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By Arnie Leshin  New Mexico Department of Veterans Services (DVS) Cabinet Secretary Sonya Smith has been selected by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to serve on its Research Advisory on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses Committee (RACGWVI). The committee provides advice and makes recommendations to the VA secretary on …

By Arnie Leshin  The daily attendance at the NCAA National Division I Softball World Seres keeps rising and in Saturday’s doubleheader, it came close to a record turnout at the Onge Energy field of the Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City. Announced at 12,533, it opened with top-seeded Oklahoma …

By Arnie Leshin  Augustin Ruiz and family are having an adventure in O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A, where it’s now college softball time. He’s the head baseball coach at St. Michael’s, his wife, Sonya, is the head girls’ basketball coach of the Lady Horsemen, and along on the trip are their three young daughters. But …

By Arnie Leshin  DVS Cabinet Secretary Sonya Smith and other DVS staff will be among the crowd welcoming the 2022 Northern New Mexico Honor Flight back to the Albuquerque Sunport tomorrow at 2:10 p.m. Twenty-five veterans from northern New Mexico made the flight this year: Two from WWII, 11 from …

By Arnie Leshin  Nedicks, how can I forget Nedicks? It was the first stop for me and my young friends at one of the oldy but goldy Madison Square Gardens. This was the Meca of arenas where you would stop outside, pick up some Nedicks hot dogs with mustard and …

By Arnie Leshin  Northwestern was so excited, I thought I was watching the wrong game. Up it went in the top of the second inning just gazing the glove of the left fielder as she stretched at the fence. It was a solo shot and the Wildcats’ fans were jumping …

By Arnie Leshin  Nothing slows the annual NCAA national Division I softball tournament down, and just like that, it’s World Series time. Day one at the picturesque USA Hall of Fame OGE Stadium in Oklahoma City begins Thursday morning with a doubleheader and winds on down to a pair of …

By SFNF Highlights: Improved weather conditions over the next several days could bring some moisture and an opportunity for firefighters to make additional progress on extinguishing heat near the fire’s edge. However, the potential for afternoon thunderstorms could cause new fire starts. Initial attack crews will be ready to address …

By NM Game and Fish Catches of the week Bill Evans Lake: Noa Soliz, age 2, of Silver City caught an 11-inch catfish using blood dough bait May 25. Bluewater Lake: Esmeralda Marquez Chavez and Emma Marquez Chavez, ages 14 and 11, of Albuquerque each caught a 36-inch tiger muskie using …

By Arnie Leshin  There were chants of “IG-or” “IG-or”, a familiar tune rung out by New York Rangers’ National Hockey League hockey fans, and typically heard in the heart of New York City at one of the Madison Square Garden Meca arenas. Goalkeeper Igor Shestekhin. But this was 500 miles away …