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Dave McCrea of Stanislaus National Forest SDF points to the hot spots while fighting the Carstens Fire in the Sierra National Forest near Jerseydale, Calif., in the Mariposa area on Monday, June 17, 2013. More than 700 firefighters are battling the Carstens fire which began Sunday afternoon and has burned about 1 1/2 square miles or 900 acres, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokesman Daniel Berlant said. With more than 140 engines and two helicopters on the scene, the crews have contained about 15 percent of the blaze so far that's burning in an area about six miles northeast of Mariposa off Highway 140, Berlant added. (AP Photo/The Merced Sun-Star, Christopher Winterfeldt)

Officials: Unattended campfire caused Calif. fire

An unattended campfire near a main route into Yosemite National Park grew into a blaze that led to the evacuations of 1,500 people from 800 homes, but nearly half were allowed to return as firefighters gained ground late Tuesday. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection officials released the cause ...

  • Updated: 10:53 p.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Whole Foods revises employee language policy

Facing threats of national boycotts from Latino groups and a slew of online petitions, Whole Foods announced Friday that the organic grocery chain has revised its employee language policy following the suspension of two Spanish-speaking Albuquerque employees. Whole Foods Market Inc. Co-CEO Walter Robb said in a blog post Friday ...

  • Updated: 10:45 p.m. Friday, June 14, 2013
Black Forest Fire Dept. officers burn off natural ground fuel in an evacuated neighborhood, prepping the area for the encroachment of the wildfire in the Black Forest area north of Colorado Springs, Colo., on Wednesday, June 12, 2013. The number of houses destroyed by the Black Forest fire could grow to around 100, and authorities fear it's possible that some people who stayed behind might have died. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

2 found dead in area burned by Colo. wildfire

A voracious wildfire driven in all directions by shifting winds has killed two people and destroyed at least 360 homes — a number that was likely to climb as the most destructive blaze in Colorado history burned for a third day through miles of tinder-dry woods, a sheriff said Thursday. ...

  • Updated: 8:15 p.m. Thursday, June 13, 2013
This undated image provided by the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish shows one of about 49 Rio Grande cutthroat trout taken from a small creek threatened by the Tres Lagunas wildfire, ensuring the pure strain of native fish will survive if the fire threatens its watershed, near Pecos, N.M.(AP Photo/New Mexico Department of Game and Fish)

NM wildfire threatens native cutthroat trout

Nearly 50 native Rio Grande cutthroat trout have been rescued from a creek that's being threatened by a wildfire in northern New Mexico. Biologists hiked about 2 miles up Macho Creek in the Santa Fe National Forest on Wednesday and removed 49 trout. Officials say the rescue mission will ensure ...

  • Updated: 9:56 p.m. Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Martin Sheen stars in NM play with Navajo students

Actor Martin Sheen has lent his performing skills for a play written and produced by American Indian students in New Mexico. The Farmington Daily Times reports (http://bit.ly/132Yuga ) that the "Apocalypse Now" and "Wall Street" star participated Monday in a play called "Navajo News," a comedic series of sketches about ...

  • Updated: 10:44 a.m. Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Martin Sheen to play part in NM drama youth camp

Actor Martin Sheen has an upcoming role in New Mexico - that of mentor at a drama camp for American Indian youth. The Farmington Daily-Times reports (http://bit.ly/11bbIpA ) the famed star will be in the Navajo Nation community of Shiprock this week, to help out with a local community camp ...

  • Updated: 4:42 p.m. Saturday, June 1, 2013
FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2013 photo, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer speaks from her office at the Capitol in Phoenix, prior to giving her State of the State address. It's Republican vs. Republican in the latest round of the nation's political battles over health care. GOP legislators in several major states are trying to block efforts by governors of their own party to accept health insurance for low-income people under President Barack Obama's health care law. Overall, 23 states plus the District of Columbia, are planning to expand their Medicaid programs, including Brewster in Arizona. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Republican vs. Republican on covering uninsured

It's Republican versus Republican in the latest round of political battles over health care. Conservative Republican legislators in major states are trying to block efforts by more pragmatic governors of their own party to accept health insurance for more low-income residents under President Barack Obama's health care law. Unlike their ...

  • Updated: 12:43 p.m. Saturday, June 1, 2013
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