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By Arnie Leshin  Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweeping down the plain, tornadoes are normal, and Lincoln Riley traded all these things for the beach, hanging out with celebrities, living it up in Hollywood, and leaving behind a stunned football program in Norman. Yup, he’s no longer coaching the Sooners, …

By SFNF Based on current and forecasted conditions, fire managers on the Coyote Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) today decided to postpone the previously announced Mesa Potrero prescribed burn in the high country and are taking a look at conducting the previously announced Cordovas prescribed pile …

By Arnie Leshin  Late in the football season and early in the basketball season, Alabama is not on top the football list as it prepares to clash Saturday with undefeated, number one Georgia for the Southeastern Conference, and there’s a new look in the men’s basketball charts as Purdue took …

By Arnie Leshin  Maybe I’m ageless or maybe I like keeping in touch, but seeing Purdue as the new No. 1 in men’s college basketball, does bring back memories, and I have many. But back in the day when I was covering sports for the Jersey Journal in Jersey City of the …

By CHRISTUS St Vincent  Free Your Mind High blood pressure affects about 103 million individuals in the United States. Meditating twice a day for 10 to 20 minutes can help reduce your blood pressure. To find out if you are at risk, take a health assessment today. What’s my risk? …

By SFNF The Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) reminds personal-use fuelwood permit holders that 2021 permits expire on Dec. 31. The 2022 fuelwood permits will not be available until spring of next year. SFNF offices are selling both fuelwood permits and cut-your-own Christmas tree permits virtually throughout December. In alignment …

By NCRTD The North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) has received the 2021 Innovative Solutions Award for Transit Vehicle Technology, from METRO Magazine, a national transit trade publication.   According to METRO Magazine, “The Innovative Solutions Award honors bus operations and their supplier partners who have implemented initiatives that helped …

By Arnie Leshin  After losing her opener at Los Alamos, St. Michael’s first-year head girls basketball coach Sonya Ruiz didn’t take long to claim her initial win with Tuesday night‘s dominating 56-29 non-district success over visiting Academy of Technology and The Classics. Next stop for the former head girls coach …

By Arnie Leshin  Raton, which had won its first dozen games and was the top seed in the 3A state playoffs before losing to St. Michael’s in the class semifinals, came away with 10 players on top the District 2 all-team, as well as coach of the year, player of …

By NM Game and Fish Catches of the week Bluewater Lake: Karis and Elias Harvey of Albuquerque caught and released a 32-inch tiger muskie using a floating orange Rapala lure Nov. 28. Fenton Lake: Ellie Hicks and Edward Forman, ages 3 and 1.5, of Rio Rancho caught three rainbow trout …