn Toronto

UNDERDOG

TODAY

3½

HOLIDAY BOWL RANCHO SAN DIEGO, CALIF.

Boys basketball — Senai Eagle Tournament at University of New Mexico (Johnson Gym): championship, 8 p.m.

(Johnson); third place, 7:30 p.m.

(South Gym A); fifth place, 7:30 p.m.

(South Gym C); seventh place, 7:30 p.m. (Auxiliary Gym) Dual Cities Tournament at Santa Rosa: championship, 6:30 p.m.; third place, 5 p.m.; fifth place, 3:30 p.m.; seventh place, 2 p.m.

Girls basketball — Senai Eagle Tournament at University of New Mexico (Johnson Gym): championship, 6 p.m.

(Johnson Gym); third place, 6 p.m.

(South Gym A); fifth place, 5:30 p.m.

(South Gym C); seventh place, 5:30 p.m.(Auxiliary Gym).

ATLANTIC

O/U

10½

FAVORITE

THURSDAY, DEC. 28

TODAY

TODAY

5½

DUKE’S MAYO BOWL CHARLOTTE, N.C.

Saturday

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE

(53½)

UNDERDOG

COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEDNESDAY MILITARY BOWL ANNAPOLIS, MD.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 27

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Texas State, Mahdi 24-122, Jeter 8-36, Jones 1-3, (Team) 2-(minus 2), Finley 7-(minus 11). Rice, Connors 15-64, McCaffrey 2-16, Otoviano 7-14, Itraish 1-4, Jenkins 3-(minus 4), Padgett 3-(minus 9).

PASSING: Texas State, Finley 15-29-0-152. Rice, Padgett 10-21-3-85, Itraish 2-4-2-19, Jenkins 1-1-0-8.

RECEIVING: Texas State, Wilson 5-50, Hobert 5-48, Hawkins 3-55, Mahdi 2-(minus 1). Rice, Mojarro 3-35, McCaffrey 3-29, Ransom-Goelz 2-22, Groen 2-7, MacNeill 1-11, Connors 1-8, K.Campbell 1-0.

MISSED FIELD GOALS: None.

6

O/U

11½ 3 10½ 3 13½ 3½ 3½ 3 7 6½ 3½ 5½ 7 1½

WEDNESDAY Military Bowl Presented Annapolis, Md. No. 23 Tulane vs. Virginia Tech, noon Duke’s Mayo Bowl Charlotte, N.C. North Carolina vs. West Virginia, 3:30 p.m.

Holiday Bowl San Diego, Calif.

No. 16 Louisville vs. Southern Cal, 6 p.m.

Texas Bowl Houston No. 22 Oklahoma St. vs. Texas A&M, 7 p.m.

UNDERDOG

(35½)

TODAY

4½

SUNDAY

O/U

7

OPEN

at DALLAS

Boys basketball — Jaelene Berger Holiday Hoops Classic at Rio Rancho: championship, 7 p.m.; third place, 5 p.m.; fifth place, 3 p.m.; seventh place, 1 p.m.

Stu Clark Tournament at New Mexico Highlands University: championship, 7:30 p.m.; third place, 6 p.m.; fifth place, 2:30 p.m.; seventh place, 1 p.m.

Senai Eagle Tournament at University of New Mexico (Johnson Gym): semifinal/consolation, Santa Fe Indian School vs. Mescalero Apache/Dexter, 8 p.m. (semifinal, Johnson Gym; consolation, Johnson South Gym A) ATC at Rumble In The Jungle Tournament at Aztec: TBA Los Alamos at Poe Corn Invitational: TBA Dual Cities Tournament at Santa Rosa: semifinal/consolation, Mora/ Questa vs. Cimarron/Des Moines, 5 p.m. (semifinal)/2 p.m. (consolation); Peñasco/Monte del Sol vs.

Cuba/Santa Rosa, 6:30 p.m. (semifinal)/3 p.m. (consolation) Escalante at Navajo Pine, 6 p.m.

Girls basketball — Los Alamos, Española Valley, Peñasco, Taos, Pecos at Lady Horsemen Christmas Tournament at St. Michael’s: TBA Senai Eagle Tournament at University of New Mexico (Johnson Gym): semifinal/consolation, Santa Fe Indian School vs. Mescalero Apache/ To’hajiilee, 6:30 p.m. (semifinal, Johnson Gym)/8 p.m. (consolation, South Gym C) ATC, Mesa Vista at Rumble In The Jungle Tournament at Aztec: TBA Santa Fe High at Clovis, 2:30 p.m.

Coronado at Questa, 5 p.m.

Escalante at Navajo Pine, 4 p.m.

Abq. Highland at West Las Vegas, 4 p.m.

TODAY

6

No. 1 Purdue (11-1) vs. E. Kentucky (4-8), 5 p.m.

No. 4 Arizona (9-2) at California (4-7), 8:30 p.m.

No. 8 Kentucky (9-2) vs. Illinois St. (8-4), 5 p.m.

No. 9 North Carolina (8-3) vs. Charleston Southern (4-8), 6 p.m.

No. 11 Illinois (9-2) vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (67), 7 p.m.

No. 13 Gonzaga (9-3) vs. San Diego St. (10-2), 7 p.m.

No. 15 Colorado St. (11-1) vs. Adams St. (0-1), 7 p.m.

No. 18 Clemson (10-1) vs. Radford (10-4), 5 p.m.

LINE

at VIRGINIA at CAL BAPTIST

UNDERDOG

26½ 11½

Morgan State Chicago State

NHL WEDNESDAY FAVORITE

LINE

at N.Y. RANGERS at TAMPA BAY at NEW JERSEY at TORONTO at N.Y. ISLANDERS Boston Carolina at MINNESOTA Dallas Winnipeg Colorado at CALGARY at LOS ANGELES Vegas

-220 -120 -245 -182 -126 -156 -134 -152 -162 -220 -178 -146 -360 -215

No. 21 Texas (9-2) vs. UNC-Greensboro (9-3), 6 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAMES

No. 2 Kansas (11-1) vs. Wichita St. (8-4) at Kansas City, Mo., 2 p.m.

No. 3 Houston (12-0) vs. Penn (8-5), 5 p.m.

No. 7 FAU (10-2) at Florida Gulf Coast (5-9), 5 p.m.

No. 10 Marquette (10-3) vs. No. 22 Creighton (9-3), noon No. 14 BYU (11-1) vs. Wyoming (7-5), 4 p.m.

No. 16 Duke (8-3) vs. Queens (NC) (6-8), noon No. 19 Memphis (10-2) vs. Austin Peay (7-7), 5 p.m.

No. 20 James Madison (12-0) vs. Texas St. (66), noon

SUNDAY’S GAMES

No. 4 Arizona (9-2) at Stanford (5-5), 2 p.m.

No. 12 Oklahoma (10-1) vs. Monmouth (NJ) (75), 1 p.m.

No. 24 Mississippi (12-0) vs. Bryant (8-6), 2 p.m.

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOP 25 SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

No. 5 Texas (12-0) vs. Jackson St. (5-5), 6 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

No. 9 Stanford (10-1) at California (10-2), 3 p.m.

No. 22 Florida St. (9-3) vs. Georgia Tech (9-3), noon

SATURDAY’S GAMES

No. 1 South Carolina (11-0) at East Carolina (73), 10 a.m.

No. 2 UCLA (11-0) vs. No. 6 Southern Cal (100), 6 p.m.

No. 4 Iowa (12-1) vs. Minnesota (11-1), noon No. 5 Texas (12-0) vs. No. 10 Baylor (11-0), noon No. 7 LSU (12-1) vs. Jacksonville (4-8), 6 p.m.

No. 8 Colorado (10-1) vs. No. 12 Utah (10-2), 1 p.m.

No. 11 Kansas St. (12-1) at Cincinnati (8-3), noon No. 17 Ohio St. (10-2) at Michigan (10-3), 10 a.m.

No. 21 Creighton (9-2) vs. St. John’s (7-6), 3 p.m.

No. 23 TCU (13-0) vs. BYU (10-3), 3 p.m.

No. 25 West Virginia (11-0) at Kansas (7-4), 11 a.m.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

No. 3 NC State (12-0) at Virginia (8-3), 4 p.m.

No. 9 Stanford (10-1) vs. Morgan St. (4-8), 7 p.m.

No. 13 Notre Dame (9-1) at Syracuse (10-1), noon No. 14 Virginia Tech (9-2) vs. Pittsburgh (5-7), noon No. 15 UConn (9-3) vs. No. 18 Marquette (12-0), 11 a.m.

No. 16 Indiana (10-1) vs. Illinois (6-5), 10:30 a.m.

No. 19 Louisville (11-2) at Miami (9-1), 2 p.m.

No. 22 Florida St. (9-3) vs. Wake Forest (4-8), 10 a.m.

No. 24 North Carolina (8-4) vs. Clemson (8-5), 10 a.m.

HOCKEY NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC

Boston Toronto Florida Tampa Bay Detroit Montreal Buffalo Ottawa

GP W L OT PTS GF GA 32 19 7 31 17 8 33 19 12 35 17 13 34 16 14 33 15 13 35 14 17 29 12 17

6 6 2 5 4 5 4 0

44 100 85 40 115 105 40 96 87 39 118 120 36 121 113 35 95 112 32 106 121 24 100 103

32 23 8 33 16 8 33 18 11 31 17 9 34 17 13 32 17 13 32 15 13 35 11 18

1 9 4 5 4 2 4 6

47 108 89 41 104 108 40 101 92 39 77 86 38 111 110 36 109 115 34 93 90 28 108 128

METROPOLITAN GP W L OT PTS GF GA N.Y. Rangers N.Y. Islanders Philadelphia Washington Carolina New Jersey Pittsburgh Columbus

WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL

Dallas Colorado

GP W

L OT PTS

32 20 8 34 21 11

4 2

GF GA

44 114 100 44 125 104

UNDERDOG

LINE

Washington Florida Columbus Ottawa Pittsburgh at BUFFALO at NASHVILLE Detroit at ST. LOUIS at CHICAGO at ARIZONA Seattle San Jose at ANAHEIM

Winnipeg Nashville Arizona St. Louis Minnesota Chicago

PACIFIC

Vancouver Vegas Los Angeles Calgary Seattle Edmonton Anaheim San Jose

+180 +100 +198 +150 +105 +130 +112 +126 +134 +180 +146 +122 +280 +176

32 34 33 33 32 33

20 19 17 17 15 10

9 15 14 15 13 22

3 0 2 1 4 1

43 38 36 35 34 21

109 107 103 100 100 80

82 104 95 111 103 123

35 35 30 34 35 31 33 34

23 21 19 14 12 15 12 9

9 9 7 15 14 15 21 22

3 5 4 5 9 1 0 3

49 47 42 33 33 31 24 21

135 122 107 102 95 108 86 73

89 96 73 115 112 106 111 140

GP W

L OT PTS

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

GF GA

Columbus at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Florida at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

Ottawa at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Washington at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.

Boston at Buffalo, 5:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 5:30 p.m.

Carolina at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Dallas at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Colorado at Arizona, 7 p.m.

Winnipeg at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Seattle at Calgary, 7:30 p.m.

San Jose at Los Angeles, 8 p.m.

Vegas at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Montreal at Carolina, 5 p.m.

Los Angeles at Vegas, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Edmonton at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

N.Y. Rangers at Florida, 5 p.m.

Nashville at Detroit, 5 p.m.

New Jersey at Ottawa, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Washington at N.Y. Islanders, 5:30 p.m.

Chicago at Dallas, 6 p.m.

Colorado at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Arizona at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Seattle, 8 p.m.

TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL Major League Baseball American League NEW YORK YANKEES — Acquired RHP Cody Morris from Cleveland in exchange for OF Estevan Florial.

National League CINCINNATI REDS — Agreed to terms with OF Conner Capel on a minor league contract.

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Released CB Marco Wilson. Released TE John Samuel Shenker from the practice squad.

ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed LB Frank Ginda to the practice squad. Released P Pat O’Donnell from the practice squad.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed P Matt Haack to the practice squad. Placed QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson on injured reserve. Promoted QB P.J. Walker from the practice squad to the active roster.

HOUSTON TEXANS — Claimed S Kareem Jackson off waivers from Denver. Placed S Jimmie Ward on injured reserve.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Placed S Julian Blackmon on injured reserve. Signed S Henry Black from the Pittsburgh practice squad.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed QB Matt Barkley from the N.Y. Giants practice squad.

LOS ANGELES RAMS — Released RB Darrell Henderson from the practice squad. Signed LS Alex Matheson to the practice squad.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed TE Devin Asiasi, LB Tae Crowder, DT David Moa and DBs Darius Phillips and Kendall Sheffield to the practice squad.

WASHINGTON COMMANDERS — Signed RB Jaret Patterson to the practice squad.

