The study aims to better understand wildfire and post-fire flooding impacts and to gather a range of local experiences.

A wildfire sparked by the fatal crash of a small medical plane in New Mexico has triggered evacuations for a rural area north of the Capitan Mountains and closures in the Lincoln National Forest.

At least three people were killed by historic flash floods in a New Mexico mountain community that suffered devastating wildfires last year, officials said late Tuesday. Subscribe to read this story ...

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Even small rain totals were enough to cause flooding as water ran down hillsides that had been burned back by the fires. Rain and wind are causing flash flooding around the New Mexico resort town of ...

Firefighters had largely contained two fires in the Ruidoso area on Friday with the help of continued rainfall through the week. The South Fork Fire northwest of Ruidoso was 73% contained on Friday, ...

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A small medical plane crashed in a mountainous region outside Ruidoso, New Mexico, before dawn on Thursday, killing all four individuals aboard and igniting a wildfire in the surrounding forest, ...

Too much rain at once after dry spells can make it hard for water to absorb into soil. Corey Lesk, co-author of a new study, ...

Ruidoso has a 70 percent chance of rain on Monday, May 25, and while storms aren't expected to drop a lot of water, people ...

Todd FuquaEl Rito Mediatfuqua@elritomedia.com Officials with the Ruidoso Downs Race Track announced today that the entire 2026 race meet will be held at the Downs of Albuquerque this year, citing ...