1 of 2 remaining units closes at San Juan Generating Station
Customer rates fuel debate around New Mexico power plant
DATE: Jun 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
Susan Montoya Bryan
Position: The Associated Press
U.S. makes more wildfire recovery aid available for New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday authorized an increase in funding for debris removal and other emergency measures being taken as a result of a historic wildfire season in Ne...
DATE: Jun 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
Crews slow New Mexico fires, brace for dangerous conditions
ALBUQUERQUE – More than 2,000 firefighters battling the largest U.S. wildfire dug back-up fire lines and rearranged fire engines around homes in northeast New Mexico on Wednesday in anticipa...
DATE: May 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
Proposed revision of Mexican wolf management plan draws fire
ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. wildlife managers want to see at least 320 Mexican gray wolves roaming the Southwest within the next several years as they try to recover an endangered species that for de...
DATE: May 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
New Mexico fires prompt forest closures; governor seeks aid
ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico's governor said Tuesday that given the ferocity and swift movements of a record-setting wildfire burning in the northeastern part of the state, the damage will be si...
DATE: May 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
New Mexico marks record with massive wildfire
A monster blaze churning in northern New Mexico for more than a month has blackened enough acreage to earn a place in the state’s record books.
Aside from being the largest wildfire current...
DATE: May 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
Massive New Mexico wildfire grows, but Taos safe for now
Burning now for more than a month, the largest wildfire in the U.S. was spreading toward mountain resort towns in northern New Mexico on Wednesday, prompting officials to issue another set o...
DATE: May 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
Cost of fighting New Mexico wildfires reaches $65M so far
Many homes near America’s largest wildfire survived the latest barrage of howling winds and erratic flames, but New Mexico’s governor said Tuesday the risk of more destruction is high and th...
DATE: May 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
Wind-whipped fire forces more New Mexico residents to flee
ALBUQUERQUE – Wind-whipped flames raced across more of New Mexico’s pine-covered mountainsides on Monday, forcing more residents to flee their homes and the evacuation of the state’s psychia...
DATE: May 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
Southwest wildfire outlook grim as flames char New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE – Bulldozers were busy Monday scraping through New Mexico’s high country as firefighters scouted more rugged terrain, looking for places where they could wield tools to dig lines...
DATE: Apr 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
Report: Fire training, equipment lacking at U.S. nuclear dump
ALBUQUERQUE – The U.S. government’s nuclear waste repository in New Mexico has major issues in fire training and firefighting vehicles, with its fleet in disrepair after years of neglect, ac...
DATE: Apr 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
U.S. wildlife officials aim to address illegal wolf killings
ALBUQUERQUE – Prompted by a court order, federal wildlife managers have issued a new draft plan for managing Mexican gray wolves in the Southwest in an effort to address illegal killings of ...
DATE: Apr 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
