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, ...

From a trickle to a flow and eventually a deluge, water is flowing early from Elephant Butte into the Rio Grande for the first time since 2018. With more water in storage at Elephant Butte, releases ...

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 ...

ELEPHANT BUTTE, N.M. — New Mexico State Parks officials are set to begin a $1 million project to upgrade the comfort stations at Elephant Butte Lake State Park. The project will begin April 1 and ...

SANTA FE, New Mexico (KVIA) -- New Mexico's Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD) has planned a $1 million project to upgrade comfort stations at Elephant Butte Lake State Park.

The body of a missing airman assigned to Kirtland Air Force Base was recovered from Elephant Butte Lake two days after he was reported missing. The airman, whose name was withheld by the Air Force, ...

ELEPHANT BUTTE, N.M. – We’re learning more about the Kirtland airman whose body was recovered from Elephant Butte Lake Monday afternoon. On Tuesday, Kirtland Air Force Base officials identified him as ...

Airman First Class Me’lik Etienne, 22, drowned at Elephant Butte Lake on May 24 and was found deceased on May 26. Etienne, assigned to the 351st Special Warfare Training Squadron at Kirtland Air Force ...

New Mexico has something for everyone. The capital, Santa Fe, is an artsy cultural paradise, while historic towns such as Taos are UNESCO World Heritage Sites of historic wonder. But the state is also ...

ELEPHANT BUTTE, N.M. (KRQE) – Kirtland Air Force Base has released the name of the airman whose body was recovered from Elephant Butte Lake on Monday. Me’lik Etienne, 22, Airman First Class, was ...