Theresa Davis

An Española construction company has started work on a project to protect infrastructure in areas of San Miguel and Mora counties damaged by the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded Kha’P’o Construction Services a $4.1 million contract on July 15. The fire has grown to more than 341,000 acres and […]

U.S. Rep. Yvette Herrell has introduced a bill that would expand financial compensation for farmers and ranchers whose livestock is killed by endangered Mexican wolves. The New Mexico Republican said that the bill, introduced in the House on Thursday with Arizona Democrat Rep. Tom O’Halleran, would “create a more easily accessible and steady stream of […]

Body of a 62-year-old man from Texas was recovered Tuesday

New Mexico is expecting another hot, rainy week. Flooding is likely for many areas of the state burned by recent wildfires. Thursday will have the greatest potential for flash floods, said Scott Overpeck, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Albuquerque. “We’ve certainly got things primed for rainfall to just run off and […]

State and federal agriculture agencies will host a wildfire recovery meeting for Sierra County farmers and ranchers on Wednesday, Aug. 10, at 10 a.m. at the Winston Community Center on 387 Grafton Road in Winston. The Black Fire in southern New Mexico this year grew to more than 327,000 acres. According to the U.S. Forest […]

A major oil company in southeast New Mexico has agreed to pay $1.77 million to the sta ...

The U.S. Forest Service will use helicopters to reseed more than 300 acres burned by the McBride Fire. The mid-April blaze grew to more than 6,000 acres in Ruidoso, destroying 200 homes and killing two people. Aerial seeding will occur on Thursday and Friday, according to a Lincoln National Forest news release. Crews will drop […]

However, the longer-term forecast notes the likelihood of a drier winter and spring

Texas landowner group calls the movement a ‘land grab’

The ABQ BioPark is temporarily moving many birds indoors to protect them from highly pathogenic avian influenza. New Mexico confirmed its first avian influenza case this year on Oct. 6. The virus affected a non-commercial backyard flock of 40 chickens and ducks in Bernalillo County. “Some birds will remain in their habitats with coverings to […]