Hermits Peak Fire was set April 6 and quickly grew out of control because of ‘unexpected erratic winds in the late afternoon’
In this Sunday, May 1, 2022 photo provided by Jasper Bivens of Grayback Forestry, plumes of smoke from wildfires are seen from Highway 518, a few miles north of Las…
In this photo provided by the New Mexico National Guard, a New Mexico National Guard Aviation UH-60 Black Hawk flies as part of firefighting efforts, dropping thousands of gallons of…
Plumes of smoke rise from a pair of growing wildfires in northeast New Mexico on Friday, April 22, 2022 outside Las Vegas, N.M.. Southwest fires have burned dozens of homes…
In this photo released by the U.S. Forest Service, aircraft known as “super scoopers” battle the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Fires in the Santa Fe National Forest in New…
New Mexico regulators are considering clearing the way for a $2 billion power line project that will funnel wind and solar energy from rural spots in New Mexico and Arizona…
Smoke rises along a hillside in the Village of Ruidoso, N.M., on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. (Alexander Meditz via Associated Press)onset As at least 20 wildfires consumed thousands of acres…
In this image from video released by the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office, Alec Baldwin gestures while talking with investigators after a fatal shooting last year on a movie set…
Three pinyon jays sit in a piñon tree in northern New Mexico. The environmental group Defenders of Wildlife announced Tuesday that it is petitioning the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service…
Ancestral sites threatened by development, historic preservation officer says
On Wednesday, April 20, 2022, New Mexico workplace safety regulators issued the maximum possible fine against a film production company for firearms safety failures on the set of “Rust” where…
Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez arrives for an event with first lady Jill Biden, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego and Doug Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris at Isaac Middle…
The Calf Fire burns northwest of Las Vegas in San Miguel County on April 22, 2022. Destructive Southwest fires have burned dozens of homes in northern Arizona and put numerous…
20 wildfires burn in half the state’s drought-stricken 33 counties
LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) – More than a month after the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs recommended closing down four New Mexico VA clinics, including the one in Las Vegas,…
In this April 8, 1998, photo, a worker drives a cart through a tunnel inside the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant No. 2, 150 feet below the surface near Carlsbad, N.M.…
Sen. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., speaks to students who have suffered mental health issues during the pandemic at Santa Fe High School library on Thursday, April 21, 2022, in Santa…
A sign greets visitors at a vaccination clinic at Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico. The New Mexico Health Department announced Friday that the state had administered more than 1 million doses…
Temporary election worker Joseph Banar, center, disinfects voting stations as a precaution against the coronavirus while a steady stream of voters participates in the first day of balloting in New…
Bonanza Creek Ranch, where the film “Rust” was being filmed, appears in Santa Fe, N.M. on Oct. 23, 2021. On Wednesday, April 20, 2022, New Mexico workplace safety regulators issued…
Then-New Mexico Governor-elect Michelle Lujan-Grisham delivers her acceptance speech alongside her fiancé Manny Cordova in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Nov. 6, 2018. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is getting…
A member of the Mexican gray wolf recovery team carries a wolf on Feb. 13, 2019, captured during an annual census near Alpine, Ariz. Prompted by a court order, federal…
Smoke rises along a hillside in the Village of Ruidoso, N.M., on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. (Alexander Meditz via AP)onset RUIDOSO, N.M. – A wind-driven wildfire in southern New Mexico…
SANTA FE – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to Santa Fe campaign disclosure requirements stemming from a failed city ballot initiative in 2017 to…
Eric Vaughn surveys the wind damage to his roof at the Unique Boutique in Ruidoso, New Mexico, on Wednesday April 13, 2022. Authorities say firefighters have kept a wind-driven blaze…
The remains of a home left after a wildfire spread through the Village of Ruidoso, N.M. on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Officials say a wildfire has burned about 150 structures,…
Elias Buck faces 10 years in prison for weapons violation
SANTA FE – A Republican lawmaker is telling New Mexico school districts to defy state education rules and ignore newly overhauled K-12 social studies standards enacted by the state’s education…
Shutting down and converting to clean energy is supposed to save money
A firefighting air tanker drops fire retardant across the mountains near the Village of Ruidoso, N.M., on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Officials say a wildfire has burned about 150 structures,…
