Fire spotters alert to danger over Mount Taylor
Forest Service technician Nathaniel Vallo watches Oso Ridge Lookout for the Ridge Fire near Mount Taylor. He measures humidity at 39 percent and relays exact fire location to Engine 21, while squirrels share lunch on the lookout. The piece covers fire spotting, monsoon season, and the teamwork coordinating with Grants 40 miles away.
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Grants
Mount Taylor
Nathaniel Valle
Oso Ridge
Vallo
Oso Ridge Lookout
Albuquerque
McGaffey Lookouts
Forest Service
Cibola National Forest
Oso
White Mountains
Arizona
Sandia Mountains
Nathaniel Vallo
el Marro
Feds seize records at First Western Insurance in Grants
Federal and state authorities conducted a surprise search at First Western Insurance & Real Estate in Grants, tied to an FBI insurance fraud investigation. The business, run 45 years, shows State Sen. Joseph Fidel’s name. he denies ownership and says his daughter Donna Smith may own it.
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Grants
First Western Insurance & Real Estate
Federal Bureau of Investigation
First Western Insurance& Real Estate
N. First
Joseph A. Fidel
Fidel
Western Insurance & Real Estate
Donna Smith
Feds Seize Insurance
Meth lab busted in Milan by New Mexico police
State police and a Albuquerque bounty hunter busted a major Cibola County methamphetamine lab in Milan after a tip. Four people, including three women and a man, were taken into custody but charges were not filed as no case is currently being investigated. A search of two Milan mobile homes revealed a working meth lab and related paraphernalia.
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Milan
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Drug ‘Enforcement Ac
Darren Fullen
State Pace
Fullen
Charles
Turner
Noiseries
Alon
State fights over impact aid money to NM schools
Local districts Zuni Public Schools and Gallup McKinley County Schools have urged federal action to reclaim impact aid withheld by New Mexico since 1976. Administrators testified before the Education Department arguing that the state’s equalization plan skews funding, with GMCS and Zuni losing millions. They note impact aid districts tax land at higher rates, while non impact districts pay less tax yet gather similar funds. The state faces a 30 day response window and ongoing court action over alleged cheating of districts and capital outlay funding.
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Gallup
New Mexico
Zuni Public Schools
Gallup- McKinley County
GMCS
Zuni
United States Department of Education
David Cockerham
Cockerham
Robert Gomez
Newexico
Cibola County
Church blaze traced to children in Gallup
Three brothers aged 9 7 and 6 face potential negligent arson and breaking and entering charges over a July church fire at Navajo Bible Church in Gallup New Mexico. Their mother faces possible neglect and abandonment abuse probes as deputies investigate. Fire damaged front of church estimated at 12000 dollars. boys reportedly involved with matches under a tree near Highway 118.
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Gallup
McKinley County
J Wounded Knee
Wounded Knee
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