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Menaced by flames, nuclear lab peers into future of wildfire

LOS ALAMOS N.M. – Public schools were closed and evacuation bags packed this week as a stubborn wildfire crept within a few miles of the city of Los Alamos and its companion U.S. national se...

DATE: May 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

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

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said Tuesday that it was “negligent” for the United States Forest Service to ignite a prescribed burn in early April, and that she has received assuran...

DATE: May 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Film producers defend safety in Alec Baldwin shooting

SANTA FE, N.M. – A film production company is contesting sanctions by New Mexico officials for alleged workplace safety violations on the set of “Rust,” where actor and producer Alec Baldwin...

DATE: May 12, 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

More New Mexico residents warned they may need to flee fire

LAS VEGAS, N.M.– Firefighters in New Mexico’s Rocky Mountain foothills prepared Monday to excavate new firebreaks and clear brush to create more defensive lines aimed at preventing a massive...

DATE: May 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

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

Eileen Celestina Garcia raced down the mountain that overlooks her parents’ ranch home in northern New Mexico where friends and family have gathered for decades and where she has sat countl...

DATE: May 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Unprecedented gusts expected to fan wildfires in New Mexico

LAS VEGAS, N.M. – Weather conditions described as potentially historic were on tap for New Mexico on Saturday and for the next several days as more than 1,400 firefighters and a fleet of air...

DATE: May 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Fire crews close in around massive New Mexico wildfire

LAS VEGAS, N.M. – Firefighters in New Mexico took advantage of diminished winds Thursday to build more fire lines and clear combustible brush near homes close to the fringes of the largest w...

DATE: May 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: 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 Santa Teresa border crossing, capitalizing on Mexico’s unease with dis...

DATE: May 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Running Medicine provides ‘healing journey’ in Albuquerque

An intergenerational approach to mind, body and spirit

DATE: May 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

President declares disaster in New Mexico wildfire zone

LAS VEGAS, N.M. – Firefighters slowed the advance of the largest wildfire in the U.S. as heavy winds relented Wednesday, while President Joe Biden approved a disaster declaration that brings...

DATE: May 4, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday