Maxwell NewsLocal news for Maxwell, NM continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Mosquito control getting started- April 18, 2008 "There are now multiple mosquito-breeding sites throughout the tires" With snow falling Thursday morning, many people may not have been thinking about mosquitoes, but work is already underway in Raton and other parts of Colfax County to try to limit the number of those pesky, itch-causing, potentially disease-carrying insects that will be buzzing around this summer.This year, the means of battling the blood-sucking bugs is taking a slight shift. Paul Sandoval, president of Roadrunner Pest...http://www.topix.net/city/maxwell-nm/2008/04/mosquito-control-getting-started?fromrss=1 Grass fire burns 1,000 acres southwest of city- April 4, 2008 A discarded cigarette butt is blamed for a grass fire that burned 1,000 acres late last week southwest of Raton.Fire officials who worked the Hoxie Fire last Thursday and Friday said the blaze was contained at 8 p.m. Thursday and was declared out at about 6 p.m. Friday.The fire was reported Thursday afternoon along N.M. 445, which runs between U.S. 64 and Maxwell. The fire could later be seen from Interstate 25 near Tenaja, according to a passer-by.As many as 25 firefighters and eight engines..http://www.topix.net/city/maxwell-nm/2008/04/grass-fire-burns-1-000-acres-southwest-of-cit... |