SPORTS SP OR T S TALK

By John Marshall

The Associated Press

DAVID ZALUBOWSKI/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DENVER ill Belichick seemed content to take the game into overtime, but Sean Payton wanted another crack in regulation, so he called a pair of timeouts that ultimately helped the New England Patriots all but torpedo the Denver Broncos’ playoff plans with a 26-23 stunner at frigid Empower Field on Christmas Eve. The Broncos had rallied to tie it at 23 earlier in the fourth quarter on a pair of touchdowns and a couple of 2-point conversions. And they got the ball back at their 39 with 1:42 remaining, needing about 25 yards to get into range for Wil Lutz to kick the game-winner.

They chewed up neither clock nor yards, however, and punted the ball back to the Patriots after Russell Wilson followed a screen pass to Javonte Williams that lost 3 yards with a pair of incompletions.

“We’re not throwing caution into the wind,” Payton said of the play-calling after the Patriots snuffed out the screen. “We kind of had some momentum throwing the ball.

We were giving Russ time protection-wise.

We were going to be smart, but we were not going to be careless with it. Let us just say that.”

With one timeout to Denver’s three, Belichick, overseeing one of the worst offenses in the NFL, one that averaged fewer than 14 points a game, called for a run on first down from his 19 with 58 seconds remaining.

After a 6-yard gain, Payton used his first timeout at 52 seconds.

Another run gained a yard and Payton called his second timeout at 47 seconds.

On third-and-3, the Broncos rushed only four and Zappe found DeVante Parker for a back-shoulder catch with star cornerback Patrick Surtain II in coverage for a back-breaking, 26-yard gain that set up Chad Ryland’s 56-yard, game-winning field goal with 2 seconds remaining.

After starting out 1-5, the Broncos have been walking a tightrope since October, with every blunder magnified.

“Our margin of error isn’t what we need it to be,” said Payton, who bypassed a field goal on fourth-and-goal from the 2 in the first quarter and watched Williams get stuffed

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Denver Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson throws during the second half of Sunday’s game against the New England Patriots in Denver. The Broncos lost 26-23.

Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton speaks Sunday during a news conference after the Broncos lost to the New England Patriots at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver. GENEVA HEFFERNAN/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SUNDAY ON TV 2:25 p.m. on CBS — Los Angeles Chargers at Denver Broncos

What’s working A week after recording his first sack of the season, defensive lineman D.J. Jones recorded a trifecta on the first snap Sunday night, strip-sacking Bailey Zappe and recovering the loose ball himself. and the Broncos come away empty-handed after getting a takeaway on the first snap of the game.

And now their playoff chances are waferthin.

They’re 12th in the AFC playoff race, although at 7-8 they amazingly still have a shot at winning the AFC West.

They’ll have to beat the Chargers at home on New Year’s Eve and the Raiders on the road in Week 18, plus the Chiefs (9-6) would have to lose at home to the Bengals this weekend and again at the Chargers next week.

The Broncos were 71/2-point favorites, according to FanDuel Sportsbook, making the Patriots the fourth underdog to win at Denver in Payton’s first season. This latest upset left the Broncos with just an 8% chance of ending their long playoff drought, according to the NFL’s calculations.

The primary culprit in this mess is Denver’s middling offense, which hasn’t done much to complement a defense that’s carried the load most of the season.

“So many times, when we look at some of that stuff, it’s self-inflicted problems. That has to get cleaned up,” Payton said. “That’s communication. That might be having to reduce — is there too much in? Right now, we’re average to below average in a lot of things offensively, and it’s not good enough.”

What needs work The Broncos’ offense couldn’t punch it in from the New England 6 after Jones’ trifecta, setting the tone for the night.

Stock up Marvin Mims Jr. had a 52-yard punt return to go with a 47-yard reception.

Stock down Mims fumbled a kickoff that New England returned for a touchdown.

Injuries WR Courtland Sutton is in concussion protocol. ... The Broncos still expect TE Greg Dulcich (hamstring, foot) to play this season, but time is running out on the second-year pro, who has only played in parts of two games this season.

Key number 20-0 — The margin by which the Patriots outscored the Broncos in the third quarter, when Denver managed a mere 15 yards and a single first down.

Next steps The Broncos host the Chargers on New Year’s Eve, when they’ll go for their first sweep of Los Angeles since 2019.

11-win Eagles more unhappy than optimistic this season. Sirianni openly campaigned for Covey to make the Pro Bowl.

For a team that needed a surge of excitement following the losing streak, Covey sure provided one.

“Who is returning the ball better than him? Who is a better punt returner in the NFL than Britain Covey,” Sirianni asked.

“He has turned himself into a very special football player who’s a weapon for us.”

By Dan Gelston

The Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA ick Sirianni yelled and gestured at linebacker Haason Reddick, and the Eagles coach even had some words for wide receiver DeVonta Smith, who had caught a 36-yard touchdown. Sure, tempers flare on the sideline in the NFL all the time. But these arguments came in the waning moments of an Eagles’ 33-25 win — one that briefly tied them for the best record in the NFL and gave them the No. 2 seed in the NFC. So why all the unhappiness?

Because the Eagles nearly coughed up a 17-point halftime lead against a lowly Giants team that benched their quarterback at halftime and because Philadelphia again played an undisciplined, sloppy game that showed it’s far from an elite team.

At least right now.

But the fact remains, the Eagles do have 11 wins and are pretty healthy. They’ll be heavy favorites in their final two games — against Arizona on Sunday and the Giants again in the finale — and should win the NFC East and perhaps keep the No. 2 seed.

The 49ers’ surprising blowout loss to Baltimore even kept alive a still-long shot bid for the Eagles to earn the No. 1 seed and home-field advantage, though the Lions could overtake them at No. 2 by winning their final two games.

But the fact also remains, the Eagles were bad during a threegame losing streak against the NFL’s top teams in San Francisco and Dallas, played poorly against a so-so Seattle team and had to play to the wire against the five-win Giants. Nothing here indicates another Super Bowl run is on the horizon.

Yes, Christmas music blared in the locker room, but the Eagles were generally as morose as

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No. 10 Marquette vs.

No. 22 Creighton in light slate this week

Denver’s loss to lowly Patriots mean they’re all but eliminated from AFC playoff race

By Arnie Stapleton

THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN

T OP 25 MEN’S COLLEG E BA SKE TBALL

Payton’s curious calls again haunt Broncos The Associated Press

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

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Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown is tackled by New York Giants cornerback Adoree’ Jackson during the second half of Monday’s game in Philadelphia. The Eagles won 33-25.

they are after losses. Some spoke in hushed tones. Reddick and A.J. Brown didn’t talk at all to the media. There were private chats among players huddled at lockers. The ones who did speak generally had little good to say about the state of the Eagles.

“We’ve got two weeks to get it together,” Smith said. “We’ve got to fix it in two weeks. Eleven wins, we’re not playing good football. As an offense, we’re not where we want to be. We got 11 wins and I’m not happy. What I want to do, what everybody else in here wants to do, where we want to be, we’re nowhere near it.”

At least there’s a reality check inside the locker room.

The 49ers, Eagles and Lions are all tied at 11-4. The 49ers are the No. 1 seed because they hold the NFC tiebreakers.

“We know we have better football in us,” Sirianni said.

“To be 11-4 and still have better football left in you, that’s encouraging, but let’s go. We have to get there.”

What’s working The Eagles shared the workload in the backfield and were

SUNDAY ON TV 11 a.m. on Fox — Arizona Cardinals at Philadelphia Eagles

rewarded with strong games from both D’Andre Swift and Kenneth Gainwell. Swift ran for 92 yards and a TD and Gainwell rushed for 41 yards. He even had three catches for 38 yards receiving.

Gainwell also ripped off a 22-yard run after Eagles fans chanted “Run the ball!” once the passing game stalled in the second half.

What needs help Ball security. Hurts threw another interception that was returned for a touchdown.

Boston Scott and Olamide Zaccheaus crashed into each other on the second-half kickoff and lost the ball. The Giants had great field position and scored an easy touchdown.

Stock up Britain Covey had a season-best 54-yard punt return in the first quarter and even had a 7-yard reception. He’s continued to be a bright spot for the Eagles

Sirianni. He also argued with Jalen Carter when the rookie was called for an offside penalty when the Giants punted in the second quarter. The hothead look isn’t necessarily a good one — though Sirianni endears himself to Eagles fans when he barks at visiting fans.

“I get animated a lot. There are things that when mistakes are happening or trying to get the communication going, just a little bit of that. That happens throughout a game,” he said. “It’s going to be between players and players, coaches and players, coaches and coaches. But when you have the relationships that we have and the connections that we have, we’re able to move on quickly.”

Injuries The Eagles are still waiting for cornerback Darius Slay Jr. to return from knee surgery.

Key number 11 — The Eagles have won 11 games in back-to-back years for the third time in franchise history (also in 1979-80 with Dick Vermeil and 2000-04 with Andy Reid).

Next steps The spoils are still waiting for the Eagles with wins in their final two games.

Creighton came within a few seconds of the Final Four last spring and has the type of roster that could make another deep run this season.

After a solid start to the season, the Bluejays have hit a few bumps in the road, losing two of their past three games to plummet down the AP Top 25.

No. 22 Creighton gets a big chance to get back on track Saturday at home against No. 10 Marquette.

“Any time you’re in a position in the Big East to beat a good team, it stings when you lose, especially when you did a lot of things right,” Creighton coach Greg McDermott said after the Bluejays’ 68-66 overtime loss to Villanova last week.

The Bluejays (9-3) opened the season with five straight wins before losing to No. 15 Colorado State at the Hall of Fame Classic in Kansas City.

Creighton pulled out a solid win against Oklahoma State and crushed in-state rival Nebraska before losing to UNLV and Villanova dropped the Bluejays 10 spots in this week’s poll.

The Bluejays will certainly have their hands full with the Golden Eagles (10-3).

Marquette has an impressive list of wins, including No. 2 Kansas at the Maui Invitational, No. 21 Texas and UCLA. The Golden Eagles followed the Kansas win with a loss to topranked Purdue in Maui, lost to Wisconsin and opened Big East play with a loss to No. 25 Providence, which moved into the AP Top 25 for the first time this season Monday.

Marquette is coming off a 30-point win over Georgetown.

Zags and Aztecs No. 13 Gonzaga has not

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been nearly as dominant in its nonconference schedule as it typically is, with three losses already.

The Zags get one last test before the West Coast Conference schedule starts Friday, when they play San Diego State.

Gonzaga has a new-look roster this season, with several newcomers and All-American Drew Timme no longer in the middle. The Zags have wins over UCLA and Southern California, but also lost to top-ranked Purdue, reigning national champion UConn and Washington.

The Aztecs have had a solid follow up to their run to last year’s national championship game, entering Friday’s game 10-2. San Diego State lost to BYU early in the season and has won three straight since losing at Grand Canyon on Dec. 5.

The Aztecs started at No. 17 in the AP preseason poll and re-entered at No. 25 two weeks ago before dropping out after the Grand Canyon loss.

Owls rising No. 7 Florida Atlantic has its highest ranking as a program this week, proving last year’s Final Four run was no fluke.

The Owls have nearly everyone back from that team and has two wins over ranked teams, including a gritty overtime victory over No. 4 Arizona last weekend in Las Vegas, Nev. Florida Atlantic has one game this week and its against another team that made a memorable March run in recent years, Florida Gulf Coast.

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The key will be at Washington in what figures to be the week before a playoff opener on the road, unless NFC East-leading Philadelphia (11-4) loses at least once in the final two weeks.

Not only are the Cowboys guaranteed to have a losing regular-season record away from AT&T Stadium (3-5 with a game to go), their offensive production isn’t even close to the same.

The road losses to the Bills and the Dolphins were the first back-to-back defeats since the first of these three consecutive playoff seasons in November 2021. Two years ago, Dallas responded with a 5-1 finish to win the division.

“Still all the confidence in the world in this football team and going on the road,” right guard Zack Martin said. “We just have to make more plays.”

What’s working

becoming the third Dallas receiver to do that along with Dez Bryant (2012) and Terrell Owens (2007).

Lamb had 93 of his 118 yards in the first quarter in his seventh 100-yard game of the season. Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Irvin holds the single-season club record for 100-yard games with 11.

Stock down The Cowboys are having a hard time generating explosive plays for Tony Pollard in his first, and possibly only, season as the lead running back. He averaged 3.2 yards per carry against the Dolphins and his average for the season is at risk of falling below 4 yards. It’s never been that low.

Playing on the $10.1 million franchise tag in his fifth season, Pollard averaged at least 5 yards per carry in three of his first four years. He had 12 total TDs last season, but has just five this season.

When the Dallas offense gets moving, it’s hard to stop. The Cowboys lead the league with 44 drives of at least 10 plays.

Their 17-play drive to take the lead in the fourth quarter was their longest TD march of the season. A 15-play drive on the first possession ended in a fumble at the Miami 2-yard line.

Injuries

What needs help

13 — Micah Parsons had half a sack against the Dolphins to join Pro Football Hall of Famer Reggie White as the only two players with at least 13 sacks in each of their first three seasons since sacks became an official stat in 1982.

