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ROAD CLOSURES:
CLOSURE- Silver City, Pinos Altos, Lake Roberts Area
Closure, NM 15 northbound and southbound from mile marker 7, Pinos Altos to mile marker 25, 14 miles south of Gila Hot Springs. Closed due to a forest fire clean up.
Closure, NM 35 Closures removed.
Southwest Area ComplexIncident Management Team TEAM 4 – Andrew Mandell – Incident Commander
Evacuations reduced as fire threat lessens
Daily Update for June 26, 2025Fire Information Phone: 575-323-8964 (8 am – 8 pm)
Acres: 47,121 Start Date: June 12, 2025 Location: 12 miles north of Silver City, NM
Cause: Lightning Personnel: 1,083 Fuels: Grass, brush, and timber Containment: 41%
Highlights: As fire activity slows on the Trout Fire, the incident management is right-sizing the response. Personnel are beginning to demobilize in preparation for the current incident management team close-out early next week. This strategic adjustment ensures that staffing levels match operational needs of the incident while maintaining the capability to respond should conditions change.
Closure lifted on National Forest System lands north and east of Highway 35
Silver City, NM, June 25, 2025—The Gila National Forest has adjusted the Trout Fire area closure. The updated closure reopens National Forest System lands north and east of New Mexico Highway 35 to public access.
New Mexico Highway 15 remains closed from just south of Ben Lilly to the Highway 15/35 intersection.
An area closure for public safety remains in effect that includes all National Forest System lands south and west of New Mexico Highway 35 and east of New Mexico Highway 15 to the southern forest boundary, as well as lands west of New Mexico Highway 15, located south of Spring Creek Trail #247, east of Sheep Corral Trail #231, Forest Road 4083V, Tadpole Ridge Trail #232 and Sycamore Canyon Trail #234, and north of Bear Creek from below Preacher’s Point to Forest Road 506 below Ben Lilly Memorial.
SILVER CITY, NM – The Western New Mexico University Board of Regents met virtually on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Present at the meeting were Regents Steven Neville, John V. Wertheim, J. Dean Reed and Keana Huerta.
The meeting began with Chair Neville inviting Provost and Acting President Dr. Jack Crocker to give a report. Crocker ceded some of his time to Chief Information Officer Michael Acosta, who updated the regents on the efforts to recover from the cyber incident. Acosta noted that desktop computers were being rebuilt and that voicemail would be available soon.
I 25 northbound and southbound lanes from milepost 83 to 94 are now clear. Removed from NM Roads.
DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS T or C to Red Rock
Difficult Driving Conditions, I 25 eastbound and westbound from mile marker 83, Hot Springs Landing (HOT SPRINGS LANDING) to mile marker 94, 15 miles north of T or C.
Standing water on roadway. Use extreme caution.
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
220 PM MDT Wed Jun 25 2025
The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
The Trout Fire Burn Area in...
Northeastern Grant County in southwestern New Mexico...
* Until 530 PM MDT.
* At 220 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain over the Trout Fire Burn Area. Between 0.2 and 0.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
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