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Six months after Congress passed legislation promising compensation to victims of the Calf Canyon/Hermit's Peak fire, a claims office run by FEMA has hired local workers and set up a Facebook page and hotline.
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An initial $2.5 billion was allocated to the compensation program. That could revitalize an impoverished region. However, the agency tasked with executing the legislation is FEMA, and many are frustrated with the agency based on its initial response to the fire.
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Victims of the Calf Canyon/Hermit’s Peak fire can now begin applying for compensation for losses caused by the largest blaze in state history. The fire charred almost 350,000 acres in Northern New Mexico last spring and summer after U.S. Forest Service prescribed burns got out of control. The federal government has accepted responsibility and Monday the Federal Emergency Management Agency opened the claims process.
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President Joe Biden is due to visit Santa Fe for a briefing on the state's unprecedented fire season. Homes and livelihoods have been destroyed, and there is deep resentment of the U.S. Forest Service's role in starting the fire. Those affected by the fire are also worried the federal response isn't robust or fast enough
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Victims of New Mexico's largest fire are now reporting claims of identity theft on disaster assistance applications. Now, officials are vowing to find and prosecute people who take advantage of the loss of livelihoods and property.
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President Joe Biden has declared the U.S.’s largest wildfire in New Mexico as a disaster.The declaration comes on the heels of firefighters successfully fighting back the flames from entering the city of Las Vegas––for now.
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The KUNM News Department is continuing to update these lists with resources related to the fires in NM, including the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak
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CARES Act money was distributed last year to keep businesses open during the pandemic, to help people pay rent, and even to help local governments stay…
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When disaster strikes New Mexico, the federal government sends money to New Mexico’s Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Journalist…
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New Mexico’s Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management is late paying out millions in federal disaster relief money it owes local…