<img width="423" height="346" src="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/crews-work-to-secure-line-on-mogote-hill-fire_nm-forestry-division-e1742232848376.webp" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/crews-work-to-secure-line-on-mogote-hill-fire_nm-forestry-division-e1742232848376.webp 423w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/crews-work-to-secure-line-on-mogote-hill-fire_nm-forestry-division-e1742232848376-300×245.webp 300w, https://nmpoliticalreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/crews-work-to-secure-line-on-mogote-hill-fire_nm-forestry-division-e1742232848376-400×327.webp 400w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="1661556" data-permalink="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/2025/03/17/utility-line-caused-21000-acre-mogote-hill-fire-which-is-now-under-control/crews-work-to-secure-line-on-mogote-hill-fire_nm-forestry-division-e1742232848376/" data-orig-file="https://eastmountains.nm.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/03/crews-work-to-secure-line-on-mogote-hill-fire_nm-forestry-division-e1742232848376.webp" data-orig-size="423,346" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="crews-work-to-secure-line-on-mogote-hill-fire_nm-forestry-division–e1742232848376" data-image-description="" data-image-caption=" Crews work to secure containment lines on the Mogote Hill Fire […]
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Measles cases tick up, vaccinations outpace same time period last year
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Catron County schedules special meeting, citing concerns about wolves
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KUNM News Host Nash Jones steps down, will join NMPBS
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Here’s how PNM decides when to shut off power during high winds
By Hannah Grover The Public Service Company of New Mexico is monitoring weather closely as it determines whether to shutoff electricity to prevent wildfires. Omni Warner, vice president of PNM’s operations and engineering, said Tuesday was the fourth severe weather incident that led PNM to send out notice that a public safety power shutoff could […]
NM AG sues feds over healthcare grant cancellations
By Matthew Reichbach Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced that he joined a coalition of two dozen attorneys general in suing the federal government over terminating federal health grants. The lawsuit targets the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over $11 billion in public health grants. New […]
Former State Sen. Bill O’Neill passes away
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NM GOP renews call for special session on crime after alleged arson at Albuquerque headquarters
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Wolf that left experimental population area found dead
By Hannah Grover The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating the cause of death of a Mexican gray wolf who left the experimental population area this month and traveled north of Interstate 40 in New Mexico. The wolf, dubbed Ella by school children, was found dead on Sunday near Mount Taylor. While officials have […]
Federal cuts strip $60M from NMDOH, but officials say it won’t affect daily operations
By Daniel Montaño, KUNM The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday 20,000 job cuts, about a quarter of its workforce, and the withdrawal of $12 billion in grants. It’s all part of efforts by Elon Musk’s DOGE group and the Trump Administration to slash federal spending. That’s left state departments of health, and both […]