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200 Norteños To Be Deployed in Iraq

    The New Mexico National Guard will deploy an estimated 800 soldiers — including 200 from Northern New Mexico — to Iraq at some...

Financial Crisis Declared at Solid Waste Authority

    North Central Solid Waste Authority Manager Joseph Lewandowski is under fire from Española Mayor Joseph Maestas and has announced plans to quit this...

Life in Guantanamo: Arroyo Seco Native Talks about Life Stationed at America’s Most Infamous Prison

    President Barack Obama issued an executive order Jan. 22 to close the detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, within a year and suspend...

Health Commons: Six Months Late and Counting; $344,000 Overbudget

   This story has been updated.       The opening of the first phase of the Rio Arriba County Health Commons building may be delayed...

Española Hospital Best in State at Not Infecting Its Own Patients

    Española Hospital is doing a better job of preventing difficult-to-treat hospital infections than health care facilities elsewhere in New Mexico — and the...

Rio Arriba Moves Ahead with Plans To Regulate Drilling Despite Senate Bill

    The Rio Arriba County Commission held a special meeting Jan. 15 to discuss the County’s planned oil and gas development ordinance — pushing...

County Revenues Increase during Economic Downturn

    Despite declines in 2008 property and gross receipts tax revenues, Rio Arriba County revenues were up overall last year, with year-end revenues increasing...

Former Chief’s Supporters Stay Away from Abiquiú Fire Department Election

1/22/09    Reformists arrived at the Abiquiú Fire Department’s old fire station Jan. 14 ready for an election fight that didn’t materialize — and saw...

Senate Bill Would Hinder County’s Ability To Regulate Drilling

    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...

“We’re Not Country Bumpkins”

    State Environment Department officials met a wall of resentment and mistrust over Gov. Richardson’s proposal to expand the state’s stream protections, at a...

Jemez Co-op Stays In-House with New Manager

    Jemez Mountain Electric Cooperative’s Board of Directors hand-picked Co-op Finance Director Ernesto Gonzales as the Co-op’s new general manager without interviewing any other...

New Clerk Hires Old Clerk

    Despite the fact that nobody remembered to bring a Bible, Rio Arriba County’s three newly-elected officials were sworn in Jan. 2 at a...

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