NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The Grapevine Campground in the Gila National Forest will remain closed. The campground was closed last year after being damaged due to flooding from the Black Fire burn scar. Officials say there is still potential for damaging floods and the campground will remain closed. Grapevine Campground is located about one mile south of […] | Local News from KRQE News 13 in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Grant County commissioners held their June work session Tuesday morning, and received a foreboding report from the U.S. Forest Service about flash floods to come in the wake of the still-burning Black Fire. Representatives reported that severe floods will likely occur this monsoon season, and possibly for years of monsoon seasons to come. The Burn Area Emergency Response Team for the Forest Service conducted an analysis of areas burned by …
Grant County Manager Tim Zamora’s push to establish behavioral health services at the Grant County Detention Center has run into resistance from county commissioners worried about the feasibility of such an operation. “Things haven’t panned out the way I was told they were on a couple of things,” said District 4 Commissioner Billy Billings. “One of them is the BHU at Gila Regional, which is closed. The other one was …