While Prescott credited the defense for keeping Dallas in the game by holding the NFL’s No. 1 scoring offense almost 10 points below its average, that unit couldn’t get the crucial stop after his go-ahead scoring toss to Brandin Cooks.

The Dolphins ran off the final 3:27, capped by Jason Sanders’ game-ending field goal.

Stock up WR CeeDee Lamb was so good early against the Dolphins, defensive coordinator Vic Fangio did everything he could to take Lamb out of the game.

But that wasn’t until after Lamb had extended his touchdown streak to seven games,

The Cowboys will hope for the return of eight-time Pro Bowl LT Tyron Smith after he missed the Miami game with a back injury. It was his fourth missed game this season.

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Next steps While the Lions have wrapped up their first division title since 1993, they’re still in the mix for the No. 1 seed in the NFC. San Francisco and Philadelphia have the same record.

The best bet for the Cowboys to overtake the Eagles in the NFC East is to win both remaining games while hoping the New York Giants can pull the upset of Philadelphia in the regular-season finale.

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Taylor, Minnesota beat Bowling Green The Associated Press

DETROIT — Freshman Darius Taylor returned from a leg injury to rush for a career-high 208 yards, and Minnesota beat Bowling Green 30-24 in the Quick Lane Minnesota 30 Bowl on Tuesday.

Bowling Green 24 Minnesota (6-7), which was selected for the bowl because it had the best Academic Progress Rate among five-win teams, won its seventh consecutive bowl game overall and fifth in a row under coach P.J. Fleck.

Taylor, who had missed the Gophers’ previous five games, had 35 carries, including a 17-yard touchdown run midway through the fourth quarter that gave Minnesota a 30-17 lead. The 5-foot-11 running back, a Detroit native, averaged 176 yards during a threegame stretch in September, but had only played in one game since.

“It’s so cool to watch him come back to his home city and his home state and do what he did in front of a lot of people who came to support him,” Fleck said. “He’s a really special individual, a great young person. And he’s going to be one of the faces of this program for a long time.”

Taylor’s return was crucial for Minnesota, which had senior Cole Kramer making his first career start at quarterback after Athan Kaliakmanis entered the transfer portal.

Kramer was set to leave the program after the regular season, but stuck around even though he is planning a wedding to fiancee Katie Miller, who was in the stands Tuesday and was shown frequently on the ESPN telecast.

“We’re bowl champs with a lot of injuries,” Fleck said. “A lot of people would have folded, but this team did not, and Cole deserves a lot of credit. I’m really happy for his leadership and proud of his leadership and thankful for him.”

Kramer went 8-of-16 passing for just 26 yards, but he came through in the red zone, throwing for two touchdowns and running for another. The Gophers ran the ball 44 times for 255 yards while holding Bowling Green to 82 yards rushing.

Conor Bazelak threw for two scores and ran for one for Bowling Green (7-6), which lost the Quick Lane Bowl for the second year in a row.

“I thought both teams played extremely hard,” Bowling Green coach Scot Loeffler said. “Both teams had some adversity that [they] had to overcome with people not playing. My hat’s off to Minnesota. They were able to make a few more plays than us.”

The Falcons led 10-9 at halftime, but the Gophers took control in the third quarter.

Kramer capped an 11-play, 78-yard drive by scoring on a 1-yard sneak. Bowling Green went three-and-out, and Minnesota scored

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Minnesota running back Darius Taylor, front left, running back Jordan Nubin, No. 30, offensive lineman Greg Johnson, No. 65, and wide receiver Le’Meke Brockington celebrate Taylor’s touchdown against Bowling Green during the second half of the Quick Lane Bowl on Tuesday in Detroit. Minnesota won 30-24.

six plays later on a 7-yard pass from Kramer to Jameson Geers.

GUARANTEED RATE BOWL KANSAS 49, UNLV 36 In Phoenix, Jason Bean threw for 449 yards and all six of his touchdown passes to two receivers, and penalty-plagued Kansas outlasted UNLV. The Jayhawks (9-4), ranked 14th nationally for fewest penalties with 55 during the regular season, were flagged 18 times for 210 yards, including four personal fouls.

They made up for it with an explosive offense that produced 591 total yards at Chase Field, home of baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks.

Luke Grimm had four catches for 16 yards and three touchdowns. Lawrence Arnold added six catches for 132 yards and three more scores, giving Kansas two receivers with three touchdowns in a game for the first time in program history.

Bean finished 19 of 28 and overcame two interceptions in the third quarter to lead Kansas to its first postseason win since the 2008 Insight Bowl, also in Phoenix.

Jayden Maiava threw two touchdown passes in the third quarter to rally UNLV (9-5) nearly all the way back from a 21-point deficit early in the second, but the Rebels couldn’t stop Kansas.

Maiava added a 50-yard touchdown pass to Senika McKie and finished 24 of 35 for 291 yards with two interceptions.

UNLV got off to a fast start in its first bowl game since 2014, moving quickly down the field for Maiava’s 3-yard touchdown pass to Vincent Davis.

Bean took over from there, hitting Grimm on

touchdowns of 6 and 60 yards, and a 15-yarder to Arnold. Devin Neal’s 1-yard run put Kansas up 28-10 at halftime.

Maiava rallied UNLV to 28-24 with a pair of TD passes, but Kansas kept scoring.

Bean hit Arnold on touchdown passes of 40 and 56 yards, then put the Jayhawks up 49-30 with a 43-yard TD to Grimm.

FIRST RESPONDER BOWL TEXAS STATE 45, RICE 21 In Dallas, linebacker Brian Holloway returned two interceptions for touchdowns, Jahmyl Jeter ran for three scores, and Texas State beat Rice in the Bobcats’ first bowl appearance as an FBS program.

Holloway had a 36-yard pick-6 early in the second quarter and returned his second interception 48 yards for a TD in the third that made it 38-21. Both picks came against AJ Padgett, who was intercepted three times overall. Shawqi Itraish relieved Padgett in the fourth quarter and threw two more picks as Texas State forced seven turnovers.

Jeter had a 29-yard touchdown run and two scores from 1 yard out. Nash Jones, a 6-foot-5, 320-pound offensive tackle, scored on a 3-yard run for the Bobcats (8-5), who are in their 12th FBS season.

Dean Connors scored on runs of 3 and 28 yards for the Owls (6-7), who fell short of their first winning season and first bowl victory since 2014.

Ismail Mahdi rushed for 122 yards on 24 carries for the Bobcats.

T.J. Finley was 15 of 29 for 152 yards.

Padgett was 10 of 21 for 81 yards and a touchdown in addition to the three picks.

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NMSU athletic director Mario Moccia rightfully praised Kill’s accomplishments and said he ponied up a guaranteed annual salary of $1.1 million — about one-fourth of which was to be paid by boosters — through the end of his contract in 2027. Kill never agreed to it.

The feeling is he never would have, that he planned his exit long before Moccia pulled an Auburn-sized stunner by scraping together enough cash to nearly double Kill’s $600,000 salary. It probably explains Kill’s verbal lashing of Nuñez; he knew he was headed out the door and was willing to sensationalize his parting shots because he knew there was no coming back.

The fact Kill went 16-4 between his 1-5 start in 2022 and the end of the ’23 regular season is the stuff Hollywood sports dramas are made of. He got us all to believe that miracles do happen, that if you can win in Las Cruces

you can do just about anything.

The blueprint for what comes next is found in UNM’s history.

In 1982, coach Joe Morrison led the Lobos to a 10-1 record and a berth in the imaginary Justice Bowl against Tulsa. Google it.

UNM had posted a winning record in four of its previous 17 seasons, but that one blip on the national radar was enough to get Morrison the job at South Carolina. The Lobos sank into the abyss of Division I football and didn’t have a winning season for another 11 years.

Morrison’s successor was Joe Lee Dunn, a trusted assistant; Kill’s is Aggies assistant and former NMSU player Tony Sanchez. Dunn lasted only four seasons as the Lobos set the stage for five miserable years under Mike Sheppard.

Moccia said the seven-figure deal that would have gone to Kill does not extend to Sanchez, that his contract will be roughly equivalent to Kill’s.

If we’ve learned anything from the world of college sports, you

get what you pay for. Bargains last for a year or two but eventually Hometown U needs to break the piggy bank if it wants to keep winning. NMSU isn’t willing to do that because the writing’s on the wall.

With Kill, Pavia and the mojo of the ’22 and ’23 seasons in the rearview mirror, the likely trend will be a steady slide back into the NMSU days those of us who follow them are accustomed to.

With that, safe travels, coach Kill. The magic you provided was New Mexico State’s version of Linsanity, of Tim Tebow circa 2011, of Buster Douglas post-Tyson, of Neon Deion’s CU Buffaloes between Sept. 2 and Sept. 16 of this season. It was fun while it lasted and we’ll always have a fond memory of those wild and crazy times.

Until then, brace for impact.

The bottom is coming up fast.

willing to work harder and longer and suffer more than most other players, can bridge that gap between good and great. While the Buckeyes have pro prospects galore — wide receivers Marvin Harrison Jr. and Emeka Egbuka, defensive ends J.T. Tuimoloau and Jack Sawyer and defensive tackle Mike Hall Jr. could all be first-round picks in the April draft — the Tigers counter with players every bit as capable who have overachieved to reach that point.

“I’m sure we’re going to be a big underdog in the game. I’m sure people are going to write us off,” Drinkwitz acknowledged. “I don’t love it but I embrace it if it is what it is.”

Sort of like how Schrader, who won the Burlsworth Trophy awarded to the nation’s top former walk-on, embraced the underdog mentality to rise from Division II afterthought to national sensation.

Drinkwitz certainly learned

his name by the time Schrader methodically passed Stanford transfer Nathaniel Peat on the depth chart last year, helping the Tigers to a 6-6 record and a spot in the Gasparilla Bowl. And the rest of the nation likely learned his name when the Tigers faced Tennessee in a revenge game for a whipping they took last season.

Schrader piled up 207 yards rushing and 116 yards receiving to become one of 10 players at college football’s highest level to reach 200 and 100 in the same game. He was just the second to do it against a ranked opponent, helping the Tigers to a 36-7 rout of the Vols, and his total yards from scrimmage were just shy of Devin West’s school record.

That was part of a stretch of five straight games to finish the regular season in which Schrader topped 100 yards rushing. He had 217 in their finale against border rival Arkansas to help the Tigers clinch a New Year’s Six bowl game, and he will take a ninegame streak of reaching the end

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Next up is the overall record of 28 straight losses, set by the Philadelphia 76ers from late in the 2014-15 season through early 2015-16.

At least matching the record seems likely with a game Thursday night against the NBA-leading Boston Celtics on the road.

The game against Brooklyn, like the season, started with some hope.

Detroit led 9-1 and had a 14-point lead in the first quarter before poor shooting, defense coupled with turnovers paved the way for Brooklyn to extend the Motor City’s misery.

The Nets outscored the Pistons by 13 in the second quarter to lead 61-54 at halftime.

Cade Cunningham scored 18 of his 41 points in the third quarter and made a 3-pointer early in the fourth to give Detroit a 97-92 lead.

Just as fans who nearly filled Little Caesars Arena started cheering with passion heard at a playoff game, the Nets went on a 13-0 run to take the lead for good.

“I’ve been through tough playoff losses, and this is relative to that,” said Williams, who led Phoenix and New Orleans to postseason appearances. “When you lose a playoff game, when you get eliminated, this kind of feels like that.”

Cunningham did his part to give the team a shot to finally

win, but he didn’t have much help and even he had a turnover late in the game that appeared to be unforced.

The No. 1 pick overall from the 2021 NBA draft had a message for his teammates in the locker room after the latest loss.

“Don’t jump off the boat,” he said. “We’ve got to stay together.

Right now is the easiest time to stand off and be on your own, but we need to continue to lean on each other and continue to push each other, and hold each other accountable more than ever now.”

Bojan Bogdanovic did score 23 points before fouling out and after leaving Cam Johnson wide open for a 3-pointer that gave Brooklyn a six-point lead with 1:40 to go.

“We had a few breakdowns,” Williams said. “It just cost us.”

Jaden Ivey, the No. 5 pick overall last year, missed 9 of 12 shots as the Nets backed off him and welcomed the guard to shoot.

In the final minute, fed-up fans started to chant, “Sell the team! Sell the team!” though Pistons owner Tom Gores was not in the building to hear it.

Gores recently spoke with reporters remotely, and passed along his apologies to the fans for the disappointing season while standing by Williams and general manager Troy Weaver.

“Change is coming,” he said.

“I’m just saying in terms of Monty, Troy, they’ll be in place.”

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Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham, center, is defended

by Brooklyn Nets forward Dorian Finney-Smith, left, and forward Royce O’Neale during the second half Tuesday’s game in Detroit. Cunningham 41 points in the 118-112 Detroit loss.

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zone into the showdown with the Buckeyes.

