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Journal North News - Albuquerque Journal

It's a big year for whitewater on the Rio Grande

Friday, June 2nd, 2023 at 7:30AM

'No rhyme or reason': Farmington residents assess damage after neighborhood ravaged by random, deadly shooting

The morning after a shooter roamed up and down a residential street in Farmington, firing indiscriminately into houses and cars, signs of the killing spree can be seen all over the neighborhood.

Tuesday, May 16th, 2023 at 12:31PM

Damaged by wildfire, Rio Gallinas in New Mexico ranks among nation’s most endangered rivers

The Rio Gallinas feeds a network of historic acequias in northern New Mexico and provides drinking water for 13,000 people in Las Vegas. But after last year's wildfires, a conservation group calls it one of the most endangered rivers in the United States

Published: Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 at 5:59PM
Updated: Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 at 6:09PM

Story in pictures: The Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire and the devastation that followed

The Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire, the largest recorded fire in state history, tore through Northern New Mexico last year. But residents in the area are still picking up the pieces. Here's a look through photographs at the fire and its fallout.

Published: Monday, March 6th, 2023 at 9:54AM
Updated: Friday, April 7th, 2023 at 5:26PM

Crowd turns out for town hall on plutonium pits, nuclear waste storage

Residents of Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Los Alamos and beyond asked questions and made comments about nuclear production and disposal in New Mexico.

Wednesday, April 5th, 2023 at 9:11PM

Santa Fe National Cemetery expanding to Albuquerque. Here are the details.

The federal agency that oversees veterans’ cemeteries across the U.S. recently purchased 230 acres on Albuquerque’s West Side as the site of a future cemetery.

Published: Wednesday, April 5th, 2023 at 6:00AM
Updated: Wednesday, April 5th, 2023 at 6:50AM

'There's a 12-foot wave coming': Mora couple foresees more severe flooding after last year's Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak fire

Sam and Elise Aragon are bracing for even more flooding at their Mora-area home following last year's Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire. They are one of three families the Journal spoke to recently about rebuilding after the catastrophic fire.

Saturday, March 4th, 2023 at 3:26PM

Two Forest Service retirees barely saved their own home from the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire. Their work is just beginning.

Max and Rachel Garcia are trying to rebuild after the massive Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire scorched most of the 600 acres they ranch. They are one of three families the Journal spoke to recently about rebuilding after the catastrophic fire.

Saturday, March 4th, 2023 at 3:22PM

Exit interview: David Scrase, the face of New Mexico's pandemic response

Dr. David Scrase — New Mexico's' 'Dr. Fauci' — to focus on patients, his family, teaching in retirement.

Sunday, February 26th, 2023 at 6:44PM

Advocates protest governor's Indian Affairs appointee

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s appointment of a former San Ildefonso Pueblo governor to lead the state’s Indian Affairs Department could be in peril as members of the state’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives Task Force say they will fight his nomination.

Published: Sunday, February 26th, 2023 at 3:59PM
Updated: Sunday, February 26th, 2023 at 4:00PM