Water donations go quickly as Mora County residents learn of contaminated wells

Water donations go quickly as Mora County residents learn of contaminated wells

MORA — A stack of empty wooden pallets sat on a trailer outside the Mora County Courthouse on Wednesday afternoon when Orlando Martinez came looking for water. Only a half package of water remained from bottles donated at the start…

Heavy metals found in Mora County groundwater

Three years after the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire, a slew of heavy metals have been detected in groundwater in Mora County. While no one is sure of the exact source, they could have come from …