By SFNF A bear encounter on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) last Friday went terribly wrong, leaving a Los Alamos woman in the hospital with a collapsed lung, several broken bones and multiple bites. Although relatively rare, close encounters between humans and large predators like bears and mountain lions …
Read More »Major League Baseball begins its shortened 60-game regular season
By Arnie Leshin Take me out to the ball game is a no-no this time around. No fans in the stands and COPID-19 coronavirus restrictions will be applied, but the game will return despite this. After a delay of nearly four months, the 2020 Major League Baseball season will begin …
Read More »Weekly fishing report
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. …
Read More »Colle Fire on Santa Fe National Forest
By SFNF Start Date: July 19, 2020 Cause: Lightning Size: 5+ acres Location: Jemez Ranger District, 1 mile east of Aspen Peak and approximately 4.5 miles south of the community of Cochiti Mesa. The Colle Fire is located inside the burn scare of the 2011 Las Conchas Fire. Containment: 0%. …
Read More »Monsoons Bring Lightning and Other Dangers
By SFNF It was a busy weekend for dispatchers and firefighters on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) with the onset of the southwestern monsoon season and the accompanying lightning strikes. The Santa Fe Dispatch Center confirmed 12 active lightning starts on the SFNF since Friday with an additional two …
Read More »The return of professional sports in the United States still concerns each league via the threat of COVID-19
By Arnie Leshin Just attending to the restart of professional sports in the United States is a concern, with all having to address the same needs. While Major League Baseball makes its initial pitch to officially start play on Friday, the National Basketball Association officially gets under way on July …
Read More »Santa Fe County Collection Centers Return to Punch Card System
By Santa Fe County Santa Fe County will reinstate the solid waste punch card system at all CountyCollection Centers beginning Saturday, August 1, 2020, ending the Notice of Action implemented on April 20 to suspend punches until further notice. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, all county wide centers have remained open and …
Read More »“Donnie Baseball” happy that “Freddie Baseball” had his prayers answered as he recovers from testing positive for COPID-19
By Arnie Leshin I first met Don Mattingly in late September of 1982 when I was covering the New York Yankees. He was called up from Triple A Columbus, played in only seven games, and was happy to be back with his friend, Steve Balboni, and be assigned the locker …
Read More »A return to Disney World for the winner of the National Basketball Association
By Arnie Leshin Wonder if the winners of this shortened, restored National Basketball Association season will again say they are going to Disney World? Don’t bet on it. Now, in these times of COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic that has sent professional sports in the United States into desperate ways to salvage …
Read More »Gods encouraging word of the day
“Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” Galatians 6:2 Praying for others is not only a blessing for us to do, but it is also a vital part of living the Christian life. We are commanded to carry one another’s burdens. One …
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