Continental Divide News

In the early days of this column, a friend referred to these deathless musings as "that what-I-saw-in-my-backyard column." It's true, our relocation to southwest New Mexico inspired no small amount of awe at the critters that we suddenly lived next door to.

As rains dampen the spread of wildfires on the Gila National Forest, officials with the agency are warning residents and visitors to stay out of low-lying areas during and after the thunderstorms.

Today State Representative Nate Cote announced a series of initiatives in the further development of the Continental Divide Trail which will eventually stretch from the Mexican border to the Canadian Border.

Fire managers have begun using packers to haul supplies and equipment into and out of the Diamond Fire to help assist the Smokejumpers.

As one string of endurance bicyclists heads east across the United States on skinny tire bicycles, another group is heading south along the Great Divide on fat tire bikes.

"Brutally beautiful" was the phrase Kevin Hall used to describe the new Flathead Valley section of the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, a trail that follows the Continental Divide from Banff, Canada to the Mexican border.

The Rocky Canyon Campground and Upper and Lower Black Canyon Campgrounds will be closed, as will Forest Road 150, as a result of the Diamond Fire, which has burned about 8,600 acres in the Wilderness Ranger District, about 45 miles north of Silver City, the National Forest Service reported Friday.

Eric Bruntjen says he has truly lost his mind. We disagree. At issue is not his mind, but his heart -- and we're confident he has not lost that.

Franklin County track coach Kevin Hall is getting a head start on his summer break today, but he's not skipping out to relax.

McClatchy-Tribune Information Services -- Unrestricted Middle Volunteer firefighters from Silver City and Grant County were working Monday to contain the Whiskey Creek fire, which had burned about 30 to 35 acres about four miles east of the Silver City, adjacent to the Whiskey Creek Airport.

Three rural electric cooperatives that serve New Mexico communities will receive $90 million in federal loan guarantees to improve distribution systems and other infrastructure.

Two New Mexico electrical cooperatives have been approved for government loans from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Program.

A cold front is forecast to move into the northeastern plains late Tuesday morning, and then move south and west through the eastern plains to at least the central valleys and perhaps the Continental Divide by Wednesday morning.

Liz was ecstatic when she and Conor made it to the Continental Divide. They started their trek in San Diego; their goal is to make it to St.

U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming is co-sponsoring legislation to provide incentives to landowners to protect the nation's eight National Scenic Trails.

The project to build the word's most extensive trail system began in 1978, and after 31 years of work, 71 percent of the trail has been laid.

Ice caves and volcano hikes, lunch with llamas and UFO experiences are all hidden gems in New Mexico, the "land of enchantment." There are more than four miles of the San Juan River that make for great fishing ...

Chris Mooney is a visiting associate in the Center for Collaborative History at Princeton University and the author of three books, The Republican War on Science , Storm World , and Unscientific America .

Time to throw another analog on the fire. . . I haven't lost any sleep over the big switcheroo from analog television transmission to digital TV that's supposed to take place this month.

It snowed all day Sunday. And more is coming. The Gallup area saw up to 12 inches of snow Sunday as winter weather pushed its way across New Mexico with the heaviest snowfalls forecast for the northern ...