21 June 2012

Bingaman, Udall introduce bill to quicken time to get flood insurance


U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman introduced on Wednesday, June 20, legislation that would allow New Mexicans affected by wildfire on federal lands to mo...

Reports of meteors ground firefighting plans in Colorado


BELLVUE, Colo. (AP) — Authorities grounded firefi ghting aircraft battling an out- of- control blaze scorching central Colorado on Wednesd...
11 June 2012

Heli- rappellers hold proficiency training


By TOM SANDFORD Daily Press Staff Getting to work can be a challenge, but it can get especially sketchy when the commute includes a 200- fo...
 
08 June 2012

Silver City MainStreet Project receives grant


By ROGER LANSE Daily Press Staff John Barela, New Mexico secretary of economic development, visited the Silco Theater in downtown Si...
06 June 2012

Firefighters have ‘got a handle’ on Whitewater-Baldy Complex


By JIM OWEN Daily Press Staff Firefighters reported this morning that they had contained 22 percent of the Whitewater- Baldy Complex. The ...
30 May 2012

Biggest on record


By JIM OWEN Daily Press Staff The Whitewater- Baldy Complex has become the largest wildfire in New Mexico history. About 170,272 acr...
 
24 May 2012

Wildfires merge; voluntary evacuations set in Mogollon


By JIM OWEN Daily Press Staff A pair of lightning- caused wildfires northwest of Silver City merged Wednesday afternoon, increasing the are...
17 May 2012

Mentally ill inmates sue to get out of segregation


DENVER (AP) — Troy Anderson is a mentally ill inmate in isolation at the Colorado State Penitentiary, deemed for more than a decade too dan...
16 May 2012

Jury finds Astorga guilty of aggravated circumstances in murder case


SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A Santa Fe jury decided Tuesday that a man convicted of killing a Bernalillo County Sheriff’s deputy is guilty of ...
 
11 April 2012

Health fair hosted by students at WNMU


Students in the occupational therapy assistant program at Western New Mexico University held their annual health fair Tuesday, April 10, at the...