Laura Onstot

Small Trailer Fire Gets Out of Control

1/19/06     A mobile home was burned to the ground the night of Jan. 12 in Alcalde.     A fire a couple of years ago had...

Legislative Committee Hears Arguments for Jicarilla Secession Bill

2/16/06     The relationship between the Jicarilla Apache Nation and Rio Arriba County can be summed up in one word, according to Nation President Levi...

Stand Off Closes Dulce Schools

2/23/06     An eight-hour stand off between federal agents and a suicidal Jicarilla Apache Nation man resulted in the closure of the Dulce School District...

Legislature Approves Measure to Study Electricity Suppliers’ Rates

2/16/06     Members of the Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Board each received a check for $150 for a Feb. 9 meeting with leaders from their...

Cumbres Hires New Operator

2/9/06     A company born out of the Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad won a one-year contract to operate the train.     The...

Advocate Sits While Senate Laughs

2/16/06     Toni Atencio sat for several minutes outside the New Mexico Senate chambers Feb. 10 while legislators discussed a memorial praising the Albuquerque Junior...

Jicarilla Tribe Wants Out of Rio Arriba

2/9/06     The Jicarilla Apache Nation is pushing legislation that would be a preliminary step in allowing them to secede from Rio Arriba, a move...

Split Democratic Party Elects State Delegates

3/2/06     At 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Rio Arriba County Democrats waited with bated breath at their pre-primary convention. Many crowded around a white board while...

2006 Filing Day Fiascos

1/12/06     Last-second shenanigans, names plucked from a basket, election guidelines gone missing, and a candidate rendered ineligible and speechless.     It all happened Tuesday, the...

County Contractor Earns $94,862

1/12/06     Mary Louise Martinez, a contractor currently serving as the Rio Arriba County comptroller, was paid $94,862.50 between September 2004 and December 2005.     When...

State Delays New Voting Machines

1/12/06     Rio Arriba County is supposed to have 43 of the new electronic voting machines in time for the November general election. But the...

Tierra Amarilla Clinic Fires Doc

1/26/06     La Clinica del Pueblo Executive Director Bernabe Madrid has had trouble retaining staff and money, according to documents and interviews.     An audit of...

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