In the Cotton Bowl. At Cowboys Stadium. Before a national TV audience.

That’s a long way from the America’s Crossroads Bowl, the annual Division II game that Truman State played in a couple of years ago, when Schrader ran for 219 yards in a win over Hillsdale College at a high school stadium in Hobart, Ind. “It’s extremely special,” Schrader said, “and nobody wanted to be [with the Tigers] on the outside before the season, right? I think this brotherhood, the culture we’ve built with the guys in this room — it’s cool that people might want to transfer here, that other people might want to be a part of it. But my question to a lot of people is: Where were you guys at the start of the year?

“A lot of people didn’t think we’d make it this far outside of this team,” he added, “but we knew we would.”

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HATCH AN UPDATE TO I A NEW YEAR’S CLASSIC

n preparation for New Year’s Eve, I knew I wanted to make a high desert version of eggnog — something really special that would celebrate flavors of New Mexico and the new year.

I knew well enough the method of making eggnog by tempering whipped eggs and sugar with hot milk and cream, but I also knew bartenders tend to view eggnog-making through the lens of a class of cocktails called the “flip,” which consists of fortified wine or liquor shaken with a whole egg and sweetened with sugar. So down the rabbit hole I traversed, finding two passionate schools of thought on the subject.

After a week of research and experimentation, I thought the best way to move forward was to share the best of both methods and let you decide.

Quite simply, the eggnog flip tastes like maybe the best cocktail you’ve ever had. Really. This is a cocktail with raw eggs, so proceed with care and consideration just as you would with Caesar salad dressing, hollandaise sauce, cookie dough or handmade aioli.

Then the classic High Desert Eggnog tastes more custardy, like the kind you find at the grocery store, only better, and with less sugar and absolutely no fillers or gums. This version can easily be made nonalcoholic by leaving out the mezcal and cognac.

Two ways to enjoy eggnog — with a high desert twist on flavors

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A high desert version of eggnog celebrates the flavors of New Mexico as well as the new year.

New bites at Chomp SIDE DISH

By Kristen Cox Roby

For The New Mexican

The new year is a classic time for reflection and reimagination: Who do we want to be this year? How do we want to grow?

If you need a little inspiration, a trip to the recently reinvigorated Chomp food hall might be just the thing.

Since it opened in 2020, Chomp has seen an ever-changing lineup of food and drink options. But the current lineup, as I discovered on two recent holiday visits, could be the strongest yet — and folks are noticing.

I stopped in one weekday morning and afternoon just before Christmas, and both times many of the tables were occupied by families, friends and solo diners.

The stalls were bustling, and the large industrial space seemed warmed by new décor and seasonal swags of greenery.

Earlier in December, Chomp held a grand reopening to celebrate its “fully loaded” lineup: Oshia’s Pizza running the brick-oven space, Bottega del Vino serving curated wines and craft cocktails, and stalls occupied by Picnic

What’s cooking in and around Santa Fe

IF YOU GO What: Chomp food hall.

When: Visit the website to see individual vendor hours.

Where: 505 Cerrillos Road Suite B101.

Info: chompsantafe.com.

NM Cheese and Charcuterie, Yapopup Indigenous Soul Food, Santa Fe Barbeque, Wild Leaven Bakery and longtime Chomp member Nath’s Inspired Khmer Cuisine. The space has also featured a variety of other recent events, including live music performances, a winter art market and a wine seminar.

Several of these are familiar to the Santa Fe food scene. Wild Leaven relocated to Chomp from its little storefront on Guadalupe; Santa Fe Barbeque has a popular truck at the food truck corral on Old Santa Fe Trail; and Picnic NM has been offering catering since 2018, crafting gorgeous cheese and charcuterie plates, boards and spreads. Having all

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Charcuterie for two from Picnic NM.

of them — plus pizza, drinks, barbecue, and Asian and Indigenous cuisine — together under the same roof is the kind of rich diversity that elevates Chomp to a true culinary destination.

On my morning visit, I snagged a hearty pork belly breakfast burrito from Yapopup, an Indigenous-owned restaurant that, according to a recent profile, focuses “on being the bridge that connects modern-day cooking techniques with the reservation.” Later in the day, Yapopup was also offering duck-fat chicken wings, ramen and tacos, and I’m already planning a return visit to try them all.

I also stopped by the Wild Leaven stall. I’m a fan of their bread, made from organic, local grains and ingredients sourced from nearby farmers and ranchers, but on this day the kids and I

Makes: around 10 half-cup servings; total time: at least 1½ hours This version has come from multiple points of inspiration. The approach stems from a play on the classic flip cocktail as described by Jeffrey Morgenthaler, one of the most influential bartenders today. This also happens to be the simplest method I found. The idea is to blend eggs and sugar and slowly pour in milk, cream and alcohol. Often, eggnog is made with rum and/ or whiskey. This time, I took my inspiration from the classic cocktail, the 1910, which features the combination of mezcal and cognac.

According to many a mixologist, this combination (as long as it contains 20% alcohol) can be aged for weeks before serving to bring out layers of complexity and refrigerated for months. When I made this batch, I let it chill in the fridge for only an hour and it was still the best eggnog we’ve ever had. Just to be on the safe side, I am recommending that you enjoy this within a week.

1½ cups whole milk 1 cup heavy cream ½ cup mezcal ½ cup cognac 1 tablespoon vanilla extract ⅓ cup sugar 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1 teaspoon New Mexico red chile power 1 teaspoon culinary lavender buds ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon ½ teaspoon ground anise ¼ teaspoon sea salt 4 large eggs Whole nutmeg cloves, for garnish Preparation: In a pitcher, whisk together the milk, heavy cream, mezcal, cognac and vanilla.

In a very dry blender, blend together the sugar, nutmeg, chile powder, laven-

focused on sweets: a beautifully rustic chocolate croissant, an apple turnover my 9-year-old declared “so good,” and a dark, delicious molasses ginger cookie made with local heirloom rye.

Finally, I visited Picnic NM, which offers a small food menu, provisions and a lovely curation of cut-to-order cheeses. I’d been lured over by the limited, seasonal and highly soughtafter Rogue River Blue Cheese (named World Champion at the 2019/20 World Cheese Awards). A few minutes later, I was in possession of a slim, carefully wrapped package of heaven: a rich, complex blue cheese made in Oregon and wrapped in syrah grape leaves soaked in pear spirits.

Each of the cheeses on display in the small case here has an enchanting handwritten story, and I can’t wait to go back to explore more of them. In the meantime, though, I made a second stop at Picnic NM to peruse the food menu, much of which seems tailor made to accompany a glass of wine from the nearby Bottega Vino bar. Options the day I visited include a soup of the day, grilled cheese made on Wild Leaven bread, and a Christmas chile pimento cheese. But I couldn’t pass up the charcuterie box for two: At just $16, it was an edible piece of artwork, with a

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der, cinnamon, anise and salt for around 30 seconds. Let rest for a minute before removing the lid. Transfer this to a bowl.

Now add the eggs to the blender and blend for one minute.

Slowly pour in the sugar mixture and blend for another minute. Now slowly pour in the liquid mixture. Blend until mixed through.

Chill for at least one hour before drinking. Grate fresh nutmeg over the top. Drink within a week.

CLASSIC HIGH DESERT EGGNOG Makes: Around 10 half-cup servings; total time: at least 1½ hours There are so many options when it comes to this version. You can use the spices that sound good to you. You can leave out the alcohol. You can use the egg whites for an omelet, or you could whip them to peaks and fold them into the cold eggnog for an extra frothy lift.

2 cups whole milk 1 cup heavy whipping cream 2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1 teaspoon New Mexico red chile power (optional) 1 teaspoon ground culinary lavender ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon ½ teaspoon ground anise ¼ teaspoon sea salt 6 large egg yolks ½ cup sugar ½ cup mezcal (optional) ½ cup cognac (optional) 1 tablespoon vanilla extract Preparation: Add milk, cream, nutmeg, chile powder (if using), lavender, cinnamon, anise and sea salt in a saucepan over medium heat. We want to heat this milk mixture until it’s just beginning to simmer.

In a separate large bowl, whisk together the sugar and yolks until the mixture is light and fluffy, around three minutes.

Prepare for the next step: Place a heatproof spatula, ladle and thermometer next to the stove.

Once the milk and cream mixture is hot, use a ladle to transfer about half of the milk to the egg mixture to temper, whisking the whole time. Now pour the tempered egg mixture directly into the milk pot over medium heat. Using your spatula, begin moving it in a figure-eight motion, making sure nothing sticks to the bottom.

Cook the mixture on medium heat until it reaches 160 degrees, about five minutes.

You’ll notice the mixture nicely coats the back of your spatula right as it approaches 160 degrees.

Remove from heat. Whisk in the alcohol and vanilla extract.

Pour into a serving bowl or glass jar. Let cool down to room temperature before transferring it to the fridge for at least a few hours or overnight. Enjoy within a week.

Marianne Sundquist is a chef, writer and co-founder of Stokli, celebrating nourishing goods from the high desert (stokli.com). Find her on Instagram @marianne__sundquist and email her at marianne@stokli.com.

delicate assortment of brie, manchego, grapes and berries, fig almond cake, salami, caper berries and pistachios all tucked around a small cup of honey. No question it’ll be my new go-to when I need a pick-me-up.

It was hard to resist some of the treats I’ve tried before, including the tender baby back ribs from Santa Fe BBQ and the complex, flavor-packed Tom Yum soup and green curry from Chef Nath, but I had one more Chomp newcomer to try for the first time. Oshia’s serves a small menu of gourmet hand-thrown, brick-oven pizzas as well as salad and appetizers. We tried the Eldorado Fresca, with San Marzano tomato sauce, mozzarella, tomatoes, pepperoncini and feta. The crust is thin but flavorful, and the sauce and toppings were surprisingly robust. It would make for an excellent late-night meal.

Each new year, my food-lover’s resolution is always to try something new: a dish you’ve never sampled, a restaurant or truck or farmers market stand you’ve never visited. There are few better places to start than Chomp, where newness, change and the thrill of discovery is all part of the charm.

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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SUSTAINABLE LAND DEOUR STAINLESS STAINLESS STEEL CLEAN VELOPMENT HOUSES INSIDECODE, ORDINANCE NO. 2016LINERS ARE THE PERFECT PERFECT AND OUT, 9, ASGENERAL AMENDED, TO LIFETIME SOLUTION SOLUTION FOR FOR LANDSCAPING, AMEND WINDOWS, SECTION 9.5 OUR DETERIORATED DETERIORATED SANT SANTA A CARPETS(TESUQUE WITH SHOP-VAC. COMMUNITY DISTRICT OVERFE CHIMNEYS CHIMNEYS. C CALL ALL TO TODAY. SYLVIA 505-920-4138 FREE LAY) TO REVISE 505-989-5775.

ESTIMATES PURPOSE SECTIONS; TO MAKE MINOR TECHNICAL AND GRAMMATICAL CHANGES; TO REMOVE CERTAIN SUSTAINABLE DESIGN STANDARDS; TO ADD A NEW SUSTAINABLE DELEGAL #92064 SIGN STANDARD TO PROHIBIT SWIMMING NOTICE OF PUBLIC POOLS; TO AMEND DIHEARINGS BEFORE THE MENSIONAL STANSANTA FE COUNTY DARDS FOR BASE HEARING OFFICER, ZONING DISTRICTS; TO SANTA FE COUNTY REVISE ARCHITECPLANNING COMMIS- TURAL DESIGN STANSION, AND BOARD OF DARDS IN THE COUNTY COMMIS- COMMERCIAL NEIGHSIONERS OF SANTA FE BORHOOD ZONING COUNTY ON ORDI- DISTRICT; TO REVISE NANCE NO. 2024-___. THE HOME OCCUPAAN ORDINANCE TIONS TABLE; TO ADD AMENDING THE SUS- A NEW SECTION TO TAINABLE LAND DE- AMEND COMMERCIAL VELOPMENT CODE, CANNABIS USE REGUORDINANCE NO. 2016- LATIONS; AND TO ADD 9, AS AMENDED, TO AND AMEND CERTAIN AMEND SECTION 9.5 USE REGULATIONS IN (TESUQUE COMMU- THE USE TABLE AND NITY DISTRICT OVER- BASE ZONING DISLAY) TO REVISE TRICTS. PURPOSE SECTIONS; TO MAKE MINOR TECH- Notice is hereby given NICAL AND GRAMMAT- that the Santa Fe ICAL CHANGES; TO County Sustainable REMOVE CERTAIN SUS- Land Development TAINABLE LEGALS LEGALSDESIGN Code Hearing LEGALS Officer STANDARDS; TO ADD A (Hearing Officer), NEW SUSTAINABLE DE- Santa Fe County PlanLEGAL #92064 SIGN STANDARD TO ning Commission PROHIBIT SWIMMING (Planning CommisNOTICE OF PUBLIC POOLS; TO AMEND DI- sion), and Board of HEARINGS BEFORE THE MENSIONAL STAN- County CommissionSANTA FE COUNTY DARDS FOR BASE ers (Board) of Santa Fe HEARING OFFICER, ZONING DISTRICTS; TO County (County) will SANTA FE COUNTY REVISE ARCHITEC- conduct public hearPLANNING COMMIS- TURAL DESIGN STAN- ings on an Ordinance SION, AND BOARD OF DARDS IN THE that would amend the COUNTY COMMIS- COMMERCIAL NEIGH- text of the Santa Fe SIONERS OF SANTA FE BORHOOD ZONING County Sustainable COUNTY ON ORDI- DISTRICT; TO REVISE Land Development NANCE NO. 2024-___. THE HOME OCCUPA- (SLDC) and constitute AN ORDINANCE TIONS TABLE; TO ADD a rezoning of uses in AMENDING THE SUS- A NEW SECTION TO the existing Tesuque TAINABLE LAND DE- AMEND COMMERCIAL Community District VELOPMENT CODE, CANNABIS USE REGU- Overlay.

