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NM Indian arts museum hires new director
The New Mexico Museum of Indian Arts and Culture has hired a member of Oklahoma's Otoe-Missouria Tribe as its new director. The museum announced the appointment of Della Warrior on Thursday. Her selection was the result of a national search. Warrior served as president of the Institute of American Indian ...
2 found dead in area burned by Colo. wildfire
A voracious wildfire driven in all directions by shifting winds has killed two people and destroyed at least 360 homes — a number that was likely to climb as the most destructive blaze in Colorado history burned for a third day through miles of tinder-dry woods, a sheriff said Thursday. ...
Report: Forests on Indian reservations underfunded
Forests held in trust for Indian tribes across the nation are woefully underfunded by the federal government, according to a report issued Thursday by a panel of experts. The congressionally mandated report for the Intertribal Timber Council was released at the group's annual meeting on the Menominee Indian Reservation in ...
'Tapia' film on late NM boxer set to premiere
A documentary on the rise and fall of Albuquerque-born, multiple-time world champion boxer Johnny Tapia premieres this weekend. KOAT-TV reports (http://bit.ly/19rx1eR ) that "Tapia" is scheduled to be shown Saturday at the Los Angeles Film Festival and will feature some of the late boxer's final interviews. His widow, Teresa Tapia, ...
Raw: 7,000 Flee Colorado Fire, 92 Homes Burned
More than 7,000 residents have evacuated an area northeast of Colorado Springs, where a wildfire has destroyed 92 homes. A separate fire in the state forced about 250 residents and 1,000 prison inmates to evacuate their area. (June 13)
3 wildfires burn out of control in Colorado
A wildfire fueled by hot temperatures, gusty winds and thick, bone-dry forests has destroyed 92 homes, damaged five more and prompted more than 7,000 residents northeast of Colorado Springs to flee, sheriff's officials said Wednesday. A separate Colorado wildfire to the south has destroyed 20 structures, including some in Royal ...
5-year-old girl in Roswell found living in filth
Authorities in Roswell say they've found a 5-year-old autistic girl living in filth and confined in a small room similar to a cage. But the girl's mother tells KRQE-TV (http://bit.ly/18yWJ1m ) she was just trying to keep her disabled daughter safe. Chaves County Sheriff's deputies say they were called for ...
Suit filed in New Mexico over Hepatitis A outbreak
A lawsuit has been filed in New Mexico against an Oregon company linked to a Hepatitis A outbreak. A spokeswoman for Seattle-based food safety lawyer Bill Marler says the suit was filed Wednesday in New Mexico's Bernalillo County against Townsend Farms. Similar class action lawsuits have been filed in California, ...
Feds decide not to release wolves in Arizona
It's back to captivity for a pair of Mexican gray wolves that federal wildlife managers had planned to release in Arizona's Apache National Forest. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Wednesday that the male and female wolves will not be released. The pair had been transported from a captive ...
Head of NM medical marijuana panel not reappointed
The state medical marijuana advisory board's chairman is leaving office after not being reappointed by Gov. Susana Martinez's administration. The Santa Fe New Mexican (http://bit.ly/1a2OE37 ) reports that Dr. Steve Jenison was instrumental in establishing New Mexico's medical marijuana program. Health Secretary Retta Ward told Jenison in a letter that ...
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