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If the Ruidoso Downs horse racing meet continues at a different state track, the 2025 All American Futurity is in play to happen.

The mountain town of Ruidoso must rebuild again following a record-breaking flood and a year after devastating wildfires.

Watch the terrifying moment a New Mexico home was swept away in raging floodwaters on July 8. Several people died in the ...

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham is holding a news conference Thursday morning to give an update on Ruidoso flood response efforts. The news conference is ...

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham will hold a news conference on Thursday morning, July 10, to deliver an update on ...

El Paso Mayor Renard Johnson expressed condolences following the Tuesday, July 8, flash flood in Ruidoso that killed three ...

Thursday’s Top Stories Proposed project would add bicycling-centric upgrades along Buena Vista in ABQ Ruling settles debate ...

According to the Office of the Superintendent of Insurance, the coverage for unprotected residential dwellings also rose, ...

IT’S A COUPLE DAYS WITH THIS EXTREME HEAT BEFORE THE MONSOON STORMS. THEY START TO INCREASE THE WEEKEND, KNOCKING DOWN TEMPERATURES, AND IT WILL BE IN MONSOON MODE WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR AVERAGE. IT ...