ORDINANCE NO. 2016- LATIONS; AND TO ADD 9, AS AMENDED, TO AND AMEND CERTAIN Time and Places of AMEND SECTION 9.5 USE REGULATIONS IN Hearings; Public Par(TESUQUE COMMU- THE USE TABLE AND ticipation. The Hearing NITY DISTRICT OVER- BASE ZONING DIS- Officer public hearing LAY) TO REVISE TRICTS. will be held no earlier PURPOSE SECTIONS; than 3:00p.m. on JanuTO MAKE MINOR TECH- Notice is hereby given ary 11, 2024. The PlanNICAL AND GRAMMAT- that the Santa Fe ning Commission ICAL CHANGES; TO County Sustainable public hearing will be REMOVE CERTAIN SUS- Land Development held no earlier than TAINABLE DESIGN Code Hearing Officer 4:00p.m. on February STANDARDS; TO ADD A (Hearing Officer), 15, 2024. The Planning NEW SUSTAINABLE DE- Santa Fe County Plan- Commission will make SIGN STANDARD TO ning Commission a recommendation to PROHIBIT SWIMMING (Planning Commis- the Board concerning Continued...

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AMENDING THE SUS- A NEW SECTION TO the existing Tesuque TAINABLE LAND DE- AMEND COMMERCIAL Community District VELOPMENT CODE, CANNABIS USE REGU- Overlay.

ORDINANCE NO. 2016- LATIONS; AND TO ADD December 27, AMEND 2023 THE SANTA FE NEWand MEXICAN 9, ASWednesday, AMENDED, TO AND CERTAIN Time PlacesB-7 of AMEND SECTION 9.5 USE REGULATIONS IN Hearings; Public Par(TESUQUE COMMU- THE USE TABLE AND ticipation. The Hearing NITY DISTRICT OVER- BASE ZONING DIS- Officer public hearing LAY) TO REVISE TRICTS. will be held no earlier PURPOSE SECTIONS; than 3:00p.m. on JanuTO MAKE MINOR TECH- Notice is hereby given ary 11, 2024. The PlanNICAL AND GRAMMAT- that the Santa Fe ning Commission LANDSCAPING ROOFING ICAL CHANGES; TO County Sustainable public hearing will be REMOVE CERTAIN SUS- Land Development held no earlier than TAINABLE Block DESIGN Rock Code Hearing Officer 4:00p.m. on February Rock STANDARDS; TO ADD A (Hearing Officer), 15, 2024. The Planning NEW SUSTAINABLE Santa Fe County Plan- Commission will make $175 Per TonDESmall SIGN STANDARD ning Commission a recommendation to $250 Per TonTO Large PROHIBIT SWIMMING (Planning Commis- the Board concerning River River Rock Rock POOLS; TO AMEND DI- sion), and Board of the proposed Orditon County Commission- nance prior to the MENSIONAL$75 per STANDARDS FOR BASE ers (Board) of Santa Fe Board public hearing.

Moss Character Char acter Rock ZONING DISTRICTS; TORock County (County) will The Board public hearBoulders, REVISE Benches, ARCHITECconduct public hear- ing will be held no earCustom STANFountain Fountain TURAL DESIGN ings on an Ordinance lier than Service 5:00p.m. on Primary Roofing will vary on size.

DARDSPricesIN THE that would amend the- T.P.O. March 12, down(BRAI) 2024. MemPro Panel - Torch COMMERCIAL NEIGH- text of the Santa Fe bers of the public are MPM BORHOOD ZONING County Sustainable encouraged to attend Major Preventative Maintenance DISTRICT; TO REVISE Land Development eitherCanales, in-person or virIncludes All Pipes, Skylights, THE HOME OCCUPA- (SLDC) and constituteFireplaces, tually viaetc.

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TIONS TABLE; TO ADD a rezoning of uses in hearing will be at the New Construction Remodel.

A NEW SECTION TO the existing Tesuque County and Administrative Call Anthony 505-660-3758 AMEND COMMERCIAL Community District Building on 102 Grant CANNABIS USE REGU- Overlay.

Ave, in the 2nd floor LATIONS; AND TO ADD Board of County ComAND AMEND CERTAIN Time and Places of mission Chambers.

USE REGULATIONS IN Hearings; Public Par- The WebEx code to acTHE USE TABLE AND ticipation. The Hearing cess the meeting will BASE ZONING DIS- Officer public hearing be available on the TRICTS. will be held no earlier meeting agenda which than 3:00p.m. on Janu- will be posted on the Notice is hereby given ary 11, 2024. The Plan- County’s website that the Santa Fe ning Commission (https://www.santafeCounty Sustainable public hearing will be countynm.gov/) one Land Development held no earlier RZM thanROOFING week before the meetcall Robert Code Hearing Officer 4:00p.m. on February(505) ing.917-6736, In addition, people (Hearing Officer), 15, 2024. The Planning may watch the meetQuality Santa Fe County Plan- Commission will makeRoofs/Repairs, ing on the Drywall, County’s Painting ning Commission a recommendation to YouTube channel: And Stucco, Licensed and free (Planning Commis- the Board concerning https://www.youtube. estimates! sion), and Board of the proposed Ordi- c o m / @ s a n t a f e County Commission- nance prior to the county6365. ers (Board) of Santa Fe Board public hearing.

SERVICE County (County) will The Board public hear-TREE General Summary of conduct public hear- ing will be held no ear- Proposed Ordinance. ings on an Ordinance lier than 5:00p.m. on The proposed Ordithat would amend the March 12, 2024. Mem- nance would amend DALE’ ALE’S TREE SERVICE SER VICE 9.5 text of the Santa Fe bers of the public are SSLDC Section County Sustainable encouraged to attend (Tesuque Community Land Development either in-person or vir- District Overlay). Pro(SLDC) and constitute tually via WebEx. Each posed amendments a rezoning of uses in hearing will be at the include revisions of the existing Tesuque County Administrative the purpose sections Community District Building on 102 Grant including the purpose Overlay.

Ave, in the 2nd floor and intent section and Board of County Com- the purpose sections Time and Places of mission Chambers. of every base zoning Hearings; Public Par- The WebEx code to ac- district. The proposed ticipation.

The Hearing cess the meeting will Ordinance makes Delivery ery and Setting Deliv TREE PRUNING, REMOVAL, Officer public Avhearing ailable be available on the minor technical and STUMPS, HAULING, reviwill be held no earlier meeting agenda which grammatical than 3:00p.m. on Janu- will be postedFRUIT on theTREES, sions. EVERGREEN The proposed 505-652-9208 ary 11, 2024. The Plan- County’s website Ordinance revises the HEDGES, JUNIPER, ning Commission (https://www.santafeFences and Walls stanPINON TRIMMING, public hearing will be countynm.gov/) one dards and amends DiPLASTERING STORM DAMAGE held no earlier than week before the meetmensional Standards 4:00p.m. on February ing. In addition, people505-473-4129 for Base Zoning Dis15, 2024. The Planning may watch the meet- tricts. The proposed Commission will make ing on the County’s Ordinance adds and a recommendation to YouTube channel: amends certain Use the Board concerning https://www.youtube. Regulations in the Use the proposed Ordi- c o m / @ s a n t a f e - Table and Base Zoning nance prior to PLASTERING the county6365.

Districts including: the PROFESSIONAL Board public hearing. addition of one new The Board public hear- General Summary of use; removal of Use Parapet restoration. ing will beRoof held no earProposed Ordinance.

Regulations for three leak repairs lier All than onpainting The proposed Ordi- uses; addition of Use your5:00p.m. stucco and needs. diamond finish, would amend Regulations for two March 12,Drywall, 2024. Memnance repairs. bers of the and public are SLDC Section 9.5Tree uses; and amendment Trimming, encouraged to attend (Tesuque Community of the Use Table zonPruning, Removal, 505-577-1488 either in-person or vir- District Overlay).Reduction, Pro- ing Dead classification Wooding, for tually via WebEx. Each posed amendments 16 uses. proposed Planting, WaterThe Lines.

Call/Text Fabian H. for a amendfree hearing will be at the include revisions of SLDC text ROOFING estimate at 505-919-9123 County Administrative the purpose sections ments and rezoning Building on 102 Grant including the purpose are being initiated by Ave, in the 2nd floor and intent sectionYARD and the County Planning MAINTENANCE Board of County Com- the purpose sections Division and Tesuque mission Chambers. of every base zoning Planning Committee in The WebEx code to ac- district. The proposed order to implement AFFORD AFF ORDABLE! ABLE! cess the meeting will Ordinance makes the 2022 Tesuque ComY ARD W WORK ORK be available on the minor technical and munity Plan. meeting agenda which grammatical revi- This is only a general will be posted on the sions. The proposed summary of the proCounty’s website Ordinance revises the posed amendment. In(https://www.santafe- Fences and Walls stan- terested persons must countynm.gov/) one dards and amends Di- consult the proposed week before the meet- mensional Standards Ordinance itself for ing. In addition, people for Base Zoning Dis- the details of the promay watch the meet- tricts. The proposed posed zoning and ing on the County’s Ordinance adds and other regulations.

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Districts including: the the County’s website: & MAIN AINT TENAN ENANC CE addition of one new https://www.santafeGeneral Summary of use; removal of Use countynm.gov/growthProposed Ordinance. Regulations for three management/commu The proposed Ordi- uses; addition of Use n i t y - p l a n n i n g NOW DOING nance would amend Regulations for two center/tesuque SLDC Section 9.5 uses; and amendment Roof Repairs, (Tesuque Community of the Use Table zon- Possible Board Action District Overlay).

Pro- ing classification for on March 12, 2024.

Roofing Maintenance, posed amendments 16 uses. The proposed After the V public SNOW SNO W REMOV REMO AL, hearStucco andofYard include revisions SLDC text amend- ing on March 12, 2024, LAWN LA WN the MAINTENANCE, the purpose sections ments and rezoning Board may adopt TREE including Cleaning the purpose&are being initiated by thePRUNING, proposed Ordiand intent section and the County Planning nance, with or without BUSH TRIMMING, Maintenance the purpose sections Division and Tesuque vote, not to COY CO Ychanges, OTE FENCES, FENCES of Painting. every base Torch zoning Down.

Planning Committee inFLA adopt the proposed FLAGST GSTONE, ONE, district. The proposed order to implement Ordinance, recess the LEAF CLEANING . in acOrdinance makes the 2022 Tesuque Compublic meeting References Available ESTIMA TE ASK FORthe FOR minor technical and munity Plan. FREE ESTIMATE cordance with grammatical revi- This is only a general Meetings Act, or 505-603-3182 NOAH NO AHOpen 505-507-4462. sions. The proposed summary of the pro- postpone the public Ordinance revises the posed amendment. In- hearing or delay acFences and Walls stan- terested persons must tion on the proposed dards and amends Di- consult the proposed Ordinance until a fumensional Standards Ordinance itself for ture meeting of the for Base Zoning Dis- the details of the pro- Board. Further newstricts. The proposed posed zoning and paper publication of a Ordinance adds and other regulations. recessed meeting or amends certain Use View the proposed Or- postponed hearing or Regulations in the Use dinance and back- action is not legally reTable and Base Zoning ground materials on quired. Interested parDistricts including: the the County’s website: ties not in attendance addition of one new https://www.santafe- at or watching the use; removal of Use countynm.gov/growth- March 12, 2024, public Regulations for three management/commu hearing where recessuses; addition of Use n i t y - p l a n n i n g - ing or postponement Regulations for two center/tesuque might be announced uses; and amendment should thus inquire of of the Use Table zon- Possible Board Action the County as to ing classification for on March 12, 2024. whether the Board 16 uses. The proposed After the public hear- took action to recess SLDC text amend- ing on March 12, 2024, or postpone. ments and rezoning the Board may adopt are being initiated by the proposed Ordi- Public Comment. All the County Planning nance, with or without comments, questions, Division and Tesuque changes, vote not to and objections conPlanning Committee in adopt the proposed cerning the proposed order to implement Ordinance, recess the Ordinance may be the 2022 Tesuque Com- public meeting in ac- submitted to the munity Plan. cordance with the County Land Use AdThis is only a general Open Meetings Act, or ministrator in writing summary of the pro- postpone the public to P.O. Box 276, Santa posed amendment. In- hearing or delay ac- Fe, New Mexico 87504terested persons must tion on the proposed 0276, via email at consult the proposed Ordinance until a fu- ncrail@santafecounOrdinance itself for ture meeting of the tynm.gov, or prethe details of the pro- Board. LEGALS Further news- sented LEGALS in person at LEGALS posed zoning and paper publication of a the hearing. Comother regulations. recessed meeting or ments, questions, and View the proposed Or- postponed hearing or objections submitted dinance and back- action is not legally re- in advance of the pubground materials on quired. Interested par- lic hearings must be the County’s website: ties not in attendance received by 12:00p.m. https://www.santafe- at or watching the on Tuesday, January countynm.gov/growth- March 12, 2024, public 2nd for the Hearing Ofmanagement/commu hearing where recess- ficer hearing, by n i t y - p l a n n i n g - ing or postponement 12:00p.m. on Tuesday, center/tesuque might be announced February 6th for the should thus inquire of Planning Commission Possible Board Action the County as to hearing, and by on March 12, 2024. whether the Board 12:00p.m. on Tuesday, After the public hear- took action to recess February 27th for the ing on March 12, 2024, or postpone.

