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By  Lujan Press Office U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, visited Rio Arriba County to celebrate recent announcements by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) agreeing to fully compensate farmers and ranchers for unfair changes made to the Non-insured Crop Disaster Assistance …

By PNM New Mexicans are all too familiar with our dry weather and the heightened concern it creates around the potential for wildfires. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has proclaimed March 28 through April 3 as Wildfire Awareness Week in New Mexico. Reducing the chances for wildfires is an important effort, …

By Arnie Leshin  High school basketball anybody? For Santa Fe High’s boys it was the season opener dominating visiting Espanola Valley, 57-35, Saturday, with Demons’ guard Cody Garcia tossing in the game-high 29 points. Garcia was the offensive star for the home team, and its defense stymied the Sundevils. In …

By SFCC What: SFCC library talk on the present and the future of education. Description:  We hear that the U.S. public education system is failing, especially for the less privileged. Can we use science to ensure that our next generation of professionals, social leaders, and workers of all kinds acquire …

By NMDOH The New Mexico Department of Health (DOH) on Monday announced that New Mexicans 75 years and older who are registered at vaccineNM.org will no longer need event codes to schedule vaccine appointments. Instead, seniors will receive invitations to schedule appointments. At that point, they will log in to …

By SFSWMA  The Buckman Road Recycling and Transfer Station (BuRRT) will be open on Good Friday, April 2, and Saturday, April 3.  BuRRT will be closed on Sunday, April 4, in observance of Easter Sunday.  BuRRT will resume regular hours on Monday, April 5. BuRRT is open seven days a …

By Arnie Leshin Bill Walton must be having a ball bragging about the Pac12. An All-America at UCLA and in the basketball Hall of Fame, big Bill does a lively television commentary on West Coast college games and often speaks of the Pac12 as “the conference of champions.”  Now, as …

By Arnie Leshin  Chrisryn Williams said it best. “It was just a total team effort,” said the Connecticut women’s junior who found her way to the game-high 27 points in the 92-72 Husky win over 5th-seeded Iowa Saturday in the opening game of the Sweet 16 at the San Antonio …

By Arnie Leshin  Valerie Sandoval was kind of disappointed. St. Michael’s head volleyball coach was hoping for a 2 or 3 seed in 3A, but had to settle for a 6th seed and will open the state playoffs at 3rd-seeded Raton. The Lady Horsemen went 6-3 overall and finished second …

By Arnie Leshin  Rio Rancho Cleveland head cross country coach Kenny Henry said that Chris Humetewa was not only his runner who led the celebrating, but one of the keys to the Storm winning its 4th-straight state championship and sixth overall Saturday over the course at Albuquerque Academy. “We had …