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Wyoming Firefighters Help New Mexico

Associated Press — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:43:52 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A group of Wyoming firefighters is in New Mexico to help with fires there.

Two large fires in Northern New Mexico have displaced families from their homes.

The Wyoming team includes crews and equipment from Albany, Natrona and Washakie Counties along with a group from the Wyoming State Forestry Division

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Red Bull Stratos Jump Postponed Due To Weather

Brian Scott — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 13:08:48 +0000

With winds in Roswell, New Mexico blowing in from the north at 8.5 MPH the Red Bull Stratos jump by Felix Baumgartner, slated for today, will have to be postponed.

K2 Radio meteorologist Don Day recently said that any winds over 2 MPH could cause delays again.

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Red Bull Stratos Record Setting Jump Planned For October 8th [VIDEO]

Brian Scott — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:04:05 +0000

K2 Radio meteorologist Don Day plays an important role in this record attempt.

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Record Setting New Mexico Fire Grows

Associated Press — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:20:47 +0000

RESERVE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's largest wildfire in recorded state history has grown to nearly 339 square miles.

Fire officials said Friday that the massive blaze in the Gila National Forest scorched an additional 39 square miles in the past day

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Huge NM Wildfire Grows To Nearly 300 Square Miles

Associated Press — Thu, 31 May 2012 17:08:10 +0000

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A giant wildfire in the Gila National Forest that is already New Mexico's largest ever has grown to nearly 300 square miles.

Fire officials said Thursday that the erratic blaze grew overnight to more than 190,000 acres and is spreading in all directions, as officials in the western U

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NM Fire Close To Becoming Largest In State History

Bruce Dougherty — Tue, 29 May 2012 15:28:13 +0000

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A massive wildfire burning in a mountainous southwestern New Mexico forest is close to becoming the largest fire in state history.

The U.S. Forest Service said the erratic blaze in Gila National Forest had grown to about 152,000 acres by Tuesday — just 5,000 acres from breaking the state record

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Man Ordered To Pay $2.7M For Starting NM Wildfire

Associated Press — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:03:35 +0000

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A Texas man has been ordered to pay $2.7 million in restitution for burning used toilet paper that sparked a wildfire, scorching nearly 83 square miles of a national forest in New Mexico

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Fire Danger High In Parts Of Mountain West

Associated Press — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:52:35 +0000

DENVER (AP) — Warm, windy weather is raising the fire danger in the Mountain West

Red flag warnings were in effect Thursday for much of western Colorado and the San Luis Valley as well as parts of Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico

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Raging Wildfire Threatens New Mexico Nuclear Lab [VIDEO]

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:39:53 +0000

A wildfire that burned more than 10,000 acres during the overnight hours Monday was moving dangerously close to the Los Alamos National Laboratory nuclear weapons complex in New Mexico.

The fire, which was 4 miles away from Los Alamos on Tuesday has burned about 93 square miles in less than two days, MSNBC reported.

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