CAPITAN, N.M. (KRQE) – What started as a controlled burn quickly grew out of control just off Highway 380 in Capitan. “This is a devastating loss,” said Clifford Wood, a Capitan resident who lost his ...

CAPITAN, N.M. (KRQE) – The Lincoln County Sheriff says a shooting involving a couple is what prompted a lockdown at Captian schools on Tuesday. Sheriff Michael Wood says he responded to s shots fired ...

Firefighters continued Thursday to battle against a wildfire burning in the Lincoln National Forest near Capitan.The 44,500-acre fire is about 45 percent contained.One of the main strategies in ...

CAPITAN, N.M. (AP) -- A fire burning in the Capitan Mountains jumped containment lines on the northwest side Tuesday, spreading to 37,000 acres and sending firefighters scrambling to stop it. A full ...

STORMS AND INTO A HOT WEEKEND. OLGA. THANK YOU. THE VILLAGE OF CAPITAN HAS JUST ANNOUNCED IT’S DECLARING A WATER EMERGENCY FOR RESIDENTS AND WILL BE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING BULK WATER SALES FOR ...

CAPITAN, N.M. (AP) -- A forest fire in south-central New Mexico's Capitan Mountains had grown to 9,500 acres Tuesday as firefighters worked to protect homes in the area. Gov. Bill Richardson had ...

Smokey Bear was the living symbol of fire prevention for more than 25 years. The American black bear was orphaned during the May 1950 Capitan Gap Fire in Capitan, N.M. The months-old cub was found and ...

CAPITAN, N.M. (KFOX14/CBS4) — A well-known forest friend celebrated a big birthday. Smokey Bear turned 80 on Friday. KFOX14/CBS4 Photojournalist Rudy Reyes brings us a look at the U.S. Forest Service ...

CAPITAN, N.M. (AP) — Several wildfires continued to burn in rural areas of New Mexico on Saturday, a day after a 2,600-acre (1,052-hectare) fire near Capitan in southeastern New Mexico destroyed two ...