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Indigent Fund Recipients Will Soon See Changes To Program, Funding

    Rio Arriba County officials have revamped a program that for years has provided much-needed services to the County’s less fortunate residents.     County Commissioners...

Mystery Surrounds Car’s Impound

    Rio Arriba County Sheriff Tommy Rodella confiscated a man’s car and held it for more than 18 months, before starting an investigation to...

Sheriff’s Office Fails To Turn Up Security Payment Records

    The Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Office officials are having a hard time accounting for a little more than $6,000 Sheriff Tommy Rodella’s spokesman...

Approved County Budget Reflects $1M Revenue Decline

    Rio Arriba County Commissioners unanimously approved a last minute budget that includes a hefty decline in a valued revenue source, as well as...

Community Center Project Ahead of Schedule

    Hernandez residents may get their much awaited community center sooner than expected.     The $1,261,539 million, 5,396-square-foot Hernandez Community Center slated for completion no...

Commissioner Refuses to Recuse Herself

    A New Mexico Public Regulation Commissioner refuses to recuse herself from a potential conflict of interest regarding an upcoming vote, that some people...

Trash Talk Plans Push Forward

    Rio Arriba County lawmakers memorialized their plan to pull out of the regional agreement that governs the area’s trash collection.     County Commissioners unanimously...

County Officials Unsure Whether Sheriff’s Security Contract Is Legal

    Rio Arriba County officials are questioning the legality of a contract the Sheriff’s Office entered into to provide security services for a private...

Audit Shows Questionable Activity

    The Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board of Trustees released findings from a supplemental audit report, at its June 27 meeting, that have a...

Planning and Zoning OKs Cellphone Tower Plans

    Some cell phone customers in Rio Arriba County will get a much-needed signal boost once an out-of-state company erects a cell phone tower...

Jail Expands to Accomodate Females

    The number of female inmates being booked into the Rio Arriba County Detention Center has grown exponentially in recent years.     When the Tierra...

County Jail’s Immigration Detention Procedures to Change

    The way Rio Arriba County Detention Center officials deal with inmates suspected of immigration violations is about to change.        County Manager Tomas Campos...

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