Conditions Lead to Higher Fire Danger in New Mexico Forest – Santa Fe New Mexican.com

Conditions lead to higher fire danger in New Mexico forest – Santa Fe New Mexican.com

Conditions lead to higher fire danger in New Mexico forest
Santa Fe New Mexican.com
ALAMOGORDO — The combination of dry, warm and windy weather has prompted the Lincoln National Forest in southern New Mexico to increase its fire danger rating. Forest officials say the Smokey Bear, Sacramento and Guadalupe ranger districts are …

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New Mexico considers larger women’s prison – Santa Fe New Mexican.com

New Mexico considers larger women's prison
Santa Fe New Mexican.com
Gov. Susana Martinez's administration is preparing to select a private company to operate a women's prison, and the firm could end up operating a much larger facility to handle projected growth in the inmate population. Corrections Department Secretary …

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Crews battle wildfire in southern New Mexico
CLOUDCROFT, N.M. (AP) – Approximately 100 firefighters and an air tanker are assigned to fight a fire that has burned about 50 acres of forest and grassland near an observatory in southern New Mexico. The Lincoln National Forest says the fire started …
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New Mexico tax collections up
New Mexico state government collected $ 5.2 billion in taxes in 2013, a .76 percent increase from the previous year, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released this week. The state saw a 1.1 percent decrease in general sales and gross receipts tax …
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