By Arnie Leshin It was a Saturday field day for college quarterbacks from Florida, North Carolina, Marshall, Notre Dame, Liberty and Tulsa, as well as pass catcher Ty Fryfogle of Indiana. Let’s first shine the light on Zack Smith of unranked Tulsa. He passed for 325 yards and a trio …
Read More »New Mexico State Parks to Close Temporarily
By NM Parks As directed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham in response to rising COVID-19 cases throughout the state, the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD) is closing all New Mexico State Parks effective Monday, November 16, 2020. The closures will expire November 30, 2020 unless the public health …
Read More »NCRTD Routes to be Temporarily Suspended
By NCRTD North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) RTD Blue Bus routes, districtwide, will be temporarily suspended effective immediately. Three employees based in the RTD Taos facility have tested positive for coronavirus. Some of these positive employees had interacted with employees from the Española facility. To guarantee proper safety measures, …
Read More »Paul Hornung, a football legend at Notre Dame and with the Green Bay Packers passes
By Arnie Leshin He was without a doubt a bundle of versatility, one of the finest to ever take the football field, the “Golden Boy” of the Green Bay Packers who singular ability to to generate points as a runner, receiver, quarterback and kicker, helped turn the franchise Into an …
Read More »Atlanta Braves’ first baseman Freddie Freeman wins National League Most Valuable Player
By Arnie Leshin It was almost as if it was intended, but it wasn’t, as Don Mattingly wins National League Manager of the Year and Freddie Freeman the National League’s Most Valuable Player. There’s quite a difference in age, Mattingly, the former New York Yankee first baseman, recently turned 59. …
Read More »Gila trout return to Whitewater Creek – NM Wildlife Monthly Update
By NM Wildlife Restoring Gila trout to Whitewater Creek A trout stocking took place in Whitewater Creek in early August, but that sounds far too simple for the efforts culminating that day. Read more about this important restoration effort. A new way to catch those lunkers Catching larger “trophy” largemouth …
Read More »Tom Heinsohn, high school, college and professional basketball star passed away at age 86
By Arnie Leshin His blood always ran green. I was never a Boston Celtics fan, but I always had the upmost respect for their National Basketball Association franchise, and Tom Heinsohn was a piece of it, a 6-foot-7 piece. Tuesday, he passed away at his home in Massachusetts after a blood …
Read More »No letdown for Geno Auriemma as he continues to reel in more elite players
By Arnie Leshin Geno Auriemma has never been known to be a fisherman, but he sure does know how to reel them in. After last year’s inexperienced team began slow and finished fast as the coronavirus pandemic scratched the college women’s basketball season as it did to other sports around …
Read More »God is all I seek
“One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.” Psalms 27: 4 This psalm was written …
Read More »Israel’s Jewish Character
By CUFI In its Declaration of Independence, Israel affirms itself as the homeland for all Jews, yet commits to a democracy defined by equality for all, irrespective of national origin; this democracy will be “based on freedom, justice and peace as envisaged by the prophets of Israel.” In other words, …
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