By PATRICK LOHMANN As the U.S. Forest Service plans to greatly increase prescribed burns to protect communities from devastating wildfires, a government report prompted by the state’s biggest-ever fire found “gaps in some key areas” in the federal agency’s strategy. In June 2022, U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández, a Democrat from Las Vegas, N.M., asked the […]
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Town of Mountainair Rescues Two During Storm
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Town of Mountainair Rescues Two During Storm
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Vonda Lee Cammack
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Vonda Lee Cammack
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