Post-fire forest recovery is possible in a drying West, but only if governments devote as much time and resources to it as ...

Just months after the South Fork wildfire torched the Lincoln National Forest around Ruidoso, the U.S. Forest Service is ...

The U.S. Forest Service said they are starting to reseed areas in the Lincoln National Forest affected by the South Fork Fire ...

While FEMA has helped some victims of wildfires and flooding in the Ruidoso area, others are frustrated with how their cases ...

Ruidoso, New Mexico lay in an unusual hush on June 20, 2024. During any normal summer day, the village in the southern part ...

The State of New Mexico says it has awarded $70 million in zero-interest loans to local governments to help repair or replace infrastructure that was damaged by fire, flooding or debris from this ...

The New Mexico Tourism Department also gave Ruidoso funding in 2022 to boost tourism following the McBride Fire.

SANTA FE, N.M. — The New Mexico Tourism Department is hoping to give Ruidoso a tourism boost after the destructive wildfires and flooding this summer. The department is committing $125,000 in ...

A state agency has awarded $70 million in zero-interest loans to local governments in and around Ruidoso ... South Fork and Salt fires burned about 25,000 acres and destroyed or badly damaged more ...

Ruidoso Mayor ... he said. The South Fork and Salt fires burned about 25,000 acres and destroyed or badly damaged more than 1,100 homes, including about 230 lost in post-fire flooding.

The loans are to help public entities like the village of Ruidoso stay afloat as they pay millions of dollars to rebuild from a natural disaster that began with the South Fork and Salt fires.