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The KUNM news team looks back at their favorite stories of 2024
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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham will hold the first in a series of town halls on public safety this week in Las Cruces following what she described as a “disappointing” special legislative session.
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After days of rain, Ruidoso is in recovery mode from wildfires and flash flooding on burn scars. Meanwhile cleanup is ongoing and some roads remain closed. And federal officials and the local community foundation have started getting money out to residents.
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Another round of flooding Wednesday struck the small southern New Mexico village of Ruidoso, after flooding forced the evacuation of more than 170 people, and 64 swiftwater rescues on Tuesday, and more floods could be on the way.
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Two organizations in New Mexico are providing relief to hospitality workers who lost jobs due to the natural disasters in the Mescalero Apache reservation, Ruidoso and Las Vegas. But– their funds are depleting fast.
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Attorney General Raúl Torrez has made good on a pledge last week to investigate alleged price gouging at hotels where victims of wildfires in Southern New Mexico sought shelter. Torrez issued cease and desist letters to six properties Wednesday.
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Officials have announced lightning caused the devastating South Fork Fire still burning outside Ruidoso and the Mescalero Apache Reservation.
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State and federal officials held a virtual town hall Tuesday night to update victims of the South Fork and Salt Fires and subsequent flooding on available disaster assistance. Residents were encouraged to apply broadly and persevere through red tape as recovery gets underway.
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New Mexico’s Office of the Superintendent of Insurance regulates the industry in the state and two bureau chiefs are in Ruidoso helping victims of the South Fork and Salt Fires navigate the long process of recovery.
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The South Fork fire is 79% contained and the Salt fire is 84% contained, with the blazes burning nearly 40 square miles combined. Plus, a court ruling on Friday put an involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin on track for trial in early July as a judge denied a request to dismiss the case on complaints that key evidence was damaged by the FBI during forensic testing.