Gila News

Monsoon season for the southwest part of New Mexico usually kicks off towards the end of June.

Smoke from the Whitewater Baldy Fire, now the largest in state history at more than 170,000 acres, fills the horizon as seen in this photo taken at 4 p.m. Tuesday about 15 miles west of Silver City on Highway 180 heading toward Glenwood, N.M. GLENWOOD, N.M. More than 200 people crammed into the Glenwood Community Center on Tuesday night in this ... (more)

The fire, which was measured at 170,272 acres on Wednesday morning, has grown more than 100,000 acres in a week and is still 0 percent contained.

People who run marathons, scientists who live at the South Pole in winter, and even the firefighters in the Gila, have something in common.

Viewers in the Las Cruces area have reported a haze across the sky, and Las Cruces officials said the smoke from the Gila National Forest wildfire may be affecting local air quality.

Smoke from the uncontrolled Whitewater-Baldy wildfire burning in the Gila National Forest, located northwest of Las Cruces, has made its way to the Mesilla Valley and may have an effect on the quality of the air we breathe.

Crews battling a massive wildfire in southwestern New Mexico's Gila National Forest began burnout operations Monday aimed at halting the blaze from creeping into two small towns.

Michigan authorities say a bit of rain and four more firefighting aircraft are helping to contain a wildfire that has consumed 31.6 square miles of Upper Peninsula forest and destroyed at least 61 buildings.

Thousands of people from across the Southwest came out to Gough Park on Saturday to enjoy the opening day of the 17th Annual Silver City Blues Festival, organized by the Mimbres Region Arts Council - the biggest event of the year in Silver City.

Depending on what time you are reading this, Memorial Day weekend is here, or just about here.

A huge plume of smoke from the Whitewater Fire can be seen over the Mogollons near Highways 180 and 78 near Mule Creek in this photo taken Wednesday.

A A A A A Unfortunately wildfires continue to blaze out of control over Southwest New Mexico, and winds are now shifting this smoke into northern parts of the state.

Still uncontained on Thursday afternoon, the Whitewater-Baldy Complex fire was at more than 70,000 acres and growing.

Fire managers say a dozen homes and several outbuildings in a summer community in southwestern New Mexico have been destroyed by two lightning-sparked blazes that have merged.

How much is a river worth? For those of us who fish, hunt, hike, bird-watch and float wherever water flows, water in the stream is worth a great deal in the sheer joy of sport and recreation, especially in the arid southwest.

Whitewater Trail No. 207 is closed from the junction with Powerhouse Trail #810 to the junction with Crest Trail No.182. Holt Apache Trail No.

The U.S. Forest Service says the Whitewater Fire burning in the Gila Wilderness is zero percent contained and has burned an estimated 10,079 acres.

GLENWOOD, N.M. - Firefighters facing high winds and hostile terrain are recommending campers and seasonal residents clear out of Willow Creek in the Gila National Forest.

Officials said Friday nearly 60 firefighters were dispatch to southwest New Mexico to help battle the fire in steep, rough, rugged terrain in mixed conifer.

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