SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO – Steady rain fell in Ruidoso on Friday, a welcome relief to hot, dry weather that helped to fuel two forest fires that have burned parts of the mountaintop village and neighboring Mescalero Apache Reservation. Rain started about 10 a.m. and continued steadily for several hours, said Kerry Gladden, spokesperson for the […]
Lockheed Martin said it demonstrated it can integrate digital command and control capabilities into the Pentagon’s Joint Fires Network during Valiant Shield, an exercise in Hawaii this month. The Joint Fires Network is a U.S. Indo-Pacific Command initiative to improve coordination between commanders and network any sensor from any platform to feed targeting guidance to […]
(Bloomberg) — South Korean soldiers fired warning shots after North Korean troops crossed the border and then retreated, in the third such incident this month on the heavily armed peninsula. Most Read from Bloomberg Several North Koreans working within the Demilitarized Zone buffer that separates the two countries crossed into South Korea’s territory on Thursday […]
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday issued a disaster declaration for parts of southern New Mexico, freeing up funding and more resources as crews worked, under the threat of flooding and lightning, to battle a pair of deadly wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands of people to […]
Jun. 20—FROSTBURG — A Frostburg man was arrested Thursday morning after he allegedly shot a gun toward another person. Frostburg Police said Sean Michael Everhart, 50, was charged with first- and second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Police said they were […]
The world consumed record amounts of oil, coal and gas last year, pushing planet-heating carbon pollution to a new high, according to a report published Thursday, shattering climate scientists’ hopes that global energy emissions may have peaked. The growth in fossil fuels drove a 2.1% increase in energy-related emissions last year, pushing them above 40 […]
A flash flood swept through River Ranch RV Park in Ruidoso Downs on Wednesday. (Photos by Chancey Bush / Albuquerque Journal) PHOTO CANNOT BE REPUBLISHED First hit by fire, and now water. Facing threats from the South Fork and Salt fires, Ruidoso was inundated Wednesday as a fierce storm dropped an estimated 2 to 4 […]
Jun. 19—Authorities found unidentified charred remains within a burned car Tuesday in an area where the South Fork and Salt fires are raging. The death is the second linked to the wildfires that have destroyed 1,400 homes and other structures and forced thousands of people to evacuate the village of Ruidoso and surrounding communities. The […]
Jun. 19—Heavy rainfall on Wednesday complicated efforts to fight two Ruidoso-area wildfires as the threat of lightening and flash flooding prompted officials to pull back crews from the South Fork and Salt fires. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham also reported that two fire-related fatalities occurred in the first 24 hours of the fires that began Monday, […]
Jun. 19—Authorities have recovered the remains of two people killed as the growing South Fork wildfire edged toward the Village of Ruidoso this week, a New Mexico State Police spokesman said Wednesday. One of those killed was Patrick Pearson, 60, who died Monday evening while trying to walk away from a Ruidoso hotel where he […]
Evacuees settle in at the Eastern New Mexico University gymnasium Tuesday, June 18, 2024 after evacuating the Ruidoso area because of the South Fork and Salt fires. (Leah Romero / Source NM) When KC Counts left her cabin in Ruidoso on Tuesday, she saw smoke from a new fire start. About three hours later she […]
Two fires threatening the community of Ruidoso expanded Tuesday, June 18, affecting at least 500 structures and prompting a second evacuation order, this time for the neighboring City of Ruidoso Downs. The South Fork Fire burning to the west and north of the village grew to about 15,300 acres by mid-afternoon, with 1,400 structures reported […]