ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Piñon pine nuts are a holiday staple in New Mexico, but recent challenges have impacted their supply. The piñon pines, New Mexico’s state tree, have faced difficult years, ...

TAOS — J.R. Logan was working as a local journalist when he first learned that every forest — and every tree within it — retains a detailed record of its past. It was 2016 when Logan trekked into ...

The owner of a local Christmas tree farm has been in the business for 40 years, taking it over from his grandfather, who started Roybal’s Christmas Trees over 60 years ago. Christmas has always been ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Wildfires have left communities devastated across New Mexico, but it’s not just people who are affected. All that destruction takes a toll on the trees left standing. 2024 was a ...

MORA, N.M. – Ted Roybal has been hauling Christmas trees for decades, but a family tradition that began in the 60s is facing a new challenge from bugs. Roybal took over the family business from his ...

BERNALILLO COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) — There are nearly 100 old-growth trees across the Sandia Mountain range that dawn a medallion with nothing other than a date, a number, and a historic event engraved ...

Jan. 1—The Jemez Mountains once acted like a sponge. That was before the 2011 Las Conchas Fire, at the time the largest wildfire in New Mexico history, covering 156,000 acres. More than a decade later ...