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Fire Chief Widow Files Suit

4/30/09     An attorney for the widow of former Brazos Canyon Fire Chief Michael Hays suspects evidence may have been removed from the scene of...

Authority Audits Later; New Player in Dump Site Fight

4/23/09     North Central Solid Waste Authority Manager Joseph Lewandowski has two main goals before he leaves the Authority in August: catch up with the...

County Abandons ‘Fracking’ Regs

4/23/09     Rio Arriba County has abandoned earlier plans to regulate the injection of toxic “fracking” chemicals into natural gas wells, County Manager Lorenzo Valdez...

PRC Finally Responds to Ambulance Delays

4/23/09     Española Hospital paramedics were unable to respond April 16 to an emergency call in Velarde and another in Española, according to a Hospital...

Fed Grant Program Turns Blind Eye to Valley Crime

4/16/09     Rio Arriba County’s reputation for lawlessness apparently has not reached Washington, D.C.        The County has received only $24,043, or less than 1 percent,...

Will Obama Be More Open Than Bush?

3/19/09     In January, President Barack Obama issued two memos pledging that the federal government would comply with the 1966 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).    ...

Bovine TB Designation Lifted in Rio Arriba

3/19/09     Rio Arriba County and most other New Mexico counties will be re-accredited as bovine tuberculosis free, the federal Agriculture Department announced Monday.        ...

State Not Working On Drilling Rules

4/2/09     Despite Governor Richardson’s announcement last year that he had ordered the state Oil Conservation Division to immediately prepare new rules for oil and...

Firefighters Late to Hay Truck Fire

3/19/09     A semi-trailer truck transporting 50 bales of hay burned on Highway 285 north of Ojo Caliente for approximately an hour March 11 before...

Fire Season Predictions

4/2/09     Higher than average temperatures and little precipitation could create a bad year for wildfires for most of New Mexico from May through July,...

Illegal Dump Pops up Near Legal One

3/19/09     Illegal septic, oil and trash dumping in an arroyo behind the Rural Events Center in Abiquiú may be polluting the Rio Chama.     The...

Chimayó Business Co-op Started in Wake of Recession

3/19/09     Tourism is taking a hit in Rio Arriba County but merchants in Chimayó are working together to survive the storm.     Merchants in Chimayó...

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