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By Arnie Leshin  With the stretch run winding down, the Albuquerque Isotopes hung among the frontrunners with back-to-back wins over El Paso in the Triple A Pacific Baseball League.   On Saturday, Albuquerque turned back visiting El Paso, the franchise of the San Diego Padres, 6-4, and on Sunday, it …

By Arnie Leshin  It was quite a comeback, one of historic measures, as the New York Giants, after getting shut out by the Dallas Cowboys in their opener, came from a record 21-point deficit Sunday afternoon to get past Arizona in Glendale, 31-28, before a disappointed crowd of 62,080.    …

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today the USDA Forest Service is investing more than $1 billion in nearly 400 grant awards nationwide to increase access to trees and the social, health, and economic benefits they provide. Of the total funding, the Forest Service awarded over $42 million dollars to …

Santa Fe National Forest officials will hold a community meeting to discuss the upcoming Golondrino Prescribed Fire on Tuesday, Sept. 19 at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Regina Fire Department located at 923 HWY 96 in Regina. Fire managers will be present to discuss the prescribed …

NORTHEAST CATCHES OF THE WEEK Hopewell Lake: Henry Webb (above), age 5, of Rio Rancho caught and released his first brook trout from a kayak using a Tenkara rod and a Pheasant-tail Nymph fly on Sept. 3. Rio Grande: Justin Estrada (above, left) of Las Vegas caught and released a …

By Arnie Leshin  Where do we start, at Aaron Rodgers’ arrival, at his fourth and final snap at 4:01 into this much anticipated National Football League season opener, or at the unprecedented finish when the unexpected final score of 22-16 lit up the scoreboard?   The nasty weather had subsided. …

IT’S CHILE SEASON IN NEW MEXICO! All over Santa Fe, a special aroma is scenting the autumn air––fresh roasted green chile! As much as we love the fresh product, we need our chile fix year-round, and that’s where our extensive “Chile Library” comes to the rescue! CHOOSE YOUR CHILE GREEN …

By Arnie Leshin  Hey, look it over, how poorly did the United States fade with three defeats at the annual men’s basketball World Cup played at Manila in the Philippines?   The answer is the next stop at the Paris Olympics will be drawn up with a much more stronger roster …

Fire managers and district rangers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) are looking for appropriate weather conditions to implement three prescribed fires during the Fall season. The 2,227-acre Golondrino prescribed fire in the Cuba district west of the communities of Llaves and north of Gallina. The 650-acre North Aztec …

By Arnie Leshin  If you know your tennis, a men’s 3-set match can be closer than it reveals.    Take legendary No. 1 again, 36-year-old Novak Djokovic’s sweep of Daniil Medvedev, a rising Russia a dozen years younger and currently ranked  seventh. The scores? 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3, but don’t …