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By SFNF The Española Ranger District on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) will close a 1-mile segment of the Winsor Trail just south of Forest Road (FR) 102 from July 25-27 to provide for public safety during fuels reduction thinning activities in partnership with the Pueblo of Tesuque. Trail …

By Arnie Leshin  America’s best 3,000-meter steeplechase runner Evan Reese Jager has come upon disappointing times in recent years, but he certainly returned to form when the world track and field championships were run for the first time in the United States. Monday was day four of the 10-day meet …

By Arnie Leshin It was quite a sight on national television in Friday’s opening day of the world track and field championships held at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon in Eugene. And right there in the spotlight was Chase Ealey, a graduate of Los Alamos High in New …

By Arnie Leshin  SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish is now accepting applications for special sandhill crane and pheasant permits. Applications can be made through your online account. The application deadline for special sandhill crane and pheasant permits is 5 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 17. Successful …

By Arnie Leshin Every now and then Jim Thorpe’s name comes around, and when it does, he usually is forgiven of something that occurred ages ago. Already established as one of the all-time finest athletes, this time the Native American who passed away in 1953, has been reinstated as the …

By Arnie Leshin  Allyson Felix, the most decorated women track and field athlete, was caught on the second leg of the 4 x 400 mixed relay, and the other American woman, Kennedy Simon, on the anchor leg, was caught at the finish, and the United States had to settle for …

By Arnie Leshin It was the final of the women’s 400 raced at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon back in June. In the preliminaries, Allyson Felix, on her final run before retiring as the most accomplished women’s track and field athletic in United States history, made the finals …

By Arnie Leshin  No matter how unlikely it seemed just a short time ago, the Brooklyn Nets could come into this National Basketball Association season with one of the best rosters from top to bottom if Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving remain in the fold. Currently, that’s where the No. …

By NM Game and Fish Catches of the week Alto Lake: Nathan Stegent of Canyon, Texas, caught a 26-inch catfish using a garlic scented nightcrawler worm July 8. Bluewater Lake: Charlie Muttitt, age 12, of Albuquerque caught a 35-inch tiger muskie using an orange and chartreuse jerkbait July 3. Cabresto …

By NM Game and Fish SANTA FE – New Mexico resident youth and senior hunters who applied and were unsuccessful in the 2022-2023 big-game draw are eligible to purchase one of nearly 1,900 antlerless elk licenses. The licenses will go on sale through the New Mexico Department of Game and …