ELEPHANT BUTTE, N.M. — With a little imagination, the flat-topped butte protruding from the dammed waters of the Rio Grande in Sierra County, is said to resemble an elephant. Resemblant or not, ...

Elephant Butte Irrigation District manager and treasurer Josh Smith painted a “brief, bleak” picture to legislators at a Tuesday meeting. The reservoir on the Rio Grande in Southern New Mexico is at ...

WEATHER FORECAST. JOE, THANK YOU. INDEPENDENCE DAY BRINGING A LOT OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE TO ENJOY ELEPHANT BUTTE LAKE, BUT THE LONGER YOU SPEND OUTSIDE IN THE HEAT, THE HIGHER CHANCE OF GETTING SICK, ...

ELEPHANT BUTTE, N.M. (KRQE) – Memorial Day marks the unofficial start to summer and Elephant Butte reservoir was packed with tens of thousands of people enjoying the weekend. Visitors enjoyed the ...

SOCORRO COUNTY, New Mexico (KVIA) -- $180 million in funding from the Bi-Partisan Infrastructure Deal will soon be used for water projects in New Mexico, including rechanneling part of the Rio Grande.

ON WHAT TO EXPECT OVER THE YEARS. THE WATER LEVELS HERE AT ELEPHANT BUTTE LAKE HAVE GONE UP AND DOWN, BUT THIS YEAR IS DIFFERENT. PEOPLE. I TALKED TO TELL ME THEY’RE ENJOYING EVERY MINUTE OF IT. RINGS ...

ELEPHANT BUTTE, N.M. (KRQE) – The most popular lake in the state is currently nearly empty, and a local group is demanding that the state take action to save it. Elephant Butte Lake is sitting at just ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – It was a busy day at Elephant Butte Lake as people enjoyed the high levels of water for the holiday weekend. “It’s nice to see the water, I mean, it’s good we’re excited,” said ...

ELEPHANT BUTTE, New Mexico (KVIA) -- Changes could soon be coming to how much it costs to use New Mexico's state parks. A new study by the New Mexico State Parks division of the Energy Minerals and ...

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A multimillion-dollar contract has been awarded for the first phase of infrastructure improvements at the Elephant Butte Historic District, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BoR) ...

For a time, there was a popular misconception among some New Mexicans regarding the functionality of kayaks. When Russ Trager arrived from Southern California and opened Zia Kayak Outfitters in ...

Derek Bean is the general manager of New Mexico Wake in Elephant Butte. His store is right up the hill from Elephant Butte Lake, which was packed over the holiday weekend. “We’re obviously super ...