BCC public hearing. All the Board may adopt comments received by the proposed Ordi- Public Comment. All these deadlines will be nance, with or without comments, questions, included in the meetchanges, vote not to and objections con- ing agenda packet of adopt the proposed cerning the proposed each public hearing.

Ordinance, recess the Ordinance may be public meeting in ac- submitted to the For questions, please cordance with the County Land Use Ad- contact Nate Crail, Open Meetings Act, or ministrator in writing Community Planner, postpone the public to P.O. Box 276, Santa at 505-986-2452 or hearing or delay ac- Fe, New Mexico 87504- ncrail@santafecountion on the proposed 0276, via email at tynm.gov Ordinance until a fu- ncrail@santafecounture meeting of the tynm.gov, or pre- PUB: Dec. 27, 2023, Jan. Board. Further news- sented in person at 31, Feb. 8, Feb. 26, Mar. paper publication of a the hearing. Com- 4, 2024 recessed meeting or ments, questions, and postponed hearing or objections submitted action is not legally re- in advance of the pubContinued...

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I TRUST, Plaintiff, v. rescheduled at the disTHE UNKNOWN HEIRS, cretion of the Special DEVISEES OR LEGA- Master, and is subject to all 27, taxes, OF Wednesday, AGNES G. December B-8 THE SANTA FE NEW TEES MEXICAN 2023 utility MOSES, DECEASED; liens and other restricTHE SECRETARY OF tions and easements HOUSING AND URBAN of record. NOTICE IS DEVELOPMENT, Defen- FURTHER GIVEN that dant(s). Case No. D- the purchaser at such 1 0 1 - C V- 2 0 2 1 - 0 1 9 2 4 sale shall take title to NOTICE OF SALE NO- the above described TICE IS HEREBY GIVEN real property subject (1) month that onLEGALS February 14, to a one LEGALS LEGALS 2024, at 9:00 a.m. the right of redemption undersigned Special held by Defendant BorLEGAL #92008 Master will, at the rowers or their asmain entrance of the signee upon entry of STATE OF NEW MEXICO Santa Fe County Court- an order approving COUNTY OF SANTA FE house, 225 Montezuma sale, and subject to FIRST JUDICIAL Ave. Santa Fe, New the entry of an order DISTRICT COURT Mexico 87505, sell all of the Court approving the right, title and in- the terms and condiNo. terest of the above- tions of sale. Witness D-101-CV-2023-01929 named Defendants in my hand this 18th day and to the hereinafter of December 2023.. By: Robert Doyle NUSENDA FEDERAL described real estate /S/ CREDIT UNION, to the highest bidder Robert Doyle Special Plaintiff, for cash. The property Master Legal Process to be sold is located at Network PO Box 51526 NM v.

2713 Calle Serena, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87181 505-417-4113 STEPHEN JOSEPH 87505, Santa Fe LUJAN, Defendant.

County, New Mexico, Pub: Dec 27, 2023, Jan and is particularly de- 3, 10, 17, 2024 NOTICE OF PENDENCY scribed as follows: LOT OF SUIT SIXTEEN (16), BLOCK LEGAL #92060 ONE (1), LA VILLA SERNOTICE NO TICE OF PUBLIC To Defendant Stephen ENA, SANTA FE, NEW HEARING Joseph Lujan.

MEXICO, AS SHOWN You are hereby noti- ON PLAT FILED IN THE fied that the above- OFFICE OF THE Case # 23-5260 Parke named Plaintiff has COUNTY CLERK, SANTA and Nancy Duttenhoffer. Conditional Use filed a civil action FE COUNTY, NEW MEXPermit. against you ICO ON DECEMBER 8, in the above-entitled 1978 IN PLAT BOOK 67, Parke and Nancy DutCourt and cause, the PAGE 8 AS DOCUMENT general object thereof NO. 431,232. (the tenhoffer, Applicants, being to recover “Property”) as the request approval of a money due. same is shown and CUP to allow a 2,040 That unless you re- designated on the plat sq. ft. hoop spond to the Com- thereof, filed in the of- style cold frame Complaint within 30 days fice of the County mercial Greenhouse of completion of publi- Clerk of Santa Fe for the purpose of procannabis cation County, New Mexico ducing Miof this Notice, judg- including any improve- (Cannabis croGrower). ment by default will be ments, fixtures, and Ordinance 2021 -03, entered against you. attachments, such as, Name, address, and but not limited to, mo- Section 10.22.3.3 dephone number of bile homes. If there is fines a cannabis proPlaintiff’s attorney: a conflict between the ducer or cannabis Wainwright and Asso- legal description and producer that ciates, the street address, the microbusiness cannabis P.A., 3301 Coors Blvd. legal description shall cultivates NW Suite R #274, Albu- control. THE FOREGO- plants indoors shall be querque, NM 87120, ING SALE will be made treated the same as 505-842-1313. to satisfy a judgment the following Commercial WITNESS the Honor- rendered by the above use: able Francis J Mathew Court in the above en- Greenhouse. The .46District Judge of the titled and numbered acre property is within First Judicial District cause on December 12, the Traditional ComCourt of the State of 2023, being an action munity (TC) New Mexico and the to foreclose a Mort- Zoning District. ApSeal of the District gage on the above de- pendix B of the SLDC ila Court of Santa Fe scribed property. lustrates GreenCounty, on Plaintiff’s Judgment, Commercial December 7, 2023 which includes inter- house as Conditional est and costs, is Use (CUP) within TC Kathleen Vigil $230,199.70 and the zoning. The site is loCLERK OF THE same bears interest at cated at II Lamy StaTrail, within DISTRICT COURT 6.19% per annum tion through the date of Township 15 By: Jaqueline Rosales sale.

The Plaintiff North, Range 10 East, 33, SDA-2 Juarez and/or its assignee Section has the right to bid at (Commission District Pub: Dec 13, 20, 27, such sale and submit 4).

2023 its bid verbally or in writing. The Plaintiff A public hearing will LEGAL #92059 may apply all or any be held at the County part of its judgment to Administrative BuildSTATE OF NEW MEXICO the purchase price in ing, located at 102 COUNTY OF LOS lieu of cash. NOTICE IS Grant Avenue, ALAMOS FURTHER GIVEN that in the Board of County ChamIN THE PROBATE the undersigned Spe- Commission COURT cial Master will, as set bers, on the 2nd Floor, on the 11th day of Janforth above, offer for IN THE MATTER OF THE sale and sell the Prop- uary 2024, ESTATE OF erty to the highest bid- at 3 p.m. on a petition THOMAS W. NEWTON, der for cash or to the Santa Fe County Deceased. equivalent, for the pur- Hearing Officer and on No.991 pose of satisfying, in February 15, 2024, at 4 the adjudged order of p.m.

AMENDED NOTICE NOTICE TO TO priorities, the judg- on a petition to the CREDITORS CREDIT ORS ment and decree of Santa Fe County PlanNOTICE IS HEREBY foreclosure described ning Commission. Pubattendance is GIVEN that Harriet herein, together with lic Cols has been ap- any additional costs allowed, and in addition, members of pointed Personal and attorney’s fees, inRepresentative of the cluding the costs of the public can listen above-entitled estate. advertisement and and participate in the All persons having publication for the meeting via WebEx. To claims against the es- foregoing sale and participate tate are reasonable receiver by phone call 1-408required to present and Special Master’s 418-9388. The code to their claims within fees in an amount to access the meeting four (4) months after be fixed by the Court. will be available on the the date of the first NOTICE IS FURTHER meeting publication of GIVEN that the real agenda which will be on the any published notice property and improve- posted website or sixty (60) days after ments concerned with County’s the date of mailing or herein will be sold (https://www.santafeother delivery of this subject to any and all countynm.gov/ ) one notice, patent reservations, week before the meetwhichever is later, or easements, all ing. In addition, people the claims will be for- recorded and un- may watch the meetever barred. Claims recorded liens and in- ing at must be presented to terests not foreclosed https://www.youtube. the Personal herein, and all com/channeI/UCKGV2 Representative. c/o recorded and un- GEBC1Qv38Pn61083xg Atkinson & Kelsey, P.A., recorded special asP.O. Box 3070, Albu- sessments, taxes and Please forward all querque, New Mexico utility liens that may comments and ques87190, be due. Plaintiff, its at- tions to the County or filed with the Pro- torneys, and the Spe- Land Use Administrabate Court of Los cial Master disclaim tion Office at 986-6225.

Alamos County at 1000 all responsibility for, Central Avenue, Los and the purchaser at All interested parties Alamos, the sale takes the will be heard at the New Mexico. property and property Public Hearing prior to Date November 20, title status “as is,” in the Hearing Officer 2023 its present condition and Planning subject to the valua- Commission taking ac/s/LUCY H. SINKULAR tion of the property by tion.

Atkinson & Kelsey, P.A. the County Assessor Attorney for The Es- as real or personal All comments, questate of Thomas W. property, affixture of tions and objections to Newton any mobile or manu- the proposal may be to the P.O. Box 3070 factured home to the submitted Albuquerque, NM land, deactivation of, County Land Use 87190 or title status to, a mo- Administrator in writ505/883-3070 bile or manufactured ing to P.O. Box 276, home on the property, Santa Fe, New Mexico PUB: Dec. 27, 2023 Jan. if any, environmental 87504-0276, or pre3, 2024 contamination on the sented in person prior property, if any, sub- to the hearing.

LEGAL #92045 standard conditions or PUB: Dec. 27, 2023 STATE OF NEW MEXICO code violations, if any, unforeclosed LEGAL #92047 COUNTY OF SANTA FE any FIRST JUDICIAL DIS- liens, if any, and zonTRICT COURT BANK OF ing violations concern- NEW MEXICO FINANCE NEW YORK MELLON ing the property, if any. AUTHORITY TRUST COMPANY, N.A. NOTICE IS FURTHER Categorical Exclusion AS TRUSTEE FOR GIVEN that the forego- Determination MORTGAGE ASSETS ing sale may be post- Statement of Finding and DW-6251 – City of MANAGEMENT SERIES poned I TRUST, Plaintiff, v. rescheduled at the dis- Farmington – Dam cretion of the Special THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, Raise Study DEVISEES OR LEGA- Master, and is subject TEES OF AGNES G. to all taxes, utility Date: December 19, MOSES, DECEASED; liens and other restric- 2023 THE SECRETARY OF tions and easements HOUSING AND URBAN of record. NOTICE IS Project Number: DEVELOPMENT, Defen- FURTHER GIVEN that DW-6251 dant(s). Case No. D- the purchaser at such 1 0 1 - C V- 2 0 2 1 - 0 1 9 2 4 sale shall take title to Introduction: The New NOTICE OF SALE NO- the above described Mexico Finance AuTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN real property subject thority (NMFA) has that on February 14, to a one (1) month conducted a review of 2024, at 9:00 a.m. the right of redemption the City of Farmingundersigned Special held by Defendant Bor- ton’s (City) proposed Master will, at the rowers or their as- Dam Raise Study upon entry of (Study) mainContinued... entrance of the signee in accordance Continued...

