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By Arnie Leshin  The charity stripe was a historically missing piece Thursday night for the visiting Miami Heat, but it mattered little as the 8th-seeded team that rolled into the National Basketball Association finals was no match for the Denver Nuggets.    First the freebies, for Miami it was two …

The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning for the Cerro Pelado burned area within the Santa Fe National Forest. Heavy rainfall will cause extensive and severe flash flooding of creeks, streams, and ditches in the burned area. Other counties within the SFNF are under weather advisories including …

By Arnie Leshin  Wake Forest has been declared the No. 1 team in the 64-school field that begins regional play Friday in the National College Baseball Division 1 Tournament. The Deamon Deacons (47-10) will open at David F. Couch Ballpark in Winston Salem against George Mason (34-25) in Game 2 …

Ensuring public and firefighter safety leads the list of objectives for the Pass Fire. This requires a strong commitment from all personnel to work safely and maintain situational awareness at all levels. While the Pass Fire continues to enhance the landscape, firefighters continually assess and monitor the safety aspect of …

By Arnie Leshin  SUPER REGIONALS —  OKLAHOMA defeats CLEMSON, 9-2, 8-7. FLORIDA STATE defeats GEORGIA, 8-1, 4-2 TENNESSEE defeats TEXAS, 5-2, 9-0. ALABAMA defeats NORTHWESTERN, 1-3, 2-1, 3-2. OKLAHOMA STATE defeats OREGON, 8-1, 9-0 WASHINGTON defeats LOUISIANA, 8-0, 2-0. STANFORD defeats DUKE, 3-1, 9-2. UTAH defeats SAN DIEGO STATE, 3-4, 10-1, …

By Arnie Leshin  Interesting that No. 1 Oklahoma has defeated five of the teams in the upcoming NCAA Division I National Softball tournament.   Good to remember, but it’s all history. Times have changed, so don’t bet your house that it can happen again.   No. 9 Stanford lost 10-1 …

Firefighters continue to actively monitor the fire and are strategically initiating burnout operations as needed to protect Double Springs Ranch and allotment fences. As the Pass Fire continues its trek across the landscape, firefighters assess specific areas that require pre-treatment to modify the fire’s intensity as it reaches identified values-at-risk. …

All Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) offices will be closed Monday, May 29, in observance of Memorial Day and will resume regular business hours on Tuesday, May 30. Memorial Day is a time we set aside to remember and pay tribute to the heroic members of our military who sacrificed …

By Arnie Leshin  Maybe the Boston Celtics have heard it 150 times, but they are still in there scraping and doing enough to outplay the 8th-seeded Miami Heat.    And with Thursday night‘s 110-97 second-straight impressive win, the second-seeded green has cut the deficit to 3-2 as Saturday’s National Basketball …