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• An unlikely space traveler: Meet New Mexico’s Jamila Gilbert

  20-05-2023 16:15
  
  https://youtu.be/_EEDfh2XbHkWhen Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity rockets into suborbit later this week, the spaceship will be carrying a diverse crew of mission specialists, among them Jamila Gilbert — a Las Cruces native of Mexican heritage.The 34-year-old New Mexico State University graduate will join the ranks of the first 100 women — and only 16 Hispanic individuals — to shoot for the stars since the space era began some 60-plus years ago.Gilbert called that a "tremendous honor
  
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• Countdown to launch: Five things to know about Virgin Galactic’s next spaceflight

  20-05-2023 15:26
  
  When will it launch?The Unity's upcoming launch window opens on Thursday, May 25, marking Virgin Galactic's first suborbital flight from Spaceport America in southern New Mexico since company founder Sir Richard Branson flew to space in July 2021.What has Virgin Galactic done since its last launch two years ago?The company has made significant maintenance upgrades and enhancements to the spaceship VSS Unity and the mothership, VMS Eve, to improve vehicle durability and reliability before initiat
  
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• TALK OF THE TOWN: Discipline students, carbon capture, new editor’s challenges

  20-05-2023 09:02
  
  Discipline students, not teachers who tryTHE TIERRA Antigua Elementary School principal who placed a teacher on administrative leave and wrote apology letters to parents concerning that teacher's actions regarding two students was wrong. Instead, the principle should have written a letter to the parents regarding their children's inappropriate behavior and congratulate the teacher on her ingenious action to try to get the two boys to get along.No one was hurt, no handcuffs (were used) and perhap
  
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• Protecting old-growth forests best way to fight climate change

  20-05-2023 09:02
  
  New Mexicans are quick to recall last year's Hermits Peak, Calf Canyon, and Black Fires – the biggest in state history. Here we are at the door of yet another worrisome dry spring. We are not alone as many Western states suffer the duress of protracted drought and big fires. It's reasonable to call it a crisis.Yet, through the ashes and charred trees, I see opportunity. During my 35 years working for the U.S. Forest Service, I learned about the "law of holes" the hard way. The first law: i
  
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• Nutrition, early learning help military readiness

  20-05-2023 09:02
  
  Last fall, the Department of Defense announced that 77% of Americans aged 17-24 were ineligible for military service due to a variety of factors, including obesity, academic issues, or a history of crime or drug use. This marked a sharp increase in ineligibility from the 71% released in 2017, and confirmed the fears of many in the defense community. Our military is experiencing a worsening recruitment crisis, one that could have drastic consequences for our national security in the near future.F
  
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• Kill order for roaming Mexican wolf was wrong

  20-05-2023 09:02
  
  A sad event occurred during the week celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Mexican wolf reintroduction; the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service quietly issued a kill order for wolf AM 1296, otherwise known as "Rusty," the name the schoolkids gave him. He was killed in early April.The reason given is repeated cattle depredation on "public and/or private land." Also present on this land were cattle, not killed by wolves, left to rot. That almost seems like, let's be real, baiting.Today's ranchers are
  
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• Controlled burns limit destruction from wildfires

  20-05-2023 09:02
  
  When an article titled "Forest Service ignoring Santa Fe burn concerns" (Jan Boyer, April 23, 2023) popped up in my news feed, it caught my attention. I worked for the United States Forest Service for nine years, with the majority of that time spent fighting wildfires or taking part in controlled burns across 18 states, from northern Alaska to Florida, including New Mexico.Drawing on my experiences, I found numerous problems with Boyer's piece, in particular the statement that "There is little e
  
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• ‘Topes to honor women in sports during Saturday’s Isotopes doubleheader

  20-05-2023 05:04
  
  Sally Marquez's baseball memories date back to long before the Isotopes patrolled Rio Grande Credit Union Field.Years ago, the current New Mexico Activities Association executive director would attend games at the then Albuquerque Sports Stadium with her father and brother for a very special brand of drive-in theater."At that time you could park in the outfield and watch the game," said Marquez, who was a three-sport athlete at Manzano before playing basketball at the University of New Mexico."T
  
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• Lobo women’s golf team get off to hot start at NCAA Championships