Continued... an order approving Santa Fe County Courtwith the National Envihouse, 225 Montezuma sale, and subject to ronmental Policy Act Ave. Santa Fe, New the entry of an order (NEPA) and the New Mexico 87505, sell all of the Court approving Mexico State Environthe right, title and in- the terms and condi- mental Review terest of the above- tions of sale. Witness Process (SERP) for the my hand this 18th day named Defendants in Drinking Water State and to the hereinafter of December 2023.. By: Revolving Loan Fund Robert Doyle (DWSRLF). The procedescribed real estate /S/ to the highest bidder Robert Doyle Special dure is based on the for cash. The property Master Legal Process implementing regulato be sold is located at Network PO Box 51526 tions for NEPA (40 NM Code of Federal Regu2713 Calle Serena, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87181 505-417-4113 lations [CFR] Parts 6, 87505, Santa Fe 25, 35, and 1500) as folCounty, New Mexico, Pub: Dec 27, 2023, Jan lowed by the Environ3, 10, 17, 2024 and is particularly demental Protection scribed as follows: LOT Agency (EPA). NMFA SIXTEEN (16), BLOCK has determined that ONE (1), LA VILLA SERthis project will not ENA, SANTA FE, NEW have a negative imMEXICO, AS SHOWN pact on the human enON PLAT FILED IN THE vironment.

OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, SANTA Project Description FE COUNTY, NEW MEXand Background: ICO ON DECEMBER 8, The City, located in 1978 IN PLAT BOOK 67, San Juan County, New PAGE 8 AS DOCUMENT Mexico has applied to NO. 431,232. (the the DWSRLF to finance

Dam federal, state, local, or Space Division and tribal laws are being or Molzen-Corbin conmay be violated. sultants, is scheduled Date: December 19, for: The documentation to 2023 support this decision Time: 5:30 pm will be on file at the When: Thursda Project Number: Thursday y, JanuNMFA and is available ary 11, 2024 DW-6251 for public review upon W h e r e : Comments https:// Introduction: The New request. https://santafenmsantafenmMexico Finance Au- concerning this deci- go gov v.zoom.us/j/8463906 thority (NMFA) has sion may be ad- 7542 to: New conducted a review of dressedLEGALS LEGALS LEGALS LEGALS the City of Farming- Mexico Finance Au- Members of the public ton’s (City) proposed thority, Attn: Todd Jo- may attend the Zoom Senior meeting on a com- LEGAL #92061 Dam Raise Study hansen, (Study) in accordance Program Administra- puter, mobile device, with the National Envi- tor, 207 Shelby Street, or phone.

NOTICE NO TICE OF PUBLIC ronmental Policy Act Santa Fe, New Mexico, The video conference HEARING (NEPA) and the New 87501. link and teleconferMexico State Environence number will be The Town of Edgewood mental Review This documentation posted on the City of Planning and Zoning Process (SERP) for the does not exempt the Santa Fe’s Commission will hold Drinking Water State applicant from appli- Calendar of Events a Public Hearing at Revolving Loan Fund cable local, state, or website at least sev- 6:00 PM on Thursday, (DWSRLF). The proce- federal permitting re- enty-two (72) hours January 11, 2024, at the dure is based on the quirements that may before the meeting: Town of Edgewood implementing regula- result from the pro- https://www.santafen Town Hall, 171 A. NM tions for NEPA (40 posed action. m.gov/events. The di- 344 to consider the folCode of Federal Regurect Zoom link is: lowing Requests: lations [CFR] Parts 6, Approved: Date 25, 35, and 1500) as fol- 12/20/23 https://santafenm- Application for Zoning Zoning lowed by the Environ- /s/ Marquita D. Rusgov.zoom.us/j/8463906 Designation RecomRecommental Protection sel 7542 mendation Agency (EPA). NMFA Marquita D. Russel Meeting ID: 846 3906 Application for Review has determined that 7542 and Recommendation this project will not Chief Executive Offi- One tap mobile to the Governing Comhave a negative im- cer, New Mexico Fi- Dial by your location mission of a Zoning pact on the human en- nance Authority • +1 253 205 0468 US Designation.

AppliCopies Available: The • +1 253 215 8782 US cants are Kevin McKvironment.

McKdocuments that sup- (Tacoma) own and Y Yunu unu Fu Fu as Project Description port this CE are avail- • +1 346 248 7799 US owners. Request is for able for public review (Houston) and Background: Review and RecomThe City, located in at the following loca- • +1 669 444 9171 US mendation to Town San Juan County, New tions: • +1 669 900 6833 US Commission for a zonMexico has applied to (San Jose) ing designation for: the DWSRLF to finance 1. New Mexico Finance • +1 719 359 4580 US Parcels 910004539 and a Dam Raise Study Authority, Attn: Todd • +1 360 209 5623 US 910004540, Sec. 14 (Study) for Farmington Johansen, Senior Pro- • +1 386 347 5053 US T10N R7E Tracts C and Lake. The City cur- gram Administrator, • +1 507 473 4847 US D, also known as 11 rently relies on surface 207 Shelby Street, • +1 564 217 2000 US and 12 Hayward Court water for its citizens Santa Fe, New Mexico, • +1 646 931 3860 US Edgewood, Santa Fe and citizens within the 87501.

• +1 689 278 1000 US County New Mexico. region. A preliminary 2. Benedikte Drake, • +1 929 205 6099 US Requesting SU Zoning study showed that Water and Wastewater (New York) (Aviation). The propraising the dam at Operations Manager & • +1 301 715 8592 US erty is currently zoned Farmington Lake by 25 Environmental Admin- (Washington DC) R-1 Residential. feet could increase its istrator, 805 Municipal • +1 305 224 1968 US Farmington, • +1 309 205 3325 US capacity by 73 percent. Drive, Continuation of AppliThe Study is part of New Mexico, 87401, • +1 312 626 6799 US cation for Subdivision the City’s 40-year plan, (505) 599-1335 (Chicago) Application is for apwhich seeks to inproval of Preliminary crease the water stor- Pub: Dec 27, 2023 Meeting ID: 846 3906 Plat / Final Plat for a age supply as the City 7542 subdivision. The Applisubdivision copes with unpre- LEGAL #92062 cant is Tim Oden as dictable weather patFind your local num- agent for Hillcr Hillcrest, est, LLC LLC IN THE PROBATE b terns. e r : as owner. Request is COURT The Study will assess https://santafenm- to divide one lot into OF LOS gov.zoom.us/u/kgX6M three (3) lots. All rethe feasibility and ac- COUNTY ALAMOS tions needed for inoquH sultant properties will creased capacity of STATE OF NEW MEXICO be subject to condiFarmington Lake. This Public Comment: Comment tions identified in Ord. IN THE MATTER OF THE assessment will in• By video: A person 2019-04, and any furESTATE OF clude but is not limited attending the Zoom ther conditions deterto reviewing the com- THOMAS W. NEWTON, meeting by video con- mined by the Planning Deceased. pliance of the outlet ference (using a com- and Zoning Commissystem of the water Probate No. 991 puter, sion. Location of subproperty is: 14 treatment plants and mobile device, or ject property AMENDED NO NOTICE TICE OF Venus Road, Road, T0N raw water users, smart phone) may East Venus INFORMAL INF ORMAL APPOINT APPOINTpump station modifiprovide public com- R7E Section 15 Lot 1, MENT OF PERSONAL cations to the Farmers ment during the meet- Also identified as ParREPRESENTA REPRESENT ATIVE cel # 99307960. PropDitch and the Animas ing. Attendees River, spillway and To the heirs and de- should use the “Raise erty is fully located visees of THOMAS W. Edgewood, sedimentation basin Hand” function found within design, geotechnical NEWTON: in the “Participants Santa Fe County, New YOU ARE HEREBY NOinvestigations and poBox” to be recognized Mexico. The property is zoned MP Master tential mitigations, TIFIED THAT: by the and development of I. This notice is being facilitator to speak at Plan. cost estimates and de- sent to those heirs and the appropriate time.

Zoning sign needed to deter- devisees who have or If this is the first time Application for Zoning Recommine the necessary may have some inter- you will attend a Zoom Designation Recomest mendation permits (i.e., Environmeeting, please visit mental Protection in the estate of the “How to Attend a Application for Review Agency, Office of the decedent.

Zoom Meeting” at and Recommendation State Engineer, US 2. Harriet Cole filed a h t t p s : / / w w w . s e - to the Governing ComArmy Corp of Engi- request for appoint- niortechclub.com/tec mission of a Zoning ment as personal rep- hrecipe/ Designation. Applicant neers, etc.). epProject Costs: The City resentative of the h o w - t o - a t t e n d - a - Agent is Tim Oden rrepresenting Diana M. has received funding estate of the zoom-meeting.

Darren T. T. from the DWSRLF for decedent.

• By phone: A person Baca and Darren Gordon don as owners. owners. Re$5,000,000.00 for the 3. On August 26, 2020, attending the Zoom Gor Harriet Cole was approposed Study. meeting by phone may quest is for Review pointed personal rep- provide public com- and Recommendation resentative, to serve to Town Commission Determination: ment NMFA has performed a without bond. during the meeting but for a zoning designa4.

Papers relating to for: Parcel review of the applicamust provide advance tion tion materials and has the estate are on file notice to Scott Overlie, 94515996 Sec. 27 T11N with the Court and are Project Administrator R, property is not asdetermined that the (505-231-6194), saover- signed an address. proposed action available for your lie@santafenm.gov no Property is located in would not negatively inspection. later than Monday, Edgewood, Santa Fe impact the human enDATED: November 20, January 8, 2024, and County New Mexico. vironment and that no 2023 provide your full Applicant is Requestextraordinary circumname, addr address, ess, and ing C-2 Zoning. The stances are involved. the phone number you property is currently The proposed action is /s/LUCY SINKULAR in a category of ac- Atkinson & Kelsey, P.A. will be using to call in zoned R-E Residential Estate. tions that are solely di- Attorney for Estate of to the teleconference. Withrected toward a study THOMAS W. NEWTON P.O. Box 3070 out your phone num- Application for Subdiand would not involve Albuquerque, NM ber, the meeting construction. vision 87190 facilitator will not be Application is for apable to recognize Approval: The conclu- 505/883-3070 proval of Preliminary sions presented here you to speak at the Plat / Final Plat for a meeting. are based on the find- PUB: Dec. 27, 2023 subdivision. Applicant • In writing: A person Agent is Tim Oden rrepings of an independent LEGAL #92058 epmay submit written resenting Diana M. review of the applicapublic comments in en T. T. tion materials and Baca and Darren Darr EARLY EARL Y NEIGHBORNEIGHBORsupporting documen- HOOD NOTIFIC Gordon don as owners. owners. ReNOTIFICA ATION advance of the meet- Gor ing by quest is to divide one tation for the proMEETING e m a i l lot into four (4) lots. All posed action. Based on the independent re- The City of Santa Fe (smorrow@molzencor resultant properties view, the proposed ac- Parks and Open Space bin.com or saover- will be subject to contion would not have a Division is hosting an lie@santafenm.gov ), ditions identified in Ord. 2019-04, and any negative impact on the ENN meeting to pres- or by U.S. Postal (Molzen- further conditions dehuman environment ent a 60% Design re- Service and no extraordinary view for new Ft. Marcy Corbin, ATTN: Steven termined by the Planand Zoning circumstances exist Park Pickleball courts. Morrow, Project Engi- ning that would prevent the The new courts are neer, 2701 Miles Rd., Commission. Location property is: issuance of this deter- being designed by SE, Albuquerque, NM of subject property mination. Therefore, Molzen-Corbin – an en- 87106). Please include Northeast corner of this documentation gineering, Road oad NM 344 and architec- your full name and ad- State R will serve as a record tural and planning dr dress. ess. To be State R Road oad NM 472, stating that the pro- design firm contracted included in the official Parcel 94515996 Sec. 27 posed action may be by the City’s Parks and record and considered T11N R, property is not at the meeting, written assigned an address. excluded from the en- Open Space Division. vironmental review public comment must The Property is loprocess. cated in Edgewood, The City of Santa Fe re- be quires an Early Neigh- received no later than Santa Fe County New The responsible offi- borhood Notification Monday, January 8, Mexico. Property is fully located within cial shall require a full (ENN) meeting be con- 2024. environmental review ducted The PowerPoint pres- Edgewood, Santa Fe if, subsequent to the for city’s capital infra- entation will be up- County, New Mexico. granting of an exclu- structure projects. loaded at least three The property is zoned sion, the responsible This meeting will allow (3) days prior to the R-E Residential Estate. official determines community members meeting at City of that (1) the proposed an opportunity to pro- Santa Fe’s Calendar of If you are an individual action includes activi- vide additional feed- Events website with a disability who ties that involve con- back on final design (https://www.santafe needs a reader, amplistruction or and distinct features. nm.gov/events). If you fier, qualified sign landisturbance; or (2) de- In this regard, we wish have any questions or guage interpreter, or termines from new ev- to inform you that an comments, please any other form of auxidence that serious online ENN meeting contact Scott Overlie iliary aid or service to local or environmental using Zoom, hosted by by email at saover- attend or participate issues exist; or (3) that the Parks and Open lie@santafenm.gov or in the hearing or meetfederal, state, local, or Space Division and by phone (505) 231- ing, please contact the tribal laws are being or Molzen-Corbin Clerk at the Town Ofcon- 6194. may be violated. fices located at 171 A sultants, is scheduled PUB: Dec. 27, 2023 State Rd. 344 at least for: The documentation to three (3) days prior to the meeting or as soon support this decision Time: 5:30 pm will be on file at the When: Thursda as possible. Public Thursday y, JanuNMFA and is available ary 11, 2024 documents, including the agenda and minfor public review upon W h e r e : request.

