New Mexico

Cooler weather helps firefighters battling New Mexico blaze

This satellite image shows the active fire lines of the Hermits Peak wildfire, in Las Vegas, N.M., on May 11.…

May 23, 2022

New Mexico

U.S. forest chief calls for pause of prescribed fires

A firefighting crew arrives at the scene of a field on fire adjacent to the Amazon Distribution Center in Colorado…

May 20, 2022

New Mexico

Gusty winds fan wildfires in Texas, New Mexico, Colorado

A firefighting crew arrives at the scene of a field on fire adjacent to the Amazon Distribution Center in Colorado…

May 19, 2022

New Mexico

New Mexico delivers inflation relief payments to residents

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, left, talks Connie Guinn and her granddaughter, Bella Guerrero Munoz, at the emergency evacuation…

May 19, 2022

New Mexico

Crews slow New Mexico fires, brace for dangerous conditions

Firefighters with Structure Group 4 hook up hoses to a sprinkler system to protect homes in the Loma Linda neighborhood…

May 18, 2022

New Mexico

Court weighs clash on online publication of voting records

A voter, left, provides a signature to receive a ballot at a makeshift polling station inside a parking garage in…

May 18, 2022

New Mexico

$121.5M settlement in New Mexico clergy sex abuse scandal

Archbishop John C. Wester, head of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, tells reporters on Nov. 29, 2018, the diocese will…

May 18, 2022

New Mexico

New Mexico fires prompt forest closures; governor seeks aid

Fire rages along a ridgeline east of highway 518 near the Taos County line as firefighters from all over the…

May 17, 2022

New Mexico

New Mexico marks record with massive wildfire

This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows the active fire lines of the Hermits Peak wildfire, in Las Vegas,…

May 16, 2022

New Mexico

New Mexico governor seeks more US aid for wildfire response

This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows the active fire lines of the Hermits Peak wildfire, in Las Vegas,…

May 14, 2022

New Mexico

Nuclear downwinder reparations bill clears US House

CARLSBAD, N.M. – When America’s first nuclear weapons were tested in south-central New Mexico they set off generations of strife…

May 14, 2022

New Mexico

Menaced by flames, nuclear lab peers into future of wildfire

A haze of wildfire smoke hangs over the Upper Rio Grande valley behind the mesa-top city of Los Alamos, N.M.,…

May 13, 2022

New Mexico

Governor promises a temporary halt to prescribed burns while wildfires rage in New Mexico

Jerry Gomez looks through the remains of his home Tuesday after it burned in a wildfire in Rociada, N.M. (Luis…

May 12, 2022

New Mexico

Film producers defend safety in Alec Baldwin shooting

In this image from video released by the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office, Alec Baldwin gestures while talking with investigators…

May 12, 2022

New Mexico

Massive New Mexico wildfire grows, but Taos safe for now

A.B. Montoya takes a photo of a building that was completely burned in the Calf Canyon Fire in Rociada, N.M.,…

May 11, 2022

New Mexico

Cost of fighting New Mexico wildfires reaches $65M so far

The Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire burns in the hills outside of Las Vegas, N.M., on Saturday, May 7, 2022. (Robert…

May 10, 2022

New Mexico

More New Mexico residents warned they may need to flee fire

Smoke from the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire drifts over Las Vegas, N.M., on Saturday, May 7, 2022. (Robert Browman/The Albuquerque…

May 9, 2022

New Mexico

Fire-ravaged New Mexico villages cling to faith, ‘querencia’

This April 2, 2021, photo provided by Fidel Trujillo shows the exterior of the San Isidro morada, a meeting space…

May 8, 2022

New Mexico

Unprecedented gusts expected to fan wildfires in New Mexico

Firefighters put out a juniper that erupted along NM 283 near Las Vegas, N.M., Thursday. Firefighters are trying to hold…

May 7, 2022

New Mexico

Fire crews close in around massive New Mexico wildfire

Smoke rises from wildfires near Las Vegas, N.M., Wednesday, May 4, 2022. Firefighters slowed the advance of the largest wildfire…

May 5, 2022

New Mexico

New Mexico seeks opportunity in Texas border disruptions

SANTA FE – New Mexico is highlighting its support for proposals that would route an international rail line through its…

May 5, 2022

New Mexico

Running Medicine provides ‘healing journey’ in Albuquerque

intergenerational approach to mind, body and spirit

May 5, 2022

New Mexico

President declares disaster in New Mexico wildfire zone

Smoke rises on a ridge behind homes on the outskirts of Las Vegas, N.M., on May 3, 2022. Flames raced…

May 4, 2022

New Mexico

N.M. governor to the feds: Stop igniting prescribed burns in windy, dry conditions

Hermits Peak Fire was set April 6 and quickly grew out of control because of ‘unexpected erratic winds in the…

May 3, 2022

New Mexico

New Mexico wildfire prompts call for U.S. disaster declaration

In this Sunday, May 1, 2022 photo provided by Jasper Bivens of Grayback Forestry, plumes of smoke from wildfires are…

May 3, 2022

New Mexico

Wind-whipped fire forces more New Mexico residents to flee

In this photo provided by the New Mexico National Guard, a New Mexico National Guard Aviation UH-60 Black Hawk flies…

May 2, 2022

New Mexico

Bulldozers, aircraft used to fight fire near New Mexico city

Plumes of smoke rise from a pair of growing wildfires in northeast New Mexico on Friday, April 22, 2022 outside…

April 30, 2022

New Mexico

Dry Southwest braces for stiffer winds, ‘epic’ fire danger

In this photo released by the U.S. Forest Service, aircraft known as “super scoopers” battle the Hermits Peak and Calf…

April 29, 2022

New Mexico

Big U.S. energy transmission projects inch closer to approval

The federal government has finished another environmental review of a proposed transmission line that will carry wind-generated electricity from rural…

April 28, 2022

New Mexico

Governor calls on local governments to ban fireworks sales around New Mexico

Smoke rises along a hillside in the Village of Ruidoso, N.M., on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. (Alexander Meditz via Associated…

April 27, 2022