News

By Arnie Leshin  The unexpected occurred for the Santa Fe High boys in the state basketball tournament seedings announced Saturday night by the New Mexico Activities Association. They were expecting to be awarded first place in District 5-5A, but instead it went to Los Lunas, which dropped the Demons to …

By Arnie Leshin  Once-beaten Lordsburg’s girls may be ranked first in 2A, but in the state basketball seedings, undefeated Pecos is on top of the heap, and the 2018 state champions will open the shortened, less teams state tournament Monday against visiting 8th-seeded Gallup Rehoboth Christian. The Panthers, led by …

By Arnie Leshin  Pecos took care of business Thursday just two days before the New Mexico Activities Association announces its state tournament seedings. It’s a shortened tournament during these coronavirus pandemic times, with less games and less teams, and with the tourney to tip-off Monday. But Pecos will be there. …

By Arnie Leshin  Wednesday night‘s impressive win over visiting Capital has Santa Fe High winning District 5-5A and earning an automatic berth in the state tournament that bounces in Monday. Saturday night, the Demons will hear their seeding via the NMAA announcement, that will be after dominating visiting Albuquerque Rio …

By Arnie Leshin  The fastest and most prestigious 1 1/4 marquee race for 3-year-old colts is back to Saturday’s first May of the year, and about 45,000 spectators are expected to turn out for this eventful Kentucky Derby. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, last year’s run was strictly a race …

By SFNF National Wildfire Community Preparedness Daythis Saturday, May 1, , is a single day for organizations and individuals to work together to raise awareness about wildfire risks and promote preparedness. This year with extreme drought and critical fire conditions across New Mexico, wildfire preparedness is more important than ever …

By CUFI  On April 27th, 2019, on the last day of Passover, a gunman entered the Chabad of Poway synagogue and opened fire, killing one and wounding three. This heartbreaking and sickening event occurred exactly six months after the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre in which 11 people were killed and six …

By NM Game and Fish Catches of the week Cochiti Lake: Michael Baros, age 15, of Rio Rancho caught a 24-inch pike using a 2-inch spinner with a copper blade, white body and red dots April 25. Bryan Novotny of Rio Rancho caught an 18.75-inch smallmouth bass using a shallow …

By Arnie Leshin The beat goes on with the Pecos boys. They won four-straight state basketball championships, graduated the entire starting lineup and maybe even a key reserve or two, lost head coach Ira Harge, Jr., to Espanola Valley as its athletic director, and handed the reigns to former boys …

By NM Lottery The New Mexico Lottery is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Since launching on April 27, 1996, New Mexico Lottery players have bought approximately $3.28 billion in tickets with prizes of more than $1.79 billion. Since inception, New Mexico Lottery sales resulted in many positive economic impacts, among which …