According to a release this afternoon, the Catwalk National Recreation Trail received major flood damaged due to the recent intense rainstorms in the area. The entire Catwalk area has been closed indefinitely due to the inaccessibility of the area. Highway 174, which leads out to the Catwalk, is also impassable due to landslides, highway damage, [...]
According to a press release from the Gila National Forest Service Office, the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument and New Mexico State Highway 15 have both been reopened as of September 18th, though at the time of the release the Visitor Center remained closed. Due to rising waters and flooding from heavy rain during the [...]
According to a press release from the Gila National Forest Office, officials are currently cleaning up and re-establishing basic services to residents in and around the communities of Glenwood, Mogollon, and Alma. These areas of Whitewater Creek, Silver Creek, and Mineral Creek were among many in the state that flooded during this past week of [...]
The following is a press release from the Gila National Forest Office, regarding forest roads in the area: Reserve Ranger District, Gila National Forest, has received significant amounts of rain over the weekend. Many forest roads have either been completely washed out or damaged. Below are the current road conditions: • FR 94 is passable [...]
The Silvian Library and Study Center will have a grand opening on Saturday, September 21st at the Holocaust and Intolerance Museum of New Mexico- 616 Central Avenue SW in Albuquerque. The Center will showcase thousands of genocide-related materials including over 4,000 books, documents and videos. The center, also called the Library of Remembrance, will host [...]
Posted September 16, 2013: 1:10 pm Due to flood waters and heavy rains, the Gila Cliff Dwellings and Gila Visitor Center remain closed to the public. Both are expected to reopen sometime this week when water levels decrease, the rains subside, and the portion of NM-15 that has been closed by the New Mexico Department [...]
The New Mexico Department of Health recently became the second state in the country to make “accurate sexual health information” available to anyone in the state with a mobile phone. The project, call “BrdsNBz,” combines health education and personalized text messaging to New Mexicans, according to a release. To ask questions about the birds and [...]
Posted September 13, 2013, 11:30 am The New Mexico Department of Transportation has closed NM 187 near T or C due to heavy rains and severe flooding. Other current road closures include: NM 211 south of Gila between mile markers 3 and 4, NM 159 near Mogollon from mile marker 10 to 25, NM 174 [...]
The WNMU Football Team will be at the Gospel Mission on Saturday, September 14th at 10 am to load a semi-trailer of clothes that will be sent to Africa to help the needy through the Charity Shoes of Dallas. Head Coach Adam Clark sends the Mustangs to do community service projects to help others, but [...]
Posted September 12, 2013: 10:15 am The New Mexico Department of Transportation and local law enforcement have closed NM-51 in the area of Truth or Consequences/Elephant Butte. The road is closed due to flooding and rising waters. Motorists are advised to seek an alternate route and proceed with caution until conditions change. Due to large [...]
