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By SFNF Start date: Aug. 23, 2020                         Cause:Lightning                          Size: 158 acres. Location: Colorado Peak on the Caja del Rio Plateau, the Española Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) Containment: 70% Fuels and fire behavior:  Fire behavior today is low with very little visible smoke. Strategy: The …

By Arnie Leshin  Kind of like dominoes, first the National Basketball Association learned the Milwaukee Bucks have boycotted their game six playoff game against the Orlando Magic, and not long after the Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets did the same following the shooting of Jacob Blake, a black man, …

By Arnie Leshin The Tampa Bay Lightening  evened its semifinals playoff series with the Boston Bruins Tuesday night on an overtime goal from IG Palat for a 4-3 win in the Easteverrn Conference National Hockey League playoffs of the restarted shortened season at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.. It  was a goal …

By Arnie Leshin  For the scorching hot New York Islanders, it’s the perfect time to win their first Stanley Cup in 37 years. Last season, they played half the National Hockey League season at their original venue, the Nassau Veteran’s Memorial Arena in Long Island and the Barclays Center in …

By NM Game and Fish The Department is continuing to adapt our ways of working to conserve wildlife for all New Mexicans. Through the COVID-19 pandemic, Department biologists and conservation officers continue to conduct wildlife surveys, contact anglers and OHV recreationists and stock fish in open waters throughout the state. …

By NMDA New Mexico Department of Agriculture (NMDA) and its NEW MEXICO—Taste the Tradition® program took to social media August 11 to announce a contest to promote the state’s 2020 chile pepper harvest. The Elevate NM Green Chile contest is open to New Mexico residents as well as New Mexico green …

By EMNRD Ute Lake State Park will reopen on Wednesday, August 26 on a limited basis for day-use recreation. The Logan Park area of the park will be open, which includes the McFarland Boat Ramp, the Marina, and the Marina Boat Ramp. Other areas of the park will remain closed …

By Arnie Leshin  The Oklahoma City Thunder joined the Dallas Mavericks Monday as the two Western Conference underdogs who bounced back from two-straight defeats in the opening round of the restarted shortened National Basketball Association season playoffs and deadlocked their series at 2-2. Following the road that brought the Mavs …

By NM Game and Fish The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish requests public comments on its Draft 2020 Biennial Review of Threatened and Endangered Wildlife Species listed under the Wildlife Conservation Act (Section 17-2-40 NMSA 1978). Comments on the draft document will be accepted until Sept. 10, 2020. The …

By Arnie Leshin  The New York Mets remain in Miami and will take the field again Tuesday with a doubleheader against Miami in Marlin Park.. This was announced after Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen reported that the team’s coronavirus cases appear to be limited to the player and coach …