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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...

DATE: May 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Priceless seeds, sprouts key to West’s post-fire future

A New Mexico facility where researchers work to restore forests devastated by fires faced an almost cruelly ironic threat: The largest wildfire burning in the U.S. was fast approaching. Owen...

DATE: May 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

US forest chief calls for pause of prescribed fires

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal officials are warning that expanding drought conditions coupled with hot and dry weather, extreme wind and unstable atmospheric conditions have led to explosive fire behavior in the southwestern U.S., where large fires continued their march across New Mexico on Friday.

DATE: May 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

The Bridge assisted living named a U.S. News Best Senior Living community

The Bridge at Farmington Assisted Living was named a 2022-2023 U.S. News & World Report Best Assisted Living community. The ratings are based on factors like community and activities, food a...

DATE: May 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Runners revive a decades-old marathon in Shiprock after two years of pandemic

‘It’s just motivating to run on the Navajo Nation again’

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

Running Medicine provides ‘healing journey’ in Albuquerque

An intergenerational approach to mind, body and spirit

DATE: May 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: 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 late afternoon’

DATE: May 3, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

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

As at least 20 wildfires consumed thousands of acres last weekend, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced she would ask local governments to temporarily ban the sale of fireworks around the s...

DATE: Apr 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Videos show aftermath of film-set shooting, Baldwin’s reaction to death

SANTA FE – The New Mexico sheriff investigating the fatal film-set shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin described complacency, disorganization and neglected safety measures in...

DATE: Apr 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Protections sought for Western bird linked to piñon forests

ALBUQUERQUE – Collecting piñon nuts has been tradition for Native American and Hispanic families in the Southwest for generations. But environmentalists are concerned that without the pinyon...

DATE: Apr 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico