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By Arnie Leshin  Another disappointing 3A baseball playoff tournament defeat, fourth straight for St. Michael’s, and this one a real heartbreaker in the Nusenda Credit Union State tourney.    It was played for the initial time way out in west Albuquerque at the Jennifer Riordan Spark Kindness Regional Sports Complex.  …

May 12, 2023 — Today, the USDA Forest Service Southwestern Region announced its investment of $23, 982,600 in Fiscal Year 2023 funding from the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) to support 27 selected projects across New Mexico and Arizona. These investments are made from the National Parks and Public Land …

By Arnie Leshin  The New York Mets, a pre-season pick to reach the postseason, haven’t enjoyed much of a start, but on Wednesday night they rode the arm of Hall of Fame pitcher Justin Verlander.  On the road against the Cincinnati Reds at the Great American Ballpark, right-hander Verlander made …

The Lincoln National Forest has increased the fire danger rating from “moderate” to “high” effective May 11, 2023.  The measure is a part of ongoing efforts to mitigate wildfire risk in the area. Under “high” fire danger ratings, fire can start easily from most causes and small fuels (such as …

By Arnie Leshin  NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOICATION EASTERN CONFERENCE: 2nd Round — Miami Heat 3-1 over New York Knicks  Heat 108–101 Knicks 111-105 Heat 105-86 Heat 109-101 Wednesday at New York   2nd Round — Philadelphia 76ers 3-2 over Boston Celtics 76ers 119-115 Celtics 121-87 Celtics 114-102 76ers 116-115 (OT) 76ers …

By Arnie Leshin  New York, New York, what a neat sound.    Turning to its professional sports teams, Tom Thibodeau and Buck Showalter are not so neat as head coaches, Thibodeau with the NBA Knicks, Showalter with the Major Leagues Mets.    Maybe they dress well, wear neat clothing, but …

By Arnie Leshin  It’s another chance time for me after a good sunny weather, 2-days filled with the New Mexico State track and field championships  over the UNM oval in Albuquerque.    Other than the above, there were other reasons where I ran into unpleasant times, especially on Saturday’s championship …

By Arnie Leshin  And he had so much left after sprinting to victories in Saturday’s the 100, 200 and 400 championships of the state 3A boys track and field championships.   That was St. Michael’s senior Daniel Kupcho. He celebrated with cheers and some flashy finishes and then anchored the …

By Arnie Leshin  It was a start that St. Michael’s had prepared for when it took leading sprinters Rebekah Bagwell off its 4 x 100 girls relay team and Daniel Kupcho the same from the boys 4 x 100.    But head coach Joey Fernando knew what he was doing …

“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which …