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Bureaucratic Hurdles Trip Up County Lifesaving Efforts

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3/5/09     The state Finance Department has prevented Rio Arriba County from using legislative appropriations to purchase thousands of dollars of life-saving equipment for wildland...

Paramedics Delayed 1st Day of Cuts

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3/12/09     On the first day of the Española Hospital’s new cost-saving policy of operating only two ambulances, paramedics had to wait 12 minutes before...

Abiquiú Plaza Fire Likely Arson

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3/5/09     A vacant adobe house being renovated to house a small business in the Abiquiú plaza was burned Feb. 28 in a suspected arson....

Condo Plan Near Abiquiú Lake Draws Opposition

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3/12/09     Plans for a new development at Abiquiú Lake have residents and some Rio Arriba County officials worried that the La Joya basin is...

Value Of Food Stamps Drops as Prices Rise

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1/15/09     Increasing numbers of Rio Arriba County residents are turning to food stamps to get enough to eat, according to state Human Services Department...

Bill Would Hinder Counties’ Drilling Fight

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1/15/09     State Sen. Carroll Leavell (R-Jal) has introduced a bill prior to the upcoming legislative session that would strip New Mexico’s counties and cities...

No-Shows Hamper Emergency Planning Meeting

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1/1/09     Rio Arriba County still does not have an interagency emergency response plan for responding to a crisis, yet 19 of the 23 officials...

Chama Lowe’s Overtaxes Customers

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1/8/09     Attorney Beverly Graham is contemplating filing a lawsuit against Lowe’s Chama Valley Supermarket for overcharging customers on sales tax from its reopening Dec....

Emergency Declared in County

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1/1/09     The Rio Arriba County Commission issued a disaster declaration on Dec. 27 after heavy snows hit Chama and much of the rest of...

Chama Supermarket Reopens

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12/25/08     Ten months after heavy snows collapsed the roof of the only grocery store in Chama, Lowe’s Chama Valley Supermarket reopened Dec. 17 amid...

How To Get Help With Your Bills

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12/25/08     State law prevents natural gas and electric utilities from winter service cut-offs for late bills—but only some consumers are protected.     The state Public...

County Axes Planning Committee

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1/8/09     The Rio Arriba County Commission has sacked the entire Planning and Zoning Committe, and Commissioners were circumspect about who from the Committee will...
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