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By SFNF Start date: May 9, 2021                                       Cause: Lightning Location: 9 miles east of Pecos and 3 miles southwest of the Barillas Lookout on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) Size: 1,621 acres after implementing management strategy to add low- to moderate-intensity fire to the …

By SFNF The Type 3 Incident Management Team (IMT) spent its final day on the Cuervito Fire preparing to turn command of the fire back to the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) at 6 a.m. Friday morning. Since May 13, the IMT has used hand and aerial ignitions to add …

By Santa Fe County SANTA FE, NM – Santa Fe County is currently seeking one member at large who shall represent the general public for the Santa Fe County Lodgers’ Tax Advisory Board. Santa Fe County Lodgers’ Tax Advisory Board consists of five residents of the County, two of whom shall represent the …

By Arnie Leshin  In the National Basketball Association, the lone Canadian team, the Toronto Raptors, recently won the championship and now rests in last place in the Eastern Conference, 22 games behind and not in the current playoffs. But that only matters to the fans up in Toronto. Basketball is …

WEDNESDAY, May 19 SOFTBALL — Santa Fe High at Los Lunas (DH) 1 and 5 p.m.                       Pojoaque Valley at Taos, 4 p.m.                       Espanola Valley at Los Alamos, 4 p.m. …

By NM Wildlife  River Otters Find a New Home on the Rio Grande Did you say river otters in the Rio Grande? That is correct; between 2008 and 2010, 33 river otters were released into the upper Rio Grande. Since then, there have been many sightings of these intelligent and playful …

By Family policy Alliance Your voice is needed to oppose a proposed rule from the Biden-Harris Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that would authorize abortion groups to receive Title X Family Planning funds. The proposal also mandates that grant recipients refer for abortions. Under the Trump Administration, Title X …

By Santa Fe County May 4th marked 14 months since the County established its Coronavirus Task Force on March 4, 2020, and since then, much has changed. Some staff are still working from home, facilities and buildings have switched to COVID modified hours of operation, and face masks have become …

By SFNF The Type 3 Incident Management Team (IMT) in command of the lightning-caused Cuervito Fire on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) began aerial ignitions in the fire’s interior as part of a management strategy to reintroduce low to moderate fire intensity into a primarily fire-adapted ecosystem and reduce …

By Arnie Leshin Interesting, Webster’s Dictionary of the English Language spells “spirit” with a hyphen “spir-it” and its definitions of the word is as following, Give-giving force, Cap, Ghost, Alcohol liquor and Vivacity or enthusiasm.  So it looks best to list “enthusiasm” when reporting on the annual state spirit championships …