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By SFNF All Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) offices will be closed Friday, Dec. 24, and Friday, Dec. 31, in observance of the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays. Forest offices will resume virtual business hours on Monday, Dec. 27 and Jan. 3, respectively. Cut-your-own Christmas tree permits are still …

By Arnie Leshin  New St. Michael’s head girls basketball coach, Sonya Ruiz, had had a few years of coaching the Pecos High girls, now she welcomes the return of Lauryn Pecos to the Lady Horsemen, the 3-year starting point guard who was sidelined last year after ACL surgery The team …

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 Managers on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) are closing the El Porvenir Campground for the winter earlier than the planned date of Dec. 31. The high winds this week that wreaked havoc across northern New Mexico left several downed trees across …

By Arnie Leshin  BOCA RATON BOWL in BOCA RATON, Fla., 9 a.m. ESPN  Western Kentucky versus Appalachian State. NEW MEXICO BOWL in Albuquerque, 12:15 p.m. UTEP versus Fresno State. CELEBRATION BOWL in ATLANTA, Ga., 10 a.m. ABC. South Carolina State versus Jackson State. INDEPENDENCE BOWL in Shrevspot, La., 1:30 p.m. …

By Arnie Leshin  They both had home field for Friday’s NCAA college football Division III semifinals, and both Mt. Union (Ohio) and Wisconsin-Whitewater were seeking to meet up in the championship game and win a seventh title. But the visitors, North Central (Illinois) and Mary Harden-Baylor had other ideas in …

By NM Game and Fish Rules and Information Booklet Information about rules, seasons, fees and more is available in the 2022-2023 Hunting Rules & Information booklet online now in English and Spanish. Hunters are encouraged to review season dates, application deadlines and other information before applying for licenses or going …

By NM State Parks The Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD), State Parks Division celebrated the completion of Caballo Lake State Park’s $1.2 million improvement project and installation of a new electric vehicle (EV) charging station on December 11th with a ribbon cutting ceremony at its new, state-of-the-art visitor …

By RTD The North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) RTD Blue Buses and administrative offices will not be in operation on December 24, December 27 and December 31, in observance of the Christmas and New Year’s holiday respectively. Exceptions will include the following: 255 Mountain Trail to Ski Santa Fe …

By Arnie Leshin  There’s always a change in the weather, but for all the years that Pojoaque Valley has hosted the Ben Lujan basketball tournament, there haven’t been many changes. But now there are. After Matt Martinez was athletic director for more than two decades at the school, he retired …