SFNF: Wildfires Start From Recent Thunderstorms
SFNF News:
SANTA FE —Thunderstorms over the past few days have brought a significant amount of lightning to the area. Fires continue to pop up from lightning, as heat gets established in available fuels and conditions such as temperature and wind align.
The Middle Fork Fire was detected yesterday June 20, 2026. The fire is located on the Cuba Ranger District off Forest Road 531 in Middle Fork Ojitos Canyon near the Cuba and Jemez District boundary, 1.7 miles northwest of Seven Springs. The fire is 1 acre and is 50% contained, burning in oak brush, Douglas-fir, and log duff. Fireline has been constructed Read More
Long Live The State Of New Mexico—New Exhibition Takes A Fresh Look At Statehood
Courtesy/NMHM
NMHM News:
SANTA FE — As America celebrates its 250th birthday, New Mexico celebrates 114 years as a state. A new exhibition at New Mexico History Museum, “1912,” opens Sept. 5, 2026, offering a snapshot of the state at a time of remarkable change and growth, and exploring what formally tied 327,000 Nuevo Mexicanos to the union.
The exhibition lets visitors step back into 1912 and explore a striking matrix of 36 historic objects that reveal interesting, surprising, and sometimes unusual connections from that time, sparking curiosity about the past.
“The state we know and love Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: June 22, 2026
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
The State Game and Fish Department stocked a total of 18,839 rainbow trout weighing 9,089 pounds. Most of the stocking will now be in Northern New Mexico.
The Fourth of July holiday is coming up next week. Popular fishing destinations will be crowded.
Normally, the Rio Grande would be swollen with spring runoff from the melting snow. Stream flows above 1,000 cubic-feet-per-second would be common. The terrible snowpack and poor spring runoff have kept stream flows well below normal.
Streamflow in the Rio Grande decreased just a little Read More
Rio Fire Update: June 21, 2026
Operation Section Chief Brandon Glenn conducts a briefing this morning on the Rio Fire. Courtesy photo
New Mexico Fire Information News:
Acres: 184
Start Date: June 16, 2026
Location: Mesa De La Gallina, 3 miles northeast of Chicoma Mountain
Fuels: Oak brush, Ponderosa Pine
Containment: 0%
Personnel: 167
Cause: Lightning
Highlights: The four Interagency Hotshot Crews (IHCs) assigned to the fire made further progress on Saturday with support from aviation resources. Hot, dry, and windy conditions caused several areas near the retardant lines to flare up. Aircraft dropped water along those Read More
Posts From The Road: Two Lanes & A Tank Of Fuel
View From the Pass: Dead Indian Pass is the highest point on the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway in Wyoming. Shown is a view of the road as it twists and turns as it drops in elevation when leaving the pass to the north. The pass is 8,071 feet in elevation and offers spectacular views of the Absaroka Mountains and beyond from the scenic viewpoint. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Coastal Landscape: A view of the coastline, Highway 1, and the iconic Bixby Bridge is seen from a scenic viewpoint about a dozen miles south of Carmel, Calif. and a short distance north of the bridge. The late afternoon sunlight Read More
Eric Anderson Best Predictor In ACRR Weekly Pace Race
Scene from the Atomic City Road Runners weekly pace race Tuesday on North Mesa. Courtesy/ACRR
Scene from the Atomic City Road Runners weekly pace race Tuesday on North Mesa. Courtesy/ACRR
ACRR News:
Eric Anderson was the top predictor in the Atomic City Road Runners (ACRR) weekly pace race held by the North Mesa Picnic Grounds on North Mesa. He was 8 seconds off his predicted time.
Other accurate predictors were:
- Eliverio Acosta with a 15 second differential;
- Aurea Rojas recording 27 seconds off;
- Jan Velechovsky with a 30 second difference; and
- Ted Romero at 49 seconds off.
On the 1-mile course: Read More
New Mexico House Speaker Javier Martínez Congratulates Leader Peter Wirth On Two Decades Of Service
From the Office of House Speaker Javier Martínez:
SANTA FE — Senate Majority Floor Leader Peter Wirth (D-Santa Fe) announced that he will not run again for Majority Leader prior to the 2027 Legislative Session and will not seek another term in the Senate in 2028.
Leader Wirth has served in the Senate since 2009 and previously served in the House of Representatives for four years. He was first elected as the Majority Leader by the Senate Democratic Caucus in 2016.
New Mexico House Speaker Javier Martínez (D-Albuquerque) issued the following statement:
“Leader Wirth is a thoughtful, collaborative, Read More
Dannemann: New Mexico Makes It Tough To Be An Independent Candidate
By MERILEE DANNEMANN
If you are reading this article on or before June 25, and you might like to make this year’s governor’s race a little more interesting, there’s something you can do.
Go to the Secretary of State website and sign the nominating petition for Ken Miyagishima for Governor. Then sign the separate nominating petition for his running mate, JC Lopez, for lieutenant governor. It just takes a couple of minutes. The forms are at www.electronicpetitions.elections.sos.nm.gov.
He’s running as an independent and you can sign the petition even if you are registered in a major or minor party. Read More
Deer Canyon Fire Discovered Today South Of Mountainair
View of the Deer Canyon Fire burning this afternoon south of Mountainair. Courtesy/NMFD
New Mexico Forestry Division News:
The Deer Canyon Fire was discovered at 4 p.m. today, June 20 in the Deer Canyon subdivision south of Mountainair. The fire is exhibiting extreme behavior, is active and crowning in piñon-juniper and grass fuels.
Crews are providing point protection, and air resources are on scene providing support. Structures are threatened, and evacuations are in place.
The fire is estimated at 350 acres and is zero percent contained.
Evacuations/Shelters:
- Evacuations are in place
PEER Sues Interior Department For Hiding How It Decides What American History To Rewrite
PEER News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Department of the Interior (DOI) after the agency spent more than nine months refusing to release any records showing how it is implementing an order to scrub “disparaging” content about American history from national parks, monuments, and other public lands.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, demands that DOI’s Office of the Secretary turn over documents detailing how Secretary Doug Burgum’s Secretarial Read More
