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By Arnie Leshin  Odds can be surprising, especially in the 10 college conference football championships to be played Friday and Saturday, and these are just the opening odds. In the Atlantic Coast Conference, where 2nd-ranked Notre Dame turned back visiting, top-ranked Clemson, it’s now the Tigers, with the return of All-America …

By NM Game and Fish Catches of the week Bear Canyon Lake: Benjamin Abeyta of Silver City caught a 17.5-inch rainbow trout using garlic PowerBait Dec. 12. Carlsbad Municipal Lake: Ciera Navarrette of Carlsbad caught an 18-inch rainbow trout using white PowerBait Dec. 9. Jemez River: Grayson Baca, age 3, …

By Arnie Leshin  Are the Atlanta Braves next? This comes after the Cleveland Indians announced they are changing their name after 105 years. In an announcement Sunday night, it was learned that the Major League baseball team are moving away from a name considered racist for decades. It will also …

By Arnie Leshin  Here’s Sunday’s National Football League NFC East wrap. The Dallas Cowboys, the Washington Football Team, the Philadelphia Eagles took care of business. The frontrunning New York Giants did not and no longer holds the top spot. And now with each having three more games in the hunt …

By NM DVS The New Mexico Department of Veterans Services (DVS) is asking New Mexicans to help it launch Operation Holiday Cheer to bring season’s greetings to residents and staff of the New Mexico State Veterans Home in Truth or Consequences.   To take part in this first-ever operation, DVS …

By Arnie Leshin  It was a double dip Saturday in the Sunshine State. One a humiliating rout, the other a game-winning field goal, and worse, both at the home fields that are usually safe sites. But not this time, for awhile after 17th-ranked North Carolina overwhelmed 10th-ranked, Miami, 62-26, in …

By Arnie Leshin  Well, at least New England Patriots’ quarterback Cam Newton improved his tone while being interviewed after Thursday night‘s upsetting setback at the Las Angeles Rams. He didn’t shed any tears and hurry off as he did when his Carolina Panthers lost badly to the Denver Broncos in …

By Family Policy Alliance  U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett has only been on the high bench for a month and half; and yet, she has already made her mark on history by voting to uphold the religious freedom in America. On the eve of Thanksgiving, Justice Barrett was …

By Arnie Leshin  Maybe Jason Calvin Garrett deserved to be back with the New York Giants and playing in the Garden State. And why not, he played his college ball at Princeton and Columbia, played for the Giants as the back-up quarterback to Phil Sims, and when he was fired …

By USDA After a successful test ignition, crews are continuing with the previously announced Cat Mesa pile burns today to reduce the amount of hazardous fuels on the ground. The winter storm currently moving through New Mexico has created optimal conditions to burn slash piles. Snow on the ground keeps …