Views 0 GUADALUPE COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – In the middle of Santa Rosa’s Park Lake sits a fun summer attraction: a giant, inflatable water park. Complete with a climbing wall, slides, obstacle courses, and more, you won’t want to miss this local floating playground.
Views 0 Amidst New Mexico’s summer heatwave with temperatures in the 100s, concern has spiked over the inadequate maintenance and neglect of parks in communities of color and low-income areas. The poor maintenance of parks is an example of environmental racism.
Views 0 ABIQUIU LAKE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s a problem we don’t hear about much in New Mexico; a lake being too full. But that’s exactly what’s happening at a popular recreation spot, Abuquiu Lake. Due to snow melt and early rains, the lake is seeing water levels up 30-feet
Views 0 NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Millions of dollars in federal funds are being sent to help restore an important river in southeastern New Mexico. The New Mexico Bureau of Land Management is receiving $7.6 million from the Inflation Reduction Act to help restore land and wildlife in the Lower
Views 0 On Friday evening, the Las Cruces Fire Department’s Technical Rescue Team, along with three other highly-skilled rescue teams, helped extricate a group of hikers from a trail near The Needle in the Organ Mountains.
Views 0 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Corrales Fire Department Deputy Fire Chief Tanya Lattin says her department has made over 60 water rescues so far this season. “This summer has been the most we’ve ever done. I’ve been here since ‘97 and we’ve never had this many rescues in one season,”
Views 0 NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The Department of the Interior (DOI) will allocate $46.7 million to 32 local New Mexico governments this year. The Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) are distributed because local governments cannot tax federal lands.
Views 0 Four hikers were rescued on Monday from the rough terrain of the Organ Mountains. The Las Cruces Fire Department’s Technical Rescue Team and three other rescue teams helped extract the hikers who became stranded on the west face of the Organ Mountains.
Views 0 Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced on June 2 that her agency is withdrawing public lands within 10 miles of Chaco Culture National Historical Park from new leasing and mining. The move protects more than 490 square miles around the park from development.
Views 0 CATRON COUNTY, N.M. — New Mexico State Police rescued 3 stranded hikers on May 23. State police say 3 hikers became stranded on a cliffside when they lost the trail they were on.
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