/tags/angela-gladwell Angela Gladwell en-US Copyright Tue, 28 Mar 2023 12:06:28 GMT /local-news/2023-03-28/claims-office-for-fire-victims-begins-work-gradually 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. Tue, 28 Mar 2023 12:06:28 GMT /local-news/2023-03-28/claims-office-for-fire-victims-begins-work-gradually Alice Fordham /local-news/2022-11-14/fema-opens-claims-process-for-nm-wildfire-victims 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. Tue, 15 Nov 2022 05:28:33 GMT /local-news/2022-11-14/fema-opens-claims-process-for-nm-wildfire-victims Kaveh Mowahed