By Arnie Leshin It was a sight to behold, a perfect ending to the magical 2-0 United States win over defending champion Canada in Tuesday night‘s 2021 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship played at Rogers Place Arena in Edmonton, Alberta, where the Tampa Bay Lightning, in a bubble scenario, had …
Read More »SFNF Cuba District Plans Pile Burns to Reduce Fuels
By SFNF Fire managers on the Cuba Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) are looking for optimal windows to implement planned prescribed pile burns between now and March 31 to reduce fuels, restore wildlife habitat and improve forest health. The planned units are the 379-acre Ojitos pile …
Read More »A “W” is what counts most
By Arnie Leshin To football fans, all that matters is the final score and hope it favors their team. It’s like checking out a basketball score and bypassing the foul shots, rebounds, assists, and steals. Or in hockey, who scored the goals but not much of who added assists or …
Read More »Operation Cast Lead
By CUFI After three years of sustained rocket fire from Gaza, Israel’s people could take no more. The IDF entered Gaza on December 27, 2008. Israel’s objective during the operation was to stop the smuggling of weapons into Gaza and to stop indiscriminate rocket fire into Israel. First, Israel initiated …
Read More »Weekly fishing report
By NM Game and Fish Catches of the week Eagle Nest Lake: Anthony Dupree, Joseph Lueras and Fred Lawrence of Albuquerque caught many perch, several trout, with the biggest being 20-inches, and a 27-inch 7-pound pike using Gulp curly tail jigs Jan. 1-2. Greg and Lisa Hoch of Espanola caught …
Read More »SFNF Jemez District Continues Pile Burns to Reduce Fuels
By SFNF After completing the Thompson Ridge, Cat Mesa and Hillside prescribed pile burns, fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) plan to take advantage of favorable conditions, including snowpack, fuel moisture levels, air quality, wind direction and weather forecasts, to implement additional pile burns on the Jemez …
Read More »God’s Encouraging Word of the day
“The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and great in mercy. The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works.” Psalm 145:8-9 In the Bible, the virtues of mercy and compassion are mentioned in various forms hundreds of times, especially …
Read More »New Mexico State Parks to Remain Open for Day-use to New Mexico Residents Only
By NM Parks Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department’s (EMNRD) State Parks Division announces that day-use will remain open at 32 State Parks for New Mexico residents only pursuant to the December 30, 2020 Public Health Order. El Vado Lake, Morphy Lake, and Manzano State Parks remain closed due to …
Read More »New York Giants won over the visiting Dallas Cowboys
By Arnie Leshin It was a busy Sunday for the dismal National Football League NFC East. The fading New York Giants did their part in the afternoon, stopped a 3-game losing skein in disposing of the red-hot visiting Dallas Cowboys at MetLife Stadium, 23-19, then held a mock celebration hours …
Read More »Believe it, college football bowl games spotlight falls on the post-game brawl between unranked Mississippi State and 22nd-ranked Tulsa
By Arnie Leshin Only one college football bowl game remains, and that’s the Jan. 11 playoff championship tilt sending top-ranked Alabama against 3rd-ranked Ohio State, the only unbeaten teams to survive until this unique coronaviruspandemic season winds down. For all the rest who went bowling, the spotlight falls on the …
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