Jeff Tucker

Commissioners Give Nod for Elected Officials’ Salary Increase

    With little fanfare and facing no opposition from the public, the Rio Arriba County commissioners last week unanimously approved raising the salaries of...

Lodgers Tax Proceeds Awarded

    The Rio Arriba County commission has approved awarding $10,000 of lodgers tax proceeds to three local entities.     The commission on Nov. 21 approved...

Officials’ Salary Caps Could Be Raised

    The Rio Arriba County commissioners are scheduled to vote Thursday (Nov. 21) on a resolution that would raise the salary caps of all...

County Passes Resolution To Keep Indigent Tax

    The Rio Arriba County Commission adopted a resolution in hopes of keeping a local tax to assist indigent patients in the County and...

Some Candidates Say They Will Run for Office

    Candidates for the Rio Arriba County commission are beginning to lay the groundwork for their campaigns, although some potential contenders are working behind...

Centers Will Change Where Votes are Cast

    Change is coming for Rio Arriba County voters in June. Instead of casting ballots at the usual polling places, the County will begin...

TA Buildings to be Demolished, Making Way for New Archive Facility

    The appearance of downtown Tierra Amarilla will change dramatically this month as several dilapidated buildings will be erased from the landscape of the...

Questions Linger Over Commissioners ‘Matching’ Job Offer

    Public assertions from two Rio Arriba County commissioners they voted merely to match a County employee’s outside job offer turn out not to...

Martinez Quits After Getting Controversial Raise

    A high-profile, yet junior Rio Arriba County employee, some say had become a political liability to County leaders, has resigned.        Public Information Officer...

Salazar Takes Job with County

    An Española city official by night has taken a position as a county worker bee by day.     Three-term Española City Councilor and Mayor...

Taxpayers Get Sticker Shock

     Voter approved initiatives raising property taxes are causing some Rio Arriba County residents to experience heartburn upon receipt of their annual County property...

Jicarillas Reach Settlement With NORA

     The Jicarilla Apache Nation and Northern Rio Arriba Electric Cooperative have reached a deal for the Nation to purchase all of NORA’s...

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