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Hermits Peak Calf Canyon wildfire victims in legal battle with FEMA
KRQE Albuquerque via Yahoo News· 1 month agoMORA COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – More than two years since a government-sparked wildfire took everything...
State has allocated nearly half of $100 million loan fund for wildfire recovery efforts
The Santa Fe New Mexican via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJul. 14—One of the rare bills that received unanimous support from New Mexico lawmakers during the legislative session earlier this year — $100 million for recovery efforts in the two counties ...
The Government Set a Fire in New Mexico. It Burned 341,735 Acres
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 3 months agoRecovery from the state’s most destructive wildfire is complicated by high tensions between...
‘Is your land for sale?’ Alarming offers to buy property in the burn zone
Las Cruces Sun-News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis story was originally published by Searchlight New Mexico. April Hoogerhuies got the phone call in the middle of packing up her home in Las Vegas, frantically trying to get things ready ...
The federal government accidentally burned down their houses, then made it hard to come home
Las Cruces Sun-News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Source New Mexico. Sign up for ProPublica’s Dispatches and Source New Mexico’s newsletter to get stories ...
Red River rolls out rebranded holiday weekend event after last year's fatal shootings
Albuquerque Journal, N.M. via Yahoo News· 1 month agoMay 23—Red River is bracing for its first Memorial Day influx of visitors since a deadly shooting last year that left three dead and five injured. The town has scrapped the old name — the Red ...
Tenant says rejected rent increases at Casa Rufina apartments were meant to remodel who lives
The Santa Fe New Mexican via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJul. 24—When Billie Marie Hill received a notice on the front door of her Santa Fe apartment saying her rent was going up $183 a month, it "didn't seem right," she said. It wasn't, according ...
New Mexico receives $28 milliion in federal funds for wildfire defense
The Santa Fe New Mexican via Yahoo News· 1 month agoMay 21—State officials are looking to fortify wildfire defenses in some communities bordering forests, including in Northern New Mexico, using $28 million in federal infrastructure money flowing ...
Former AG Balderas opens new chapter as college president
The Santa Fe New Mexican via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 8—Hector Balderas found himself at a crossroad. Unable to seek reelection due to term limits after serving eight years as New Mexico's attorney general, Balderas, who had previously served ...