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More than two-and-a-half months after the head of the federal office overseeing nearly $4 billion in compensation for Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon survivors stepped down, her replacement still hasn’t been named.

New Mexico State University’s Mora County Cooperative Extension Service will host the AgriVenture Symposium from 9:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday (April 10) at the Taos County Agriculture Center,

“That’s what we worry about now,” said Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire victim Geri Herrera. “It’s not about a fire, but about the water.”

“We’re excited to finally see the expansion of the Mora HPCC Claims Office,” said Mora County Commissioner Veronica Serna.

Mora did have a plaza, likely built in the 1830s, that was destroyed by U.S. troops in the Second Battle of Mora.

Recovery from the state’s most destructive wildfire is complicated by high tensions between residents and the party responsible — the United States Forest Service

New Mexico Gas Co. promises the economic benefits for southern Taos County residents will be significant.

Recovery from the wildfire is complicated by high tensions between residents and the party responsible — the United States Forest Service

But one local official and a municipal advocacy group say getting rid of gross receipts taxes will harm already-reeling local governments.

FEMA has expanded the local workforce to about 100 full-time employees and 80 contractors to handle claims and aims to hire even more.