Comments https:// utes can be provided https://santafenmsantafenmin various accessible concerning this deci- go gov v.zoom.us/j/8463906 sion may be ad- 7542 formats. Please condressed to: New tact the Town Clerk at (505) 286-4518 or by eMexico Finance Au- Members of the public thority, Attn: Todd Jo- may attend the Zoom mail at clerk@edgewood-nm.gov if a hansen, Senior meeting on a comProgram Administrasummary or other puter, mobile device, Continued...

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Continued... tor, 207 Shelby Street, or phone. type of accessible format is needed. The Santa Fe, New Mexico, The video conference 87501. complete Commission link and teleconferpacket may be viewed ence number will be This documentation posted on the City of on the web, visit does not exempt the Santa Fe’s h t t p s : / /w w w. e d g e w o o d applicant from appli- Calendar of Events cable local, state, or website at least sevnm.gov/index.php and click on Government, federal permitting re- enty-two (72) hours quirements that may before the meeting: then Planning and result from the pro- https://www.santafen Zoning Commission Agendas and Minutes. posed action. m.gov/events. The direct Zoom link is: PUB: Dec. 27, 2023 Approved: Date 12/20/23 https://santafenm*Savings compared to newsstand price.

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ing, please contact the Clerk at the Town Offices located at 171 A State Rd. 344 at least three (3) days prior to the meeting or as soon as possible. Public documents, including the agenda and minutes can be provided in various accessible formats. Please contact theLEGALS Town Clerk at (505) 286-4518 or by email at clerk@edgewood-nm.gov if a summary or other type of accessible format is needed. The complete Commission packet may be viewed on the web, visit h t t p s : / /w w w. e d g e w o o d nm.gov/index.php and click on Government, then Planning and Zoning Commission Agendas and Minutes.

nance would amend SLDC Section 9.14 (San Marcos Community District Overlay). Proposed amendments include revisions of the purpose sections including the purpose and intent section and the purpose sections of every base zoning district. The proposed Ordinance LEGALS makes minor technical and grammatical revisions and removes certain Sustainable Design Standards including NM-14 Setbacks, Archeological Site Setbacks, and Water Harvesting. The proposed Ordinance adds a new Sustainable Design Standard to prohibit swimming pools and revises the Architectural Design Standards in the Commercial Neighborhood Zoning District. The proposed Ordinance amends Dimensional Standards for the Rural, Rural Fringe, and Rural Residential Zoning Districts including removal of the Lot Coverage standard and reverting the Setbacks from property lines to the Countywide setbacks. The proposed Ordinance revises the Home Occupations table and adds a new section to amend Commercial Cannabis Use regulations including the prohibition of Cannabis grows indoors or outdoors in the Rural Residential Zoning District. The proposed Ordinance adds and amends certain Use Regulations in the Use Table and Base Zoning Districts including: the addition of four new uses to the Use Table; addition and amendment of the Use Regulations for seven uses; and amendment of the Use Table zoning classification for 31 uses. The proposed SLDC text amendments and rezoning are being initiated by the County Planning Division and San Marcos Planning Committee in order to implement the 2019 San Marcos Community District Plan.

This is only a general summary of the proposed amendment. Interested persons must consult the proposed Ordinance itself for the details of the proposed zoning and other regulations.

View the proposed Ordinance and background materials on the County’s website: https://www.santafecountynm.gov/growthmanagement/commu nity-planningcenter/san-marcos

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PUB: Dec. 27, 2023 LEGAL #92063 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE THE SANTA FE COUNTY HEARING OFFICER, SANTA FE COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION, AND BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF SANTA FE COUNTY ON ORDINANCE NO. 2024-___.

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SUSTAINABLE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, ORDINANCE NO. 20169, AS AMENDED, TO AMEND SECTION 9.14 (SAN MARCOS COMMUNITY DISTRICT OVERLAY) TO REVISE PURPOSE SECTIONS; TO MAKE MINOR TECHNICAL AND GRAMMATICAL CHANGES; TO REMOVE CERTAIN SUSTAINABLE DESIGN STANDARDS; TO ADD A NEW SUSTAINABLE DESIGN STANDARD TO PROHIBIT SWIMMING POOLS; TO AMEND DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS FOR BASE ZONING DISTRICTS; TO REVISE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STANDARDS IN THE COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD ZONING DISTRICT; TO REVISE THE HOME OCCUPATIONS TABLE; TO ADD A NEW SECTION TO AMEND COMMERCIAL CANNABIS USE REGULATIONS; AND TO ADD AND AMEND CERTAIN USE REGULATIONS IN THE USE TABLE AND BASE ZONING DISTRICTS. Notice is hereby given that the Santa Fe County Sustainable Land Development Code Hearing Officer (Hearing Officer), Santa Fe County Planning Commission (Planning Commission), and Board of County Commissioners (Board) of Santa Fe County (County) will conduct public hearings on an Ordinance that would amend the text of the Santa Fe County Sustainable Land Development (SLDC) and constitute a rezoning of uses in the existing San Marcos Community District Overlay.

Possible Board Action on March 12, 2024.

After the public hearing on March 12, 2024, the Board may adopt the proposed Ordinance, with or without changes, vote not to adopt the proposed Ordinance, recess the public meeting in accordance with the Open Meetings Act, or postpone the public hearing or delay action on the proposed Ordinance until a future meeting of the Board. Further newspaper publication of a recessed meeting or postponed hearing or action is not legally required. Interested parties not in attendance at or watching the March 12, 2024, public hearing where recessing or postponement might be announced should thus inquire of the County as to whether the Board took action to recess or postpone.

Time and Places of Hearings; Public Participation. The Hearing Officer public hearing will be held no earlier than 3:00p.m. on January 11, 2024. The Planning Commission public hearing will be held no earlier than 4:00p.m. on February 15, 2024. The Planning Commission will make a recommendation to the Board concerning the proposed Ordinance prior to the Board public hearing.

The Board public hearing will be held no earlier than 5:00p.m. on March 12, 2024. Members of the public are encouraged to attend either in-person or virtually via WebEx. Each hearing will be at the County Administrative Building on 102 Grant Ave, in the 2nd floor Board of County Commission Chambers.

The WebEx code to access the meeting will be available on the meeting agenda which will be posted on the County’s website (https://www.santafecountynm.gov/) one week before the meeting. In addition, people may watch the meeting on the County’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube. com/@santafecounty6365.

Public Comment. All comments, questions, and objections concerning the proposed Ordinance may be submitted to the County Land Use Administrator in writing to P.O. Box 276, Santa Fe, New Mexico 875040276, via email at ncrail@santafecountynm.gov, or presented in person at the hearing. Comments, questions, and objections submitted in advance of the public hearings must be received by 12:00p.m. on Tuesday, January 2nd for the Hearing Officer hearing, by 12:00p.m. on Tuesday, February 6th for the Planning Commission hearing, and by 12:00p.m. on Tuesday, February 27th for the BCC public hearing. All comments received by these deadlines will be included in the meeting agenda packet of each public hearing.

General Summary of Proposed Ordinance.

The proposed Ordinance would amend SLDC Section 9.14 (San Marcos Community District Overlay). Proposed amendments include revisions of For questions, please the purpose sections contact Nate Crail, including the purpose Community Planner, and intent section and at 505-986-2452 or the purpose sections ncrail@santafecounof every base zoning tynm.gov district. The proposed Ordinance makes Pub: Dec. 27, 2023, Jan. minor technical and 31, Feb. 8, Feb. 26, Mar. grammatical revisions 4, 2024 and removes certain Sustainable Design Continued...

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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 Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023: You are a sturdy, strong hero, always willing to help others, to the point of self-sacrifice. You are kind, thoughtful and compassionate. In 2024, life will be slower paced.

MOON ALERT: There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The Moon is in Cancer.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You look marvelous in the eyes of others today! People

see you as successful, affluent, friendly and a bit bigger than life. Travel will appeal to you!

Tonight: Stock the fridge.

a lot today because you’re motivated and energetic. Meanwhile, dealings with those who are close to you will be upbeat and friendly. Tonight: You’re energetic!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH This is the perfect day to travel or do anything to expand your horizons. You’ll enjoy studying and learning something new. Tonight: Surprising news.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH Choose today to defend your best interests in discussions about shared property, inheritances, taxes and debt, because whatever the situation, things will very likely be settled in your favor. Tonight: Check your belongings.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHHH You can accomplish

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You feel healthy and vigorous today! Work-related travel is favored. Any task that you set for yourself related to your job or your personal life will be done with enthusiasm and effectiveness. Tonight: Solitude.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHHH Enjoy schmoozing with others today. Take time to socialize with children, romantic partners and loved ones. Meanwhile, you might make major changes at home. Family discussions will be lively! Tonight: New faces.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHHH It’s a great day to entertain at home! Gatherings and meetings will be upbeat and energetic. Tonight: Show respect.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHHH This is a rewarding day to travel because you’re enthusiastic about life and eager for adventure! You’ll enjoy seeing new places and meeting new faces. Tonight: Explore!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Business and commerce are favored today. Trust your moneymaking ideas. This is a winning day for you! Tonight: Check your finances.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHHH This is a fabulous day

because the Sun is in your sign dancing with lucky, moneybags Jupiter. Be open to financial speculation. Tonight: Patience.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH This is a pleasant day to enjoy your privacy and reflect on your life. You feel optimistic and grateful. Nevertheless, physical competition with friends, teams and groups might take place today. Tonight: Change.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHHH This is a popular day!

Enjoy schmoozing with friends!

Interactions with groups and organizations will be upbeat.

You might be in contact with people who can help you or broaden your horizons in some way. Tonight: Change of plans.

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Brother snubs sibling after night on couch Dear Annie: I am the middle child of a family that once was very close. We are all grown up now, and our parents have passed away. There were two girls and three boys in the family, and our ages range from 45 to 69.

I believe it is up to us to keep our family together, but I’m having a lot of trouble with my youngest brother.

One time recently, he stayed over at my house and slept on the pullout couch rather than in the bedroom because my son was visiting at the time — staying with his children — and they had the spare room. My brother complained that I treat my grandkids better than his children.

That was the reasoning he gave me. So I am no longer invited to anything the girls are in, including birthdays and Christmas parties at his house, but everyone else is. This is driving me crazy. I email him and ask to talk, but he doesn’t answer my calls. He lives three hours away. I don’t want to give up, but I just don’t know how to handle this. It hurts so much.

— Disappointed Sibling Dear Sibling: Your brother is being unreasonable, but he feels wounded and protective of his own children. Start by telling him how much you love and care for him and his children. But if he remains cold and aloof, remind yourself that we can’t always get people to behave like we want them to, but we can control how we react to their actions. So continue to fill your cup with friends and family, including your other siblings, who make you feel good about yourself.

Dear Annie: Our 23-year-old granddaughter and her son live with my husband and me. Her boy is 3, and she moved into our house seven months before his birth.

We are 79 and 75, and neither one of us is in the best of health. Plus, we are on a fixed income. Yet we have completely supported them for three years.

Our granddaughter has worked on and off during that time, but she has never held a steady “career-oriented” job until recently.

She has never seen one penny of child support. She never applied for any aid. I want for her to be on her own, but can’t throw her out. Do you have any ideas?

— Ailing Grandma Dear Ailing Grandma: You and your husband have been very generous with your granddaughter and great-grandson. Now that she has secured a steady, career-oriented job, offer her encouragement and praise.

Focus on loving your great-grandson.

Where is the boy’s father? You might help out by contacting a legal aid society that will track him down and force him to pay some child support. But the bigger picture is to talk to your granddaughter and explain how difficult it is for you and your husband to support them while you are on a fixed income. The more she sees the world from your point of view, the more helpful she will be in paying her own way.

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TODAY IN HISTORY

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Today is Wednesday, Dec. 27, the 361st day of 2023. There are four days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On Dec. 27, 1979, Soviet forces seized control of Afghanistan.

President Hafizullah Amin, who was overthrown and executed, was replaced by Babrak Karmal.

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Answer________ 3. In “Peter Pan,” what does the crocodile swallow that alerts Captain Hook to its presence?

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Answer________ PH.D. LEVEL 7. Paul Hogan portrays a crocodile hunter in this 1986 action-comedy film.

Answer________ 8. What is the name of the city-dwelling crocodile in Bernard Waber’s children’s book?

GRADUATE LEVEL

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9. What is “Alligator

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3. A ticking clock. 4. Footwear (clogs). 5. Reptilia.

6. “The Crocodile Hunter.” 7. “Crocodile Dundee.” 8. Lyle (“Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile”). 9. A book of children’s poetry.

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