South Fork Fire

Attorney General Raúl Torrez warned this week that any attempts at price gouging and defrauding victims of recent wildfires would face swift legal action.

A woman who reached out to KUNM's hotline for those missing loved ones in wildfires talks about reuniting with her father.

No human remains have been found after search and rescue crews combed through 1,300 damaged and destroyed structures in a New Mexico mountain community hit hard by a pair of wildfires. Plus, Attorney General Raul Torrez warned Wednesday that any attempts at price gouging and defrauding victims of recent wildfires would face swift legal action.

The danger from the South Fork and Salt fires has declined across the region thanks to scattered storms and fire suppression. But the impacts will continue for some time. At the Mescalero Apache reservation there are two evacuation shelters, one at the Inn of the Mountain of the Gods resort and the other at their local community center.

Ruidoso businesses and residents are filtering back into town after evacuations were lifted for the South Fork and Salt Wildfires.

First responders are continuing their efforts to clean up and contain the South Fork and Salt Wildfires as Ruidoso residents trickle back into the town.

Rains over the weekend helped officials fighting two wildfires in Southern Mexico. But they also brought flooding, especially in northern New Mexico where the state’s biggest fire in history burned two years ago.

On Friday, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., traveled to the Mescalero Apache Reservation to meet with tribal leaders and families devastated by both the South Fork and Salt fires that continue to burn.

The FBI said it is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrests and convictions of those responsible for the South Fork Fire and Salt Fire in southern New Mexico, which forced thousands to flee.

Flooding prompts mandatory evacuations around Las Vegas and a Ruidoso woman recounts terror she faced fleeing two wildfires.