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Roswell ‘ballot bins’ urge residents to pick up, not litter

ROSWELL, N.M. – A little humor can go a long way in delivering a serious message, Kathy Lay learned, so now Roswell residents and visitors can vote with their cigarette butts on questions ab...

Water drop on fire crew in New Mexico prompts investigation

SANTA FE – Federal authorities confirmed Friday they are investigating how three firefighters battling the largest blaze burning in the U.S. were injured – one of them seriously – when a hel...

Volcanic cones near peak sacred to tribes gain protection

ALBUQUERQUE – A yearslong effort to protect land around a New Mexico mountain peak held sacred by many Native American tribes got a major boost Thursday with the announcement that dozens of ...

Cumbres & Toltec railroad to postpone season opening because of fire threat

The commission that oversees a historic steam railroad in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado voted Wednesday to delay opening its operating season by nearly three weeks because of the...

To understand the orphan well problem in N.M., someone’s going to have to count them

Will an infusion of federal cash to plug them fall short of the need?

Fire can’t extinguish Mora educator’s passion for teaching

At hotel, Alyssa Sanchez is helping students forced to evacuate

A day in the life of a Taos hot-shot crew

SIPAPU, N.M. (AP) – After 14 days fighting the fires threatening northern New Mexico, Tyler Freeman went for a run on his day off. In the distance, he could see the plume of smoke from the C...

Crews make gains against New Mexico wildfire, largest in U.S.

Crews were making progress in stopping the nation’s largest active wildfire from spreading on Monday, the fourth consecutive day of warnings of extreme fire conditions in northern New Mexico...

Students displaced by fire hold prom at governor’s mansion

SANTA FE (AP) – The largest wildfire in New Mexico history wouldn’t stand in the way of a normal prom for Mora High School students. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham saw to that. Students laughed...

New Mexico wildfire nears 50% containment as weather shifts

SANTA FE – Crews in northern New Mexico have cleared and cut containment lines around nearly half of the perimeter of the nation’s largest active wildfire while bracing for a return of weath...

New Mexico Democrats seek new gun restrictions, enforcement

SANTA FE – Responses from public officials in New Mexico to the killing of 19 children and two teachers by a lone gunman at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, are falling along partisan ...

Firefighters rescue ‘Cinder’ the elk calf from fire’s ashes

SANTA FE – Firefighters have rescued an abandoned newborn elk calf found amid the ashes of the nation’s largest wildfire as calving season approaches its peak in New Mexico and fires rage ac...