  20-05-2023 05:04
  
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The New Mexico women's golf team had a strong start to the 2023 NCAA Championship on Friday at Grayhawk Golf Club. The No. 39 Lobos shot 1-under during the opening round, the first time in program history that UNM shot under par for a round at the NCAA finals, and tied for fifth in the 30-team field. Lisa-Marie Pagliano (UNM photo)"It was incredible to have New Mexico's first under-par round at a NCAA Championship," said head coach Jill Trujillo. "They played really ste
  
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• Isotopes rained out, so there will be a Saturday home doubleheader

  20-05-2023 04:50
  
  Isotopes pitcher Ty Blach autographs baseballs and gloves for members of the Rio Rancho Hooligans' Little League team before Wednesday's game. The Isotopes and visiting Tacoma were rained out on Friday and are scheduled to play a Saturday doubleheader at Isotopes Park. (Eddie Moore/Journal)'TOPES SATURDAY: Doubleheader vs. Tacoma Isotopes Park4:05 p.m., 610 AM/95.9 FMPROMOTION: Little League/Women in Sports, postgame fireworks. Gates open at 3 p.m.PROBABLES: Rainiers RHP Jose Rodriguez (1-4, 4.
  
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• Sandoval County jury awards $22.7 million to man after botched prostate operation

  20-05-2023 03:53
  
  A jury in Sandoval County awarded $22.7 million to a decorated U.S. Air Force retiree who has undergone 17 surgeries or procedures after a botched prostate operation at Presbyterian Rust Medical Center in 2019.Armando Graham, 69, ended up at the Mayo Clinic for followup surgery but now has to depend on a mechanical sphincter and a colostomy bag after suffering a tear in his rectum from the initial surgery, according to his attorney, Lisa Curtis of Albuquerque.After more than eight hours of delib
  
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• Operation launched to help Native Americans tricked by group home scammers

  20-05-2023 03:18
  
  Harland Cleveland, the special operations coordinator for the police department, speaks at a press conference about scammers who are luring Native Americans to group homes in order to receive state Medicaid benefits and then not providing them treatment. Behind him, left to right, is Rhonda Tuni, the incident commander of the operation, state Senator Theresa Hatathlie, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and Council Delegate Crystalyne Curley. (Elise Kaplan / Albuquerque Journal)Three hours int
  
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• Unser Museum leaving Albuquerque for much larger Museum of American Speed in Nebraska

  20-05-2023 02:12
  
  Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Al Unser Sr. poses for a portrait at the Albuquerque Racing Museum in May 2011. It was announced on Friday that the collection housed at the Museum is being moved to a racing museum in Lincoln, Nebraska. (Pat Vasquez-Cunningham/Journal)Albuquerque's Unser Racing Museum is closing its doors, its trove of memorabilia to be transferred to the Speedway Motors Museum of American Speed in Lincoln, Nebraska.The announcement Friday came despite efforts by the Albuquerq
  
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• Cleveland hires ex-Santa Fe High coach to lead boys basketball

  20-05-2023 02:08
  
  Zack Cole is shown coaching Santa Fe High during this game in November 2016. He is taking over at Cleveland High in Rio Rancho. (Eddie Moore/Journal)Cleveland High School turned north for its new head boys basketball coach as Zack Cole from Santa Fe High was announced Friday morning as the program's new leader."It's probably the best coaching job in the state," Cole, 43, said.He coached the Demons for the last seven seasons, leading them to the Class 5A state title game in 2019, where Santa Fe
  
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• Celebrate, pet owners! More of this New Mexico national preserve is now open to dogs

  20-05-2023 01:18
  
  Jane, left, and Tiger Lily, right, pause for a photo with their guardian Jessica Harbin in front of the Otero Cabin in the Cabin District of Valles Caldera National Preserve near Los Alamos on Monday. The dogs, which have been to all of the Lower 48 states, seven Canadian provinces and three states in Mexico, were the first to visit the site following the preserves expansion of areas where leashed pets can accompany their owners. (Courtesy of National Park Service)Jane, a 3-year-old Labrador-gr
  
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• Albuquerque police shoot person at apartments near BioPark

  20-05-2023 01:01
  
  Officers shot and injured a person Friday afternoon at an apartment complex near Central and the Rio Grande.Rebecca Atkins, an Albuquerque police spokeswoman, said the shooting occurred at The Beach, an apartment complex at Central and Tingley."One individual was shot by officers, no officers were injured," she said. "More information will be provided as it's available."It was the second time Albuquerque police shot someone in less than a week and the fourth time this year.On Tuesday